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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

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

"Our unemployment rate is now lower than it was before the financial crisis."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2015

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

The United States is "the only advanced country on Earth" that doesn’t guarantee "paid maternity leave to our workers."

Mostly True

By Steve Contorno • January 21, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 7, 2015 a speech in Wayne. Mich.:

Over the past five years, the American automobile industry has "created about 500,000 new jobs."

True

By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2015

Bob Buckhorn
stated on January 15, 2015 a campaign ad:

Tampa Bay is "leading the state in jobs creation."

Mostly False

By Richard Danielson • January 15, 2015

Gwen Moore
stated on January 7, 2015 a tweet:

Says Mitch McConnell credits Republicans "for recent economic improvements" even though they took control of the Senate only "days ago."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • January 14, 2015

Mark Drewniak
stated on January 6, 2015 in a press interview:

Mercedes said high taxes and the cost of doing business in New Jersey worked to Georgia’s advantage in landing the company's USA corporate headquarters.

True

By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • January 14, 2015

Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 7, 2015 a speech at the AFL-CIO National Summit on Raising Wages:

"The average family not in the top 10 percent makes less money today than they were making a generation ago."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2015

Mitch McConnell
stated on January 7, 2015 a Senate floor speech:

A recent economic uptick appears to "coincide" with "the expectation of a new Republican Congress."

False

By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2015

Hank Huckaby
stated on December 16, 2014 civic club speech:

Only 42 percent of young Georgians have a college certificate or degree, but soon 60 percent of jobs will require some college credential.

True

By Nancy Badertscher • January 7, 2015

John Thune
stated on January 4, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday":

Says President Barack Obama's own administration has done five environmental impact assessments of the Keystone XL pipeline, "all of which have said it would have a minimum impact on the environment."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • January 4, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on December 5, 2014 a meme on social media:

"When (Barack Obama) took office, 2.3 million people were out of work. Five-plus years later, we have 5 million-plus out of work."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • December 9, 2014

Peter Morici
stated on December 7, 2014 an op-ed in the "Statesman Journal":

Immigrants "have captured all of the nearly 9 million jobs created since 2000."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • December 2, 2014

Chuck Todd
stated on November 9, 2014 an interview:

Wisconsin is below the national average in wage growth and job growth.

True

By Tom Kertscher • November 28, 2014

Enough Already Wisconsin, Inc.
stated on November 8, 2014 a tweet:

The majority of revenue generated by a proposed Kenosha casino would be sent to the Seminole tribe in Florida.

False

By James B. Nelson • November 20, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 a press conference after the G20 summit:

"Over the last few years, we’ve put more people back to work than all the other advanced economies combined."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2014

Russ Girling
stated on November 16, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":

The State Department says the 42,000 jobs created by the Keystone XL pipeline are "ongoing, enduring jobs."

False

By Katie Sanders • November 16, 2014

Anna Kooiman
stated on November 6, 2014 a segment on "Fox & Friends":

"There would be tens of thousands of jobs created" if President Barack Obama approved the Keystone XL pipeline.

Mostly False

By Katie Sanders • November 11, 2014

Bob Seger
stated on October 12, 2014 an interview:

The proposed mine in northern Wisconsin would be built without any government oversight, and will be nine miles long.

False

By James B. Nelson • November 10, 2014

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