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Robert Kraig
Robert Kraig
stated on October 3, 2011 in a news release, blog:
Wisconsin bill "grants drug companies and medical device manufacturers immunity from injuries and deaths caused by their products."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 14, 2011
Gary Schaer
Gary Schaer
stated on August 17, 2011 in a press release:
"Hair stylists are required to undergo more government scrutiny than foreclosure consultants."
True
By Bill Wichert • August 21, 2011
AmeriPAC
AmeriPAC
stated on May 16, 2011 in a fundraising letter:
Compact fluorescent light bulbs are "toxic" and "not environmentally friendly."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • May 24, 2011
AmeriPAC
AmeriPAC
stated on May 16, 2011 in a fundraising letter:
"The Democrats have already voted to ban our conventional light bulbs ... in favor of dangerous fluorescent light bulbs."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • May 20, 2011
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on February 16, 2011 in a press release:
"Since 1980, over 145 incidents have been documented of suction entrapment in swimming pools and spas, including 36 deaths of children."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 23, 2011
National Federation of Independent Business-Florida
National Federation of Independent Business-Florida
stated on January 25, 2011 in testimony to Florida House Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee.:
"Florida is one of only three states that require licenses for commercial interior designers."
True
By Katie Sanders • March 18, 2011
Phyllis Schlafly
Phyllis Schlafly
stated on February 2, 2011 in an e-mail blast.:
Says broken compact fluorescent light bulbs "allegedly cause migraines and epilepsy attacks."  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 5, 2011
Jeff Atwater
Jeff Atwater
stated on January 19, 2011 in a meeting with reporters in Tallahassee:
"Of the top five cities for staged automobile accidents, three are in Florida. … We rank No. 1 in the country in staged auto accidents."
Mostly True
By Trenton Daniel • January 27, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on November 10, 2010 in a news release:
"We are giving almost $2 billion of taxpayer money to the junk food and fast food industries every year to make the (childhood obesity) epidemic worse."
False
By Tom Feran • December 6, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 3, 2010 in a news conference:
Says that the new financial services law requires 358 regulatory filings.  
True
By Sabrina Eaton • November 9, 2010
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on January 11, 2010 in a speech.:
Says Texas has so few gas-pump inspectors in the field, "the HEBs of this state, the Brookshires of this state, they're calibrating their own gas pumps. The (Texas Department of Agriculture) just sends them the stickers and they calibrate them."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 18, 2010
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on September 12, 2010 in a campaign video.:
Says gas pumps in different parts of Texas are missing state inspection stickers and/or their inspections are out of date--and that's cheating consumers.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2010
Back to Basics
Back to Basics
stated on September 8, 2010 in a TV ad:
"Perry pushed for a law that lets insurance companies raise homeowners’ rates without having to justify the increase."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 3, 2010
Holly Benson
Holly Benson
stated on July 31, 2010 in a candidates' debate:
"Florida is now the No. 1 state in the country for automobile accident fraud."
Mostly True
By Lukas Pleva • August 5, 2010
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on April 25, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week:
The financial services bill will end "too-big-to-fail."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2010
Ken Legler
Ken Legler
stated on April 12, 2010 in Facebook and Twitter posts:
"Cell phone numbers go public this month."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 14, 2010
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on December 14, 2009 in in a press release:
Says a careless attitude and "poor oversight by the Texas Department of Agriculture" led to deaths and illnesses traced to a Texas peanut plant.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 12, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on June 18, 2009 in a Washington Post op-ed:
Every year tobacco kills more Americans than did World War II — more than AIDS, cocaine, heroin, alcohol, vehicular accidents, homicide and suicide combined.
True
By Catharine Richert • June 29, 2009
Rosa DeLauro
Rosa DeLauro
stated on February 4, 2009 in a news conference:
"When the salmonella source was finally identified, FDA officials had to wait for industry approval before they could go live with the [peanut] recall."
True
By Alexander Lane • February 19, 2009
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 20, 2007 in a speech in Shenandoah, Iowa:
"A ham and cheese sandwich on one slice of bread is the responsibility of the USDA ... But a ham and cheese sandwich on two slices of bread is the responsibility of the Food and Drug Administration."
True
By Bill Adair • December 10, 2007
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