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Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on September 28, 2011 a news release
Attacks on Planned Parenthood "come at a time when the poverty rate among women is the highest in nearly two decades and 1 in 5 women under 65 don’t have access to health care."
Mostly True
By Peter Krouse • November 2, 2011
Nina Turner
Nina Turner
stated on October 24, 2011 an opinion column
"The collective net worth of Americans has taken a $5.5 trillion hit ... mainly due to plummeting home values."
True
By Henry J. Gomez • November 1, 2011
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on October 4, 2011 a comment to a reporter
"We are the poster child for compliance, and whenever we discover possible infractions we resolve and report it to the NCAA no matter how minor the violations."
Half-True
By Aaron Marshall • October 31, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on October 5, 2011 an email to supporters
The STAR Ohio fund "just received the highest possible credit rating one of these funds can receive."
Half-True
By Joe Guillen • October 27, 2011
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on October 26, 2011 a statement on his congressional website
"For each $1 billion in infrastructure investment, 42,000 jobs are created."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • October 26, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on September 14, 2011 an email to supporters
"About 57 percent of registered Democrats in the new (9th Congressional) district come from my old district."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • October 21, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on October 12, 2011 a news conference
"We buy 35 percent of all Chinese exports."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • October 20, 2011
Dave Yost
Dave Yost
stated on October 2, 2011 a newspaper column
"The city of Columbus would save $41 million a year if employees had to contribute to their own, guaranteed-check pensions."
Mostly True
By Henry J. Gomez • October 19, 2011
Building a Better Ohio
Building a Better Ohio
stated on September 15, 2011 a campaign commercial
Says the reforms in state Issue 2 "will save taxpayer dollars"
Mostly True
By Peter Krouse • October 17, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on October 7, 2011 a news release
"Our unemployment rate has been higher than 8 percent for more than two-and-a-half years, far above what the Obama Administration promised with the 'stimulus.' "
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • October 13, 2011
Alliance for America's Future
Alliance for America's Future
stated on October 11, 2011 a campaign mailing
"We just can’t afford to pay 100 percent of government employee benefits."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • October 12, 2011
We Are Ohio
We Are Ohio
stated on September 27, 2011 a television commercial
"Senate Bill 5 makes it harder for nurses to give the patients the quality care they need."
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • October 10, 2011
We Are Ohio
We Are Ohio
stated on September 13, 2011 a campaign commercial
Says that politicians who approved collective bargaining restrictions for public employees "exploited a loophole exempting themselves from Senate Bill 5."
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • October 7, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on September 15, 2011 a television interview
"We have a $2 trillion to $3 trillion infrastructure deficit. We’ve got work that needs to get done. We’ve got people that want to go to work."
Mostly True
By Henry J. Gomez • October 6, 2011
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
stated on September 15, 2011 a news conference
Says that to drive the length of the newly drawn 15th District "you’d find yourself on the road as long as it would take to drive from Columbus to Niagara Falls."
Mostly True
By Aaron Marshall • October 5, 2011
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on September 14, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"Last year, Korea sold nearly half a million cars in our country. ... The United States, you know how much we sell to them? Six thousand. What kind of deal is that?"
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • October 4, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on September 12, 2011 an ad from the Republican Governors Association
"We’re. . . keeping and creating jobs in our state. From American Greetings, to Wendy’s, to Diebold, we’ve gone to their doorsteps to keep jobs right here in Ohio."
True
By Reginald Fields • October 3, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on September 28, 2011 a news release
Says U.S. Sen Sherrod Brown "promised that the first stimulus bill would fund the Brent Spence Bridge."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • September 30, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on September 7, 2011 a television interview
"The Fed created $1.2 trillion out of nothing, gave it to banks, and some of them foreign banks, so that they could stabilize their operations."
True
By Peter Krouse • September 28, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on August 25, 2011 a television interview
"We have asked public employees to pay 10 percent of the costs of their guaranteed pension and 15 percent of the cost of their health care. ... The leadership of those public employees unions don't want to pay anything."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • September 27, 2011
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