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Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on January 12, 2012 a television ad
Says Newt Gingrich "co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting China’s brutal one-child policy."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 12, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 4, 2012 a New Hampshire town hall with voters
As a result of welfare reform, "poverty levels went down to the lowest level ever for ... African-American children."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • January 9, 2012
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on November 18, 2011 a news conference
"At a minimum, 40 percent of those who view child pornography end up molesting children as a result." 
Mostly False
By Aaron Marshall • November 30, 2011
Edith Ajello
Edith Ajello
stated on October 14, 2011 commentary piece
"Nearly half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended."
True
By Lynn Arditi • October 21, 2011
James Langevin
James Langevin
stated on September 21, 2011 a speech
"Foster children are disproportionately victims of identity theft."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 20, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republicam debate in Hanover, N.H.
When George W. Bush was governor of Texas, "the percentage uninsured went down." Under his successor, Rick Perry, "it's gone up."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 13, 2011
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on September 15, 2011 a tweet
Stimulus money funded a government board that made recommendations that would cost 378,000 jobs and $28.3 billion in sales. 
False
By Willoughby Mariano • September 27, 2011
Daniel McKee
Daniel McKee
stated on August 21, 2011 a Providence Journal commentary
"This year, the Blackstone Valley Mayoral Academy became the first public school in Rhode Island history to have 100 percent of its elementary-age students proficient in reading on state assessments."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 8, 2011
Richard Tomlins
Richard Tomlins
stated on August 22, 2011 a recorded telephone message to Cranston residents
"Mayor Fung wants to punish our children's education by removing 12 million dollars from current funding to pay for his private charter school. Your taxes would increase by between 6 and 8 percent per year."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 4, 2011
Doreen Costa
Doreen Costa
stated on August 10, 2011 a radio interview
"The studies have shown us that [drug testing for welfare recipients] will be saving us money"
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 26, 2011
Raymond Lesniak
Raymond Lesniak
stated on July 12, 2011 testimony during a Senate hearing
Says "the most dangerous time for children" is from "3 to 6 p.m., during which time juvenile crime rates triple"
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • July 25, 2011
Gary Sasse
Gary Sasse
stated on June 26, 2011 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
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on April 14, 2011 an interview on Fox News
"For every dollar we invest in Head Start, we get $5 to $7 back into our economy."
Mostly True
By James Ewinger • June 29, 2011
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on June 14, 2011 a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives
The WIC program "is an incredibly cost effective program, serving nearly 10 million Americans each year and costing less than $100 per person. In my district, more than 18 percent of residents suffer from food insecurity and depend on WIC to make ends meet."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 26, 2011
Kathleen Passidomo
Kathleen Passidomo
stated on May 30, 2011 a newspaper article
"It is a greater crime to have an untagged alligator than to host an open house party (for kids)."
True
By Amy Sherman • June 2, 2011
Rob Eissler
Rob Eissler
stated on May 23, 2011 remarks on the House floor
"Obesity kills 34 children per hour."
Pants on Fire!
May 31, 2011
E.J. Finocchio
E.J. Finocchio
stated on April 24, 2011 a television interview
"Most of your serial killers, most of your people who commit domestic violence, they start off by abusing animals."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 31, 2011
Amy Hanauer
Amy Hanauer
stated on May 5, 2011 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
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on May 10, 2011 an interview on MSNBC
About two-thirds of Medicaid beneficiaries are children, but they account for one-third of the program’s cost, while one-third are elderly, and they account for two-thirds of the cost.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2011
Stephen Wise
Stephen Wise
stated on March 31, 2011 in a Senate Education PreK-12 committee hearing
"Every person on death row was a foster kid."
False
By Laura Figueroa • April 25, 2011
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