Fact Check Posts – Page 172

Virginia Foxx
stated on March 9, 2010 a speech on the House floor:

"The economy began its nose dive when Democrats took control of Congress in January 2007."

By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2010

Cathie Adams
stated on February 20, 2010 a fund-raising letter:

"Bill White ... supports the ‘ObamaCare’ socialized medicine plan, as well as ‘Cap and Trade’ legislation that would kill thousands of Texas jobs."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2010

Gretchen Carlson
stated on March 10, 2010 an episode of Fox & Friends:

Says the Texas State Board of Education is considering eliminating references to Christmas and the Constitution in textbooks.

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 12, 2010

Florida Democratic Party
stated on February 3, 2010 a press release:

"Congressman McCollum voted to dismantle Social Security."

By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2010

Charles Rangel
stated on February 26, 2010 a press conference:

"I'm glad for the wording of it (an ethics report on corporate-sponsored Congressional trips) because clearly the wording exonerates me."

By Robert Farley • February 26, 2010

C.W. Bill Young
stated on February 20, 2010 a speech to Pinellas County Republicans.:

The Democratic health care plan is a "government takeover of our health programs."

By Bill Adair • February 25, 2010

Scott Brown
stated on February 4, 2010 a press conference:

The stimulus bill "didn’t create one new job."

By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2010

Farouk Shami
stated on January 26, 2010 a Dallas press conference:

Bill White "is discriminating. He's taking jobs from African Americans and giving them to his friends."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 4, 2010

Republican Party of Texas
stated on January 22, 2010 an e-mail.:

"Bill White has presided over the construction of what may be the world's largest abortion clinic."

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 31, 2010

Nancy Pfotenhauer
stated on January 27, 2010 an interview on CNN:

The president's health care proposals will cause "most Americans to have their premiums increased, not decreased, and hundreds of millions of people lose their current insurance coverage."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 28, 2010

Rush Limbaugh
stated on January 18, 2010 a comment on his radio show.:

There are "high administrative costs" when you donate to Haiti relief through the White House Web site.

By Kevin Robillard • January 20, 2010

Hector Uribe
stated on January 11, 2010 a press release:

Says Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson threatened to shoot him.

By W. Gardner Selby • January 15, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on December 20, 2009 in a press release:

"Sen. Hutchison abandoned Republicans and stood with Democrats to ensure health care legislation would pass quickly."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 13, 2010

Newt Gingrich
stated on January 4, 2010 an interview on 'The O'Reilly Factor':

A recent Obama executive order could "lead to a number of investigations by Interpol in the United States, potentially aimed at American officials."

By Kevin Robillard • January 13, 2010

Barbara Ann Radnofsky
stated on October 22, 2009 in a Web site video:

"The attorney general requires that rape victims pay for the rape kit."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 12, 2010

Rudy Giuliani
stated on January 8, 2010 an interview on 'Good Morning America':

"We had no domestic attacks under Bush."

By Aaron Sharockman • January 8, 2010

Dick Cheney
stated on December 30, 2009 a statement to Politico.:

President Obama "doesn't ... want to admit we're at war."

By Bill Adair • January 3, 2010

Chain email
stated on November 23, 2009 a widely circulated e-mail:

A data-storing microchip "would be implanted in the majority of people who opt to become covered by the public health care option."

By Louis Jacobson • November 25, 2009

Chain email
stated on November 23, 2009 a chain e-mail:

Under the cap-and-trade bill, homes would have to be retrofitted to meet energy and water efficiency standards before they could be sold.

By Catharine Richert • November 23, 2009

Chain email
stated on November 13, 2009 an e-mail circulated to many people.:

Maj. Nidal Hasan, the man accused of the Fort Hood shootings, "was an ADVISOR to the Obama Administration."

By Catharine Richert • November 13, 2009

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