Latest Fact-Checks In Government Regulation

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Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on October 24, 2014 an interview
Attorney general candidate Brad Schimel "is in cahoots with Wisconsin Right to Life to make abortion a crime in Wisconsin."  
Mostly False
October 31, 2014
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on July 29, 2014 a campaign ad
"The president's come out with rules that say, 'No new coal-fired power plants.' "
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • August 7, 2014
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on July 28, 2014 an interview on Univision Radio
"We would create thousands of jobs in Colorado, if the Keystone Pipeline were to be built."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • July 31, 2014
Erin Lynch
Erin Lynch
stated on June 11, 2014 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate
"The average age of the minimum wage worker is 35 years old."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 20, 2014
Michael Solomon
Michael Solomon
stated on April 3, 2014 a news release
"Pregnant women who stand for five to six hours at a time increase their risk of pre-term pregnancy by 80 percent."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 20, 2014
Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower
stated on May 1, 2013 a fundraising letter.
Says the U.S. Postal Service has taken no taxpayer aid since 1971, funds operations entirely from the sale of stamps and related products and makes an "operational profit year after year."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 9, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 12, 2013 a radio ad
Says New York has ‘bureaucrats telling you whether you can even drink a Big Gulp.’
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • June 19, 2013
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on May 9, 2013 an interview
An 11-year-old girl was investigated by the FBI and had to pay a $500 federal criminal fine "because she found an injured woodpecker and put it in a cage to make sure that the bird was OK."
Mostly False
May 28, 2013
Ed Doyle
Ed Doyle
stated on April 25, 2013 a news release and Facebook post
Proposed gun control legislation "will outlaw practically every firearm, make you pay $100 per firearm, put you into a police database" and make it "nearly impossible" to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 5, 2013
Joseph Levy
Joseph Levy
stated on February 25, 2013 a legislative hearing
Says indoor workers get "less UV than outdoor workers, but they get more melanomas."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • March 16, 2013
Brian Patrick Kennedy
Brian Patrick Kennedy
stated on February 6, 2013 a news release
Employers and schools have no right to conduct "surveillance of a dorm room or a worker’s cubicle."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 17, 2013
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on January 23, 2013 testimony to the Legislature
Wisconsin’s laws "ranked the worst in the world for mining investment."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • February 15, 2013
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on January 15, 2013 a speech
A Republican-sponsored Wisconsin mining bill "will take at least seven years to create jobs."  
Mostly False
January 27, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 26, 2012 an interview
Says he first unveiled his new legislative agenda in Wisconsin, not in California as critics complain  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 2, 2012
Michael Riley
Michael Riley
stated on September 30, 2012 a news release
"When Congressman Langevin took office, gas was around $1.70 per gallon, and now it is near $4 per gallon."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 8, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on March 29, 2012 a news release
Sherrod Brown opposed blocking a new EPA emissions rule, "despite acknowledging that the EPA's cap-and-trade regulations are ‘burdensome’ and could harm economic growth in Ohio."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • April 5, 2012
Barth Bracy
Barth Bracy
stated on February 3, 2012 a radio interview
The polls "show over half of Americans identify themselves as being pro-life."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2012
Nickie Antonio
Nickie Antonio
stated on January 24, 2012 a news conference
"Statistics bear out that any time a country, a state, makes more restrictive abortion laws ... fatalities go up and abortions actually increase."
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • February 10, 2012
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on December 16, 2011 appearance on Fox Business Channel’s “Varney & Co.”
New energy standards will take away "our freedom of choice and selection in the light bulbs we have in our homes."
Mostly False
By Bartholomew Sullivan • January 13, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on December 13, 2011 a news release
Says Rep. Betty Sutton supports allowing "welfare fund withdrawals from strip clubs, casinos and liquor stores."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • January 2, 2012
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