Fact Check Posts – Page 2

Paul Ryan
stated on November 9, 2016 a news conference:

Obamacare "is not a popular law."

By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on September 26, 2016 a tweet:

"America’s tax code hasn’t been updated in 30 years."

By Cara Lombardo • November 16, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on September 26, 2016 a tweet:

"Repeated requests for additional security in Benghazi were routinely denied" by Hillary "Clinton’s State Department."

By Tom Kertscher • October 7, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on June 19, 2016 a TV interview:

Under the current procedure, if someone "on a terror watch list" tries to buy a gun, authorities are notified.

By Jonathan Anderson • September 2, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on August 11, 2016 a tweet:

Says "President Obama’s proposed oil tax would cost consumers 24 cents a gallon."

By Tom Kertscher • August 26, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech:

"The poverty rates in America today aren’t much better than when we started the War on Poverty."

By Sarah Hauer • August 5, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on August 3, 2016 an op-ed:

After initially agreeing with Republicans on an amount for Zika funding, "Democrats derailed it."

By Jon Greenberg • August 4, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on June 26, 2016 a TV interview:

The United States is "the oldest democracy" in the world.

By Sarah Hauer • July 11, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on June 19, 2016 an interview:

"People have a constitutional right to have semiautomatic rifles."

By Tom Kertscher • June 24, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on May 14, 2016 a tweet:

American colleges amount to a "cartel."

By Cara Lombardo • June 16, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on April 27, 2016 a town hall at Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service:

"Under (Obamacare), you can’t reward a person for better behavior. You can’t have incentives to be healthier."

By Eric Litke • June 8, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on May 5, 2016 an interview:

On supporting the eventual Republican presidential nominee

By Tom Kertscher • May 6, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on April 22, 2016 a news release:

The decision for the United States to buy heavy water from Iran "will directly subsidize Iran’s nuclear program."

By Tom Kertscher • April 29, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on March 17, 2016 a news conference:

"To this day, (the Cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives."

By Lauren Carroll • March 24, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on February 22, 2016 a television interview:

"70 percent of Americans believe that we are on the wrong path."

By Sarah Hauer • March 22, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on February 23, 2016 an interview:

"There is a precedent" for not nominating someone to the U.S. Supreme Court "in the middle of a presidential election."

By Tom Kertscher • March 4, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on January 9, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:

"Today, if you were raised poor, you’re just as likely to stay poor as you were 50 years ago."

By Louis Jacobson • January 19, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on December 20, 2015 comments on 'Meet the Press':

The Affordable Care Act is "making families pay double-digit premium increases."

By Linda Qiu • December 20, 2015

Paul Ryan
stated on November 4, 2015 a TV interview:

The U.S. "tax rate on successful small businesses is 44.6 percent," while the business tax rate in Canada is 15 percent.

By James B. Nelson • December 10, 2015

Paul Ryan
stated on May 17, 2015 on CNN's "State of the Union":

"Every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has had" fast-track trade authority.

By Lauren Carroll • May 17, 2015

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