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Eric Schneiderman
Eric Schneiderman
stated on September 6, 2017 an interview on The Rachel Maddow Show:
"No court has held (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) unconstitutional."  
True
By Miriam Valverde • September 11, 2017
Louise Slaughter
Louise Slaughter
stated on September 5, 2017 a tweet:
Rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program "will harm our economy."
True
By PolitiFact Staff • September 10, 2017
Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff
stated on August 20, 2017 an interview:
"I think what the authors of the (25th) Amendment principally had in mind was some kind of physical incapacitation or serious mental illness or a breakdown, an inability to function in office."
True
By John Kruzel • August 29, 2017
Betty Jean Grant
Betty Jean Grant
stated on August 17, 2017 a Spectrum News story after the debate:
"I'm the only candidate who has not accepted money from Carl Paladino nor LPCiminelli; two of the biggest developers in the city of Buffalo."
True
By Dan Clark • August 25, 2017
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 18, 2017 a speech:
"It costs us about $33,000 a year (on average nationally) to lock somebody up. In California it costs about $75,000 a year."
True
By Chris Nichols • August 9, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 7, 2017 a tweet:
Says his time away from Washington coincides with a "long planned renovation" for the White House.
True
By Manuela Tobias • August 8, 2017
Illinois Policy Institute
Illinois Policy Institute
stated on August 3, 2017 a tweet:
The new tax will make soda sold in Chicago among the most expensive in the country.
True
By Matt Dietrich • August 7, 2017
Ashley Smith
Ashley Smith
stated on July 19, 2017 a San Antonio Express-News story:
Says transgender residents make up "about 1-in-300 people, we're all over the place, we're your friends and your neighbors."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 3, 2017
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on July 12, 2017 an interview on MSNBC:
The Inland Empire is "the second fastest growing region" for jobs in California.
True
By Chris Nichols • July 27, 2017
Eric Schneiderman
Eric Schneiderman
stated on July 17, 2017 a speech at Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine:
"We have been able to cut New York’s uninsured rate in half since 2013 from 10 percent to 5 percent of our population."
True
By Dan Clark • July 24, 2017
John Faso
John Faso
stated on July 15, 2017 an article in the Times Herald-Record:
"We now have about one-third of New York’s population on Medicaid."
True
By Dan Clark • July 21, 2017
Ian Bremmer
Ian Bremmer
stated on July 18, 2017 comments on 'The Rachel Maddow Show':
Says President Richard Nixon held meetings with heads of state without an American interpreter.
True
By Joshua Gillin • July 21, 2017
Joe Straus
Joe Straus
stated on July 16, 2017 an email blast:
"One" Texas school "district alone -- Austin ISD -- is expected to lose more than $530 million in local property taxes to Robin Hood this year."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2017
Stacey Evans
Stacey Evans
stated on June 12, 2017 a campaign video:
"I helped win one of the biggest private lawsuits against Medicare fraud in history. The government declined to pursue the case, so my firm did, and we recovered $324 million for taxpayers."
True
By Manuela Tobias • July 14, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 17, 2017 a radio interview:
Tax cuts approved and those proposed in his state budget "will exceed $8 billion by the time the budget is done."  
True
By Alan Hovorka • July 12, 2017
Samantha Bee
Samantha Bee
stated on June 21, 2017 a segment on her show "Full Frontal":
The New York State Senate "passed legislation allowing minors to race snowmobiles, get their own hunting licenses, and not be employed gathering or picking rags, cigar stumps, or collecting bones."
True
By Dan Clark • June 30, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on June 2, 2017 a speech at the state Democratic convention:
 "Seven years later, (Scott Walker) has not hit his first campaign promise of creating 250,000 jobs."
True
By Alan Hovorka • June 23, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 20, 2017 a tweet:
Says Jon Ossoff "doesn't even live in (his) district."
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 20, 2017
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on June 12, 2017 an interview on "Fox & Friends":
"There are currently 6 million jobs available in this country that are due in part to the skills gap."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2017
Derrick Crowe
Derrick Crowe
stated on June 3, 2017 as quoted in an Austin American-Statesman news story:
Says each of the past three years "has been the hottest on record."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 15, 2017
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