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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 24, 2012 at a public event
PIP fraud is "$1 billion in fraud."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • March 9, 2012
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on February 28, 2012 a commentary article.
Says "traffic fatalities have fallen dramatically, even as population has risen. You are more likely to stay alive biking, walking and driving around Portland than you were before" he took over the Portland Bureau of Transportation.
Half-True
By Ian K. Kullgren • March 9, 2012
Lenny Curry
Lenny Curry
stated on March 4, 2012 an interview on "Political Connections"
Says Barack Obama "promised" gasoline at $2.50 a gallon.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 8, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 25, 2012 an interview with WTSP
"In some communities, for $10,000 worth of (PIP) coverage it’s $1,500 a year."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • March 2, 2012
Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell
stated on February 18, 2012 a campaign mailer.
"Invested $90 million in traffic fixes without raising taxes."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 2, 2012
John G. Edwards
John G. Edwards
stated on February 7, 2012 a radio interview
"They're saying that 40 percent of the traffic that goes over [the Sakonnet River Bridge is from] out of state."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 20, 2012
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on February 7, 2012 a radio interview
"Many of the top officials at the Port Authority earn more money than the governors of the states that have jurisdiction over them."
True
By Bill Wichert • February 15, 2012
Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on January 19, 2012 a speech
Savannah is home to "the fastest-growing port in the nation."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • January 31, 2012
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on January 11, 2012 a news conference
The InterLink at T.F. Green Airport is the closest air-rail link in the country.
False
By Alex Kuffner • January 26, 2012
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on December 15, 2011 a television interview
Says Milwaukee County buses are no less safe now than a year or two ago.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 5, 2012
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on November 30, 2011 a congressional hearing
"Eighty percent of all U.S. communities depend solely on trucks to deliver and supply the products sold in stores or ordered online."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • January 4, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on December 23, 2011 a radio interview
"By the way, I'm not raising tolls 50 percent....Jon Corzine did."
True
By Bill Wichert • January 3, 2012
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on December 27, 2011 an email newsletter
"New Jersey taxpayers … will now face the highest tolls in the country."
False
By Erin O'Neill • January 2, 2012
Curtis Foltz
Curtis Foltz
stated on November 8, 2011 an op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"The study of the Savannah River Estuary . . . clearly demonstrates the project can be constructed and [environmental] impacts will be mitigated."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • December 14, 2011
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on October 24, 2011 an article on NOLA.com
"Last year we spent more than $40 billion on highways. And Lord knows we need that. But that's more than we spent on Amtrak in its entire 40-year history." 
True
By Caryn Shinske • December 5, 2011
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on November 4, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"The problem with invasive species today in the Great Lakes isn’t ballast water."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • November 9, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2011 a radio show interview
Says adding toll lanes on I-95 in Broward County improved rush-hour traffic for non-toll lanes from 25 mph to 45 mph.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 28, 2011
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on August 12, 2011 in a speech
Says there's $4 billion in private investment along the streetcar. 
Mostly False
By Janie Har • October 22, 2011
David Quiroa
David Quiroa
stated on October 3, 2011 a news release
"Under Governor Almond the RI DMV had a program that allowed undocumented [people to] use their Personal Tax Identification Number . . . to apply [for] and receive a RI driver’s license."
True
By Lynn Arditi • October 16, 2011
Eva Galambos
Eva Galambos
stated on September 27, 2011 an op-ed
"Not a single segment of the proposed Beltline intersects the MARTA system at MARTA stations."
False
By Eric Stirgus • October 11, 2011
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