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City of Austin
City of Austin
stated on November 8, 2013 in a press release:
"Nearly 20% of our residents" are born abroad.
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By Sue Owen • November 20, 2013
John Scocos
John Scocos
stated on September 20, 2013 in a statement:
"There are still tens of thousands of missing service members from previous and current conflicts that our nation is working to find and repatriate."  
True
By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on July 21, 2013 in 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 in 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 in an MSNBC interview:
Food stamp spending "doubled under President Bush, doubled again under President Obama."  
True
By Becky Bowers • July 19, 2013
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on November 20, 2012 in a news release:
Says Fran DeWine’s made-from-scratch dinner rolls are a delicious favorite in a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.
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By Tom Feran • November 21, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on October 9, 2012 in a news release:
"David Cicilline was the state representative who opposed tough mandatory sentences for those convicted of domestic violence  and child abuse."
True
By John Hill • October 15, 2012
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on March 12, 2012 in an interview on PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton on MSNBC:
"The poorest in this country are women."
True
By Peter Krouse • March 26, 2012
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on March 2, 2012 in an interview:
Says a study shows that children who live with a biological parent and the parent's boyfriend or girlfriend "have a 20 times greater chance of being sexually abused."
True
By Tom Kertscher • March 25, 2012
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on December 15, 2011 in a news release:
"The top 10 most well-paid CEOs in America received a combined $770 million in 2010, while the average American worker’s wage rose just 2 percent."
True
By Peter Krouse • January 19, 2012
Edith Ajello
Edith Ajello
stated on October 14, 2011 in commentary piece:
"Nearly half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended."
True
By Lynn Arditi • October 21, 2011
Gary Sasse
Gary Sasse
stated on June 26, 2011 in an interview on 10 News Conference:
Rhode Island spends "52 percent more per capita on human service programs than the national average."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 8, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on June 1, 2011 in a House committee hearing:
"Seventy of Ohio's 88 counties now have more than 25 percent of their residents eligible for emergency food."
True
By Tom Feran • June 24, 2011
Amy Hanauer
Amy Hanauer
stated on May 5, 2011 in at a rally at the Ohio Statehouse:
"To give a sense of how families are struggling, a record four out of every 10 school kids in Ohio now qualifies for subsidized lunch."
True
By Joe Guillen • May 24, 2011
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on October 7, 2010 in a news release:
In Wisconsin, "deaths from domestic violence are at the highest in 10 years."
True
By Tom Kertscher • December 2, 2010
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on June 19, 2010 in a TV and Internet commercial:
"(I) helped to invent a system that saved over a billion dollars on welfare."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 29, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 15, 2008 in a speech at a Chicago church:
"More than half of all black children live in single-parent households, a number that has doubled — doubled — since we were children."
True
By Stephanie Garry • June 23, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 28, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Fla.:
"In the African-American community today, 68 percent of kids born are born out of wedlock."
True
By Janet Zink • November 28, 2007
Sam Brownback
Sam Brownback
stated on September 5, 2007 in a debate in Durham, N.H.:
"Currently, we're at 36 percent of our children born out of wedlock."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 3, 2007
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