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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 10, 2014 in an opinion article in The (McAllen) Monitor:
"As attorney general, I have prosecuted judges, district attorneys and other public officials across Texas who violated that (public) trust, who have been corrupted."
True
By Sue Owen • March 11, 2014
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on December 16, 2013 in an interview.:
"The largest enterprise in the world is the federal government of the United States of America"
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • January 24, 2014
Jack Ohman
Jack Ohman
stated on April 25, 2013 in a column on an editorial cartoon.:
Says the fertilizer plant that exploded in West, Texas,"had not been inspected by the state of Texas since 2006."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 1, 2013
Vincent Fort
Vincent Fort
stated on March 26, 2013 in a speech:
About 3 percent of Gov. Nathan Deal’s appointments have been African-American.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • April 23, 2013
Christopher Blazejewski
Christopher Blazejewski
stated on February 28, 2013 in a news release:
"In 32 other states and Washington D.C., they [voters] can avoid the wait by voting before Election Day."
True
By Michael McKinney • March 10, 2013
William G. Batchelder
William G. Batchelder
stated on January 7, 2013 in a speech on the House floor:
"I am now the No. 2 member of this House in terms of length of service."
True
By Tom Feran • January 18, 2013
Bill Seitz
Bill Seitz
stated on January 10, 2013 in an interview with the Columbus Dispatch:
Ohio's judges, "compared to other similar states, are being woefully underpaid."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • January 9, 2013
Bruce Elfant
Bruce Elfant
stated on August 13, 2012 in a press statement.:
Says 88 Texas constables have died in the line of duty.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2012
Kathleen Connell
Kathleen Connell
stated on October 26, 2011 in a hearing:
"Sixty-percent of the state retirees...don’t get Social Security.’’
False
By Lynn Arditi • November 13, 2011
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on October 24, 2011 in in a hearing:
"If Rhode Island does a hybrid [retirement] plan we’ll be the first state in the nation to do this.’’
False
By Lynn Arditi • November 2, 2011
George Nee
George Nee
stated on October 19, 2011 in a pension forum:
"This is the first time in our state, and one of the first times in the country, where benefit reductions . . . has happened to people who are retired."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 23, 2011
Brian Newberry
Brian Newberry
stated on October 2, 2011 in a television interview:
"Legally, it doesn't make any difference" which state district you live in when running for Congress.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 7, 2011
Robert Barber
Robert Barber
stated on July 24, 2011 in a Providence Journal commentary:
Statistically, law-enforcement officers die 10 years earlier than the general population.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 14, 2011
Ted Ferrioli
Ted Ferrioli
stated on April 26, 2011 in an opinion column:
"The Public Employee Retirement System is making more millionaires than the Oregon state lottery."
Half-True
By Janie Har • June 16, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 16, 2011 in a message via the Internet:
Members of Congress "receive full pay retirement after serving one term."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 29, 2011
Stephen Wise
Stephen Wise
stated on March 31, 2011 in in a Senate Education PreK-12 committee hearing:
"Every person on death row was a foster kid."
False
By Laura Figueroa • April 25, 2011
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on February 18, 2011 in a radio interview:
The law has not established whether Rhode Island public employees have property rights to their pensions.
True
By Peter Lord • February 27, 2011
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on February 14, 2011 in a tweet on Twitter:
"FACT: the ‘special assistant’ in @johnkasich's office makes over three times more than an average #OH firefighter"
Mostly True
By Mark Naymik • February 24, 2011
Ed Turanchik
Ed Turanchik
stated on December 9, 2010 in an interview with 'Creative Loafing':
"No one in the private sector gets unlimited accruals of vacation and sick leave."
Half-True
By Lee Logan • January 28, 2011
Greg Walden
Greg Walden
stated on November 12, 2010 in a radio address:
"The incoming Republican freshman class – well, it’s no ordinary group: nearly half of its roughly 80 members have never served in elective office before."
Mostly False
By Charles Pope • January 17, 2011
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