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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."
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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
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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