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David Simas
stated on March 18, 2015 an interview on CNN's "New Day"

Job growth in the United States is now at the "fastest pace in this country's history."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2015

Mark Pocan
stated on March 10, 2015 an interview

Wisconsin is "dead last in the Midwest for job creation."

Mostly True

March 16, 2015

Jalen Ross
stated on March 15, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"

"Every day, a black name resume is 50 percent less likely to get responded to than a white name resume."

Mostly True

By Katie Sanders • March 15, 2015

Lindsey Graham
stated on March 8, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"

"The labor participation rate is at an all-time low."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • March 8, 2015

Tom Graves
stated on February 24, 2015 a press release

President Barack Obama's veto of the Keystone XL pipeline killed "42,000 jobs."

Half-True

By Nancy Badertscher • March 2, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on February 18, 2015 a presentation

Rhode Island has invested less in tourism, economic development and economic development personnel than four nearby states.

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 1, 2015

Joseph Yost
stated on February 16, 2015 a floor speech.

"One third of our age group (Millennials) have moved back in with their parents."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • February 23, 2015

Lee May
stated on January 22, 2015 the 2015 State of the County address

In the past year, DeKalb has "attracted and retained more than 2,300 jobs."

Mostly True

By April Hunt • February 13, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on February 8, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"

"92 million Americans aren't working."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2015

Nicholas Mattiello
stated on January 18, 2015 an interview on "10 News Conference"

"There haven't been tax cuts for the rich" in Rhode Island.

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 8, 2015

Nathan Deal
stated on January 14, 2015 the governor's State of the State address

"Since I took office, over 319,000 new private sector jobs have been created in Georgia with nearly 93,000 of those coming in the past 12 months."

True

By April Hunt • February 3, 2015

John Boehner
stated on January 25, 2015 an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes"

The Affordable Care Act "basically puts a penalty or a tax on employers for every new job they create."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2015

Terry Jeffrey
stated on January 21, 2015 a column in TownHall.com

There were more people on welfare than working in 2013.

False

By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on January 26, 2015 a breakfast talk in Iowa

The U.S. unemployment rate has "been massaged, it’s been doctored."

Pants on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2015

Nathan Deal
stated on January 13, 2015 a press release

Mercedes-Benz USA moving its headquarters to Atlanta will create at least 800 jobs.

Mostly True

By April Hunt • January 26, 2015

John Cornyn
stated on January 20, 2015 a post on his U.S. Senate website

The Texas leg of the Keystone pipeline "has already created 4,800 jobs in just the year it's been up and running."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • January 23, 2015

Andy Puzder
stated on January 13, 2015 an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal

"Obamacare has caused millions of full-time jobs to become part-time."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • January 23, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on January 21, 2015 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe"

Says President Barack Obama is "not paying women equally by his own measures in his own White House."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • January 22, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on January 15, 2015 valedictory speech as governor to the Texas Legislature

Starting in December 2007, "1.4 million jobs were created in Texas. In that same period, the rest of the country lost 400,000 jobs."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 the State of the Union address

The economy is "creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999."

True

By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2015

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