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Ben Cardin
Ben Cardin
stated on November 2, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"Every time we've increased the minimum wage, we've seen a growth in jobs."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • November 6, 2014
Georgians Together
Georgians Together
stated on September 25, 2014 in television attack ad:
David Perdue "opposes laws that provide equal pay protections for women."  
Mostly False
By Nancy Badertscher • October 2, 2014
Chris Moews
Chris Moews
stated on July 14, 2014 in an interview:
Milwaukee County taxpayers paid $370,000 to settle a lawsuit over a decision by Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. to use "untrained corrections officers" rather than deputies to patrol the lakefront.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • July 29, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 2, 2014 in blog postings:
The Obama Administration is suing a Wisconsin company for forcing employees to speak English.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • July 20, 2014
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on May 1, 2014 in Senate floor speeches and during a news conference:
The Senate proposal to restore emergency unemployment benefits for five months was "fully paid for."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 22, 2014
Erin Lynch
Erin Lynch
stated on June 11, 2014 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate:
"The average age of the minimum wage worker is 35 years old."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 20, 2014
Brett Hulsey
Brett Hulsey
stated on May 21, 2014 in a letter:
Says opponent Mary Burke told reporters she would have "required workers to give up bargained-for healthcare and retirement benefits like Gov. Walker."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • May 29, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2013 in a Facebook posting:
"Since 1988, Congress has raised its own salary 15 times 'to reflect rising costs.' But raised the minimum wage only three times."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 2, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 8, 2013 in in a press release:
Chris Christie "cut equal pay for women, calling it 'senseless bureaucracy.' "
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • October 17, 2013
Jennifer Parrish
Jennifer Parrish
stated on September 5, 2013 in a newspaper commentary:
"Six years after unionization, 20,000 fewer children in Illinois were being served by the Child Care and Development Fund program."
Mostly False
By Gregory Smith • October 13, 2013
Patricia Morgan
Patricia Morgan
stated on July 2, 2013 in a speech on the House floor.:
In Rhode Island, 9 percent of workers use the state's temporary disability insurance program each year while in New Jersey, the rate is only 3 percent.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 14, 2013
Robert Singer
Robert Singer
stated on November 29, 2012 in a speech on the New Jersey Senate floor:
"More than 50 percent of those people getting minimum wage in this state are high school students."
Mostly False
By Caryn Shinske • December 13, 2012
Tom Rooney
Tom Rooney
stated on March 27, 2012 in a press release:
A proposed U.S. Labor Department rule for children working on farms "would even ban youth from operating a battery-powered screwdriver or a pressurized garden hose."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 26, 2012
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on April 7, 2012 in a letter to members:
In labor negotiations with city employees, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett "demanded concessions that went beyond those mandated" by Gov. Scott Walker’s collective bargaining law
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • April 18, 2012
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on March 22, 2012 in a press release.:
"This rule could prevent children under 18 from using such tools as a power screwdriver, a milking machine or something as simple as a wheelbarrow on the family farm . . . "
Mostly False
By Bartholomew Sullivan • April 15, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 9, 2012 in a graphic posted on his website:
"What president has the worst record on female labor force participation? Barack Obama."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2012
Nicholas Kettle
Nicholas Kettle
stated on January 27, 2012 in a radio talk show:
"If you look at states that are right to work, they constantly do not have budget deficits and they have very good business climates."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • February 19, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 7, 2011 in an interview on Fox News:
"Speaker Gingrich has said that we ought to get rid of our child labor laws."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • December 14, 2011
Building a Better Ohio
Building a Better Ohio
stated on October 14, 2011 in a campaign commercial:
"Government employees make 43 percent more in wages and benefits" than private-sector workers.
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • November 4, 2011
We Are Ohio
We Are Ohio
stated on September 27, 2011 in a television commercial:
"Senate Bill 5 makes it harder for nurses to give the patients the quality care they need."
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • October 10, 2011
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