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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 2, 2011 an interview with Fox News.
Says the high-speed rail project provides "short-term jobs."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • March 3, 2011
Corrine Brown
Corrine Brown
stated on February 17, 2011 an interview with WESH-TV
The high-speed rail project would create "60,000-plus jobs for Floridians."
False
By Katie Sanders • March 2, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 27, 2011 an interview with CNN.
Says Tri-Rail shows the potential problems with investing in high-speed rail.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 1, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on January 12, 2011 a speech.
Road construction bids "are coming in at the lowest in the modern era." 
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • February 19, 2011
Mike Haridopolos
Mike Haridopolos
stated on February 18, 2011 a press statement.
On high-speed rail.
Full Flop
By Aaron Sharockman • February 18, 2011
J.D. Alexander
J.D. Alexander
stated on February 16, 2011 reaction to Gov. Rick Scott’s decision to kill the high-speed rail project.
"The Constitution doesn't allow the governor to not-spend appropriations funds."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • February 18, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 16, 2011 comments announcing Florida would reject federal dollars for a Tampa-Orlando high-speed rail line.
"It is projected that 3.07 million people will use the train annually. Keep in mind that Amtrak's Acela train in Washington D.C., Boston, Philadelphia, New York and Baltimore only had 3.2 million riders in 2010."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • February 16, 2011
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 8, 2011 a speech in Philadelphia
"If you shut down Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, it's estimated you'd have to add seven new lanes to I-95 to accommodate the increased traffic."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2011
Vance Smith
Vance Smith
stated on January 19, 2011 a budget presentation
Georgia has some of the best maintained roads in America.
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 7, 2011
Lee Holloway
Lee Holloway
stated on January 21, 2011 a statement at a candidate forum
Mitchell International Airport is the "the third busiest airport in the world and the number one busiest in the country."
False
By James B. Nelson • January 30, 2011
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on January 17, 2011 a speech to Tea Party activists.
"[Tailpipe emissions rules], if fully implemented with all the regulations that go with it, they will keep the temperature from rising nearly five one-hundredths of a degree Fahrenheit. By 2050."
True
By Jacob Geiger • January 28, 2011
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on January 13, 2011 an article in The Oregonian
A test last month at the MAX station at 162nd Avenue and East Burnside saw crime down 41 percent compared with December 2009
Mostly True
By Janie Har • January 22, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on January 12, 2011 the State of the Commonwealth address
"It is estimated that every $100 million spent on construction generates 3,000 new jobs."
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger • January 22, 2011
Brian Moran
Brian Moran
stated on January 12, 2011 a news release.
The governor has made a "commitment to billions of dollars in debt and new spending without any explanation of how he plans to pay that money back." 
Pants on Fire!
By Jacob Geiger • January 21, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on January 7, 2011 a news conference
On whether the state should privatize the Ohio Turnpike.
No Flip
By Tom Feran • January 19, 2011
Lars Larson
Lars Larson
stated on December 21, 2010 Twitter
TriMet is "spending 4.2 million in fed funds to save $168K per year."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • January 15, 2011
Victoria Taft
Victoria Taft
stated on December 22, 2010 a website posting
Portland spent nearly $1 million in federal stimulus money to install bike path signs where they already existed.
False
By Janie Har • January 8, 2011
Brent Larkin
Brent Larkin
stated on January 2, 2011 a newspaper column
Says the 3C Corridor train would have taken  "an hour and 15 minutes longer" to carry passengers across Ohio "than it would have taken on a New York Central train in 1935."
True
By Tom Feran • January 7, 2011
Jeff Stone
Jeff Stone
stated on December 15, 2010 a news conference with reporters
"I never proposed privatizing the (Milwaukee County) airport."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 4, 2011
William Howell
William Howell
stated on December 21, 2010 a speech.
Proposed federal regulations would affect every street sign in the country
True
By Warren Fiske • January 1, 2011
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