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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on June 28, 2013 an interview with Fox News
In South Florida, "we've had nine inches of sea-level rise since the 1920s."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2013
Todd Young
Todd Young
stated on June 19, 2013 a letter to a constituent
"Nearly 70 percent of all federal spending will go towards Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid" in fiscal year 2014.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2013
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on June 21, 2013 a roundtable section of the HBO show "Real Time with Bill Maher"
If it is enacted, the Senate immigration bill is "going to make the Border Patrol bigger than the FBI -- you could put one agent every 250 feet."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 1, 2013
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on June 20, 2013 an interview on MSNBC
"In 1999, the NRA leadership in Washington, pretty much the same people intact, were for (expanded background checks.)"
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • July 1, 2013
Patriot Majority USA
Patriot Majority USA
stated on June 27, 2013 an ad
Says Arkansas Republican Rep. Tom Cotton voted to provide Congress with "taxpayer-funded health care for life."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2013
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on June 25, 2013 a Senate floor speech
Recent record-low water levels in Lake Michigan are evidence that global warming is leading to "the evaporation of our Great Lakes."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on June 24, 2013 an interview with Fox News
The Senate immigration bill "has immediate legalization ... and the border security is sometime in the future, and just like in 1986, it's designed never to come into being."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 27, 2013
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on June 27, 2013 an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation”
The immigration bill "has a specific provision that says that Secretary Napolitano does not have to build any fence if she chooses not to."  
False
By Becky Bowers • June 27, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 25, 2013 a speech on climate change
As a student at Occidental College in Los Angeles from 1979 to 1981, "there were days where folks couldn't go outside. … because of all the pollution in the air."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 26, 2013
Stephen Nodine
Stephen Nodine
stated on June 21, 2013 statements to the media
Says he can be on the ballot for Congress while serving time in jail.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 25, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 21, 2013 a meme on social media
"There are over 2,000 crimes recorded per 100,000 population in the U.K.," compared to "466 violent crimes per 100,000" in the United States.
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2013
Barbara Lee
Barbara Lee
stated on June 17, 2013 an interview with MSNBC
Proposed cuts in the House farm bill mean "2 million less people on food stamps, 210,000 children will not receive school lunches or breakfasts."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 21, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 17, 2013 an interview with Charlie Rose
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court "is transparent."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2013
Dana Rohrabacher
Dana Rohrabacher
stated on June 16, 2013 an interview on WND Radio
On immigration reform, Marco Rubio "all along has been saying, 'We have to have border security first' " and then "he gets on Spanish TV, he ends up saying, 'No, no. That will never get in the way.' "
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • June 20, 2013
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 18, 2013 a tweet from Barack Obama's Twitter feed
"Since Newtown, more people have died at the end of a gun than we have lost in Afghanistan."
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 20, 2013
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on June 16, 2013 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
The IRS scandal "clearly showed some criminal behavior."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 19, 2013
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 14, 2013 a speech at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference
"Immigrants are more fertile."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 18, 2013
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on June 13, 2013 an interview on CNN's "The Situation Room"
"The United States has never stood by and seen innocent people slaughtered to the extent that's happening in Syria."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2013
Peter Roskam
Peter Roskam
stated on June 12, 2013 an interview with Fox News
"Worldwide credit card transactions, the credit card fraud rate is 0.04 percent, compared to almost 8 percent, 9 percent, 10 percent of Medicare fraud."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 17, 2013
Jim Bridenstine
Jim Bridenstine
stated on June 11, 2013 a House floor speech
"This president spends 30 times as much money on global warming research as he does on weather forecasting and warning."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2013
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