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Ian Lang
Ian Lang
stated on May 18, 2011 in a state Senate committee hearing:
"Rhode Island continues to have the highest rates of substance abuse in the country."
True
By Richard Salit • June 9, 2011
Fred Risser
Fred Risser
stated on May 19, 2011 in a debate on the Senate floor.:
Says Wisconsin state Senate President Michael Elllis (R-Neenah) broke Senate rules during debate on a photo ID bill for voters.
False
By James B. Nelson • June 5, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on May 23, 2011 in a speech to announce his presidential candidacy:
"For decades before I was elected, governors tried and failed to get Minnesota out of the top 10 highest-taxed states in the country. I actually did it."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2011
Mitch Daniels
Mitch Daniels
stated on March 28, 2011 in an interview with PBS's Tavis Smiley.:
Says that in 41 states, government workers "are better paid than the taxpayers who support them."  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 21, 2011
Richard Ferruccio
Richard Ferruccio
stated on March 8, 2011 in a radio interview:
"What we have now is the most generous, in my opinion, 'good time' bill in the entire United States."
False
By Peter Lord • March 21, 2011
Ocean State Policy Research Institute
Ocean State Policy Research Institute
stated on January 20, 2011 in a report:
"The most significant driver of out-migration [from Rhode Island] is the estate tax."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Peter Lord • February 13, 2011
Warren Chisum
Warren Chisum
stated on December 21, 2010 in a press release:
On choosing a Texas House speaker
Full Flop
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 8, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 19, 2010 in an interview:
Says the state's Medicaid waiver proposal "has languished in a file cabinet at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for more than two years."
Pants on Fire!
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 6, 2011
Mark Brodeur
Mark Brodeur
stated on December 2, 2010 in a Providence Journal story:
Rhode Island spends less than 10 percent of what the average state spends promoting tourism.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 12, 2010
Joe Straus
Joe Straus
stated on November 12, 2010 in an e-mail:
Says the Texas House has "a record number of new members joining our ranks."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 27, 2010
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on November 9, 2010 in an interview with Fox News.:
"We're the only system of federalism in the world."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 10, 2010
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on October 25, 2010 in a campaign commerical:
"North Dakota's economy is reeling."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2010
Back to Basics
Back to Basics
stated on October 5, 2010 in a newspaper ad:
Says "the Texas unemployment rate has even grown more than the nation's as a whole."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 7, 2010
John Robitaille
John Robitaille
stated on October 4, 2010 in an interview on WHJJ's Helen Glover Show:
"Rhode Island has a very generous unemployment compensation rate compared to most other states."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 6, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 5, 2010 in a speech on Labor Day:
John Boehner said the jobs of "teachers and nurses and police officers and firefighters" are "'government jobs' that weren't worth saving."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 8, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on August 23, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Sharron Angle "would eliminate the Department of Education."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on August 10, 2010 in a news release:
A bill to aid state and local governments "is fully paid-for by closing costly corporate tax loopholes."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 13, 2010
Donald Carcieri
Donald Carcieri
stated on July 27, 2010 in an interview on Fox News' "The Neil Cavuto Show," about U.S. Sen. John Kerry's boat:
Repealing the sales tax on boats in Rhode Island has spawned 2,000 companies, 7,000 jobs and close to $2 billion a year in sales activity.
Half-True
By Cynthia Needham • August 8, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on July 9, 2010 in an issue advocacy ad:
"Jane Norton supported the largest tax hike in Colorado history."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on July 9, 2010 in a television ad:
The "state bureaucracy" Jane Norton managed "grew by $43 million in just three years."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2010
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