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Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on August 23, 2016 a press conference by Austin Democrats:
Child care costs "in some states now exceed the average price tag for college tuition."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 2, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 1, 2016 x:
Says Alex Jones "said that the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there."
True
By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby • September 1, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 7, 2016 a tweet:
Says the media distorted what happened with a baby at his rally.
True
By Linda Qiu • August 8, 2016
Don Willett
Don Willett
stated on May 13, 2016 the majority Texas Supreme Court opinion in Texas school finance case:
Before 2005, "the percentage of" Texas high school "students meeting the college readiness standards of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board stood at 28% in English and 42% in math. Those figures stood at 65% and 66% in 2013."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2016
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on October 9, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
"Twenty-five percent of our kids in foster care are there because their parents are involved in drugs."
True
By Sean Nelson • November 30, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 31, 2015 a speech to the National Urban League in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.:
"African-American children are 500 percent more likely to die from asthma than white kids."
True
By Christian Belanger • August 11, 2015
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on June 3, 2015 press conference:
"Since 2010, eight children in Georgia have died due to vehicular heatstroke."
True
By Nancy Badertscher • June 5, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 16, 2015 a speech in Iowa:
"One out of five of our children live in a family that’s on food stamps."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 3, 2015
The Associated Press
The Associated Press
stated on March 9, 2015 article:
Under legislation that has cleared the Georgia House, some children who are "legal refugees" could obtain state scholarships to attend private schools.    
True
By Nancy Badertscher • March 13, 2015
Karina Wood
Karina Wood
stated on February 12, 2015 testimony before the R.I. Senate Judiciary Committee:
Cigarette butts "poison babies and small children because of the nicotine in them."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 23, 2015
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on July 21, 2014 an interview with Laura Ingraham:
More people are apprehended after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border a week "than are born in Texas each week."
True
By Philip Jankowski • September 12, 2014
Henry Cuellar
Henry Cuellar
stated on July 6, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
"If you're a Mexican, you get sent back. ... But if you're from a noncontiguous country like the Central American countries" then you can stay in the United States.
True
By Molly O'Connor • July 10, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 4, 2013 a speech:
"By the time she turns 3 years old, a child born into a low-income home hears 30 million fewer words than a child from a well-off family."
True
By Julie Kliegman • December 5, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on July 21, 2013 an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers" program:
"The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan office, did an analysis and said that passing comprehensive immigration reform will reduce the federal deficit by $200 billion over the next decade."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 1, 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
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
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
Larry Valencia
Larry Valencia
stated on March 19, 2013 radio interview:
"Do you know that, statistically, when you take the SAT a second time, one third of the people that take the SAT, even if they've been studying, will get a lower score than they did the first time around?"
True
By Patrick Marley • March 24, 2013
Dan Saltzman
Dan Saltzman
stated on November 11, 2012 a television news interview :
Says the Portland Children’s Levy holds its "administrative expenses to less than 5 percent."
True
By Janie Har • December 19, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 23, 2012 a TV ad:
"The truth is David Cicilline voted for tougher laws against child abusers, domestic abusers and abusers of the elderly."
True
By John Hill • October 30, 2012
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