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Dream Defenders
Dream Defenders
stated on July 22, 2013 a meeting with Wansley Walters, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary:
"Over 12,000 school kids were arrested in Florida. It makes Florida the nation's leader in that area."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 30, 2013
Don Lemon
Don Lemon
stated on July 27, 2013 a commentary on CNN:
"More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2013
Teresa Tanzi
Teresa Tanzi
stated on July 1, 2013 a House debate:
"We have no idea what is contained in [electronic cigarette] vapor."  
False
July 27, 2013
Tom Cole
Tom Cole
stated on July 16, 2013 an MSNBC interview:
Food stamp spending "doubled under President Bush, doubled again under President Obama."  
True
By Becky Bowers • July 19, 2013
Rachel Campos-Duffy
Rachel Campos-Duffy
stated on June 12, 2013 an interview:
"Upwards of 90 percent" of women seeking an abortion decide not to have an abortion after seeing an ultrasound.
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 12, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 27, 2013:
Says a growing number of extremely premature babies survive into healthy childhood.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 11, 2013
Joseph McNamara
Joseph McNamara
stated on June 28, 2013 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House of Representatives:
Rhode Island's graduated driving license "has saved hundreds of lives."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 7, 2013
Jason Conger
Jason Conger
stated on June 19, 2013 a House floor speech:
Says "the mandate is 71 times that a child’s body will be injected with a disease" for immunizations.
False
By Janie Har • June 29, 2013
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 6, 2013 his radio show:
"One person, Kathleen Sebelius, was going to determine whether or not" 10-year-old lung patient Sarah Murnaghan would live or die.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2013
Oregon PTA
Oregon PTA
stated on May 17, 2013 a newsletter:
Says, "Oregon has the third largest class size in the nation."
True
By Christian Gaston • May 31, 2013
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on May 14, 2013 a radio interview.:
Says 70,000 children "have lost their Head Start slots" because of the sequester.
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • May 28, 2013
Carolyn Tomei
Carolyn Tomei
stated on May 15, 2013 a House floor speech:
Says, "In Oregon in 2010, 49 percent of all pregnancies were unintended."
Mostly True
By Janie Har • May 24, 2013
Robert Deuell
Robert Deuell
stated on May 13, 2013 remarks on the floor of the Texas Senate.:
Says it's "estimated that 300 babies a year are sent home from the hospital with an unrecognized congenital heart defect; it is the most common birth defect in America."                   
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 21, 2013
Family Forward Oregon
Family Forward Oregon
stated on May 8, 2013 a flier:
Says paid family leave is "a program that is standard in all but five nations around the world."
Mostly True
By Janie Har • May 18, 2013
Kathy Castor
Kathy Castor
stated on May 6, 2013 a TV interview:
"70,000 three-year-olds and four-year-olds across America will lose access to the preschool Head Start program. ... 2,000 in the state of Florida alone."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • May 13, 2013
Joee Lindbeck
Joee Lindbeck
stated on April 11, 2013 a House Finance Committee hearing:
"Two years ago Providence alone spent $50,000 a year notifying the school department" about residents in the state's sex offender registry.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 12, 2013
Peter Palumbo
Peter Palumbo
stated on April 11, 2013 a House Finance Committee hearing:
In Cranston, it costs $5,000 to $6,000 to send out community notifications on just one Level 3 sex offender.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 12, 2013
Fix Austin Schools
Fix Austin Schools
stated on May 4, 2013 a leaflet.:
Says that under Rick Perry’s plan, "Texas has cut funding for public schools by 25%."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 7, 2013
Oregon Health Authority
Oregon Health Authority
stated on April 24, 2013 a draft report:
Says that in 2007, "Oregon ranked 25th -- or 7th from the bottom -- in percentage of children with untreated decay compared to 32 other states with similar data."
False
By Janie Har • May 2, 2013
John Duncan
John Duncan
stated on April 13, 2013 a letter to a constituent:
"Well over 90 percent of felony cases, all over the nation, are committed by defendants who grew up in father-absent households."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2013
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