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Latest Fact-Checks In Infrastructure

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Citizens United
Citizens United
stated on March 31, 2021 in a tweet:
Says Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan “is the Green New Deal.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 2, 2021
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
stated on August 21, 2020 in an ad:
After a bridge collapse killed six people, Carlos Gimenez extended a $130 million contract to the construction company, where one of his sons worked and for which another lobbied.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 4, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet:
“In California, Democrats have intentionally implemented rolling blackouts.”
False
By Chris Nichols • August 18, 2020
Kelly Loeffler
Kelly Loeffler
stated on August 6, 2020 in a campaign ad:
“Doug Collins repeatedly joined liberal Stacey Abrams to raise taxes...Kelly’s never voted for a tax increase — and never will.”
Mostly False
By Noah Y. Kim • August 17, 2020
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 17, 2019 in an interview on "Face the Nation":
President Trump "hasn’t built any new (border) wall" during his time in office.
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • November 23, 2019
Jim Durkin
Jim Durkin
stated on June 3, 2019 in a radio interview:
"There are parts of I-80 near Joliet that school buses are not allowed to cross because of the fragile nature of a bridge."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 16, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on April 29, 2019 in climate change plan:
"60 million Americans live in a place where the water they drink is unsafe."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • May 7, 2019
LaTonya Johnson
LaTonya Johnson
stated on April 3, 2019 in a tweet:
"Our road conditions cost WI families. In Milwaukee, the average cost per driver is $2,300."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • April 26, 2019
Craig Thompson
Craig Thompson
stated on January 27, 2019 in an interview:
Among neighboring states, the condition of Wisconsin highways was rated "not only the worst, but it was worse by a gaping margin."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • February 26, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on February 12, 2019 in a State of the State Address:
"More than a million Californians" do not have "clean water to bathe in or drink."
True
By Chris Nichols • February 14, 2019
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on August 16, 2018 in a speech:
Wisconsin is "49th out of 50 states in infrastructure."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 30, 2018
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on August 8, 2018 in a speech to farmers:
"Hospitals are closing in rural America because they don't have access to high-speed internet."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 15, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2018 in a campaign speech:
"We’ve already started (the border wall). We started it in San Diego."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • June 26, 2018
Ryan Zinke
Ryan Zinke
stated on March 13, 2018 in testimony before a Senate committee:
A Trump administration proposal for the Interior Department "is the largest investment in our public lands infrastructure in our nation's history."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 in the State of the Union address:
"America is a nation of builders. We built the Empire State Building in just one year. Isn’t it a disgrace that it can now take 10 years just to get a minor permit approved for the building of a simple road?"
Half-True
By John Kruzel • January 31, 2018
Matt Adamczyk
Matt Adamczyk
stated on December 15, 2017 in an interview:
Wisconsin's state court agency "basically" has rented the same office space across from the Capitol "since 1974."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • December 22, 2017
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on September 20, 2017 in a newspaper article:
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom was "for (high-speed rail), before he’s against it, and then he’s for it again."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • September 29, 2017
Rick Baker
Rick Baker
stated on June 14, 2017 in a "Tampa Bay Times" article:
Says Rick Kriseman is $35 million over budget on St. Petersburg’s new police station.  
False
By Allison Graves • August 25, 2017
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on August 9, 2017 in a podcast:
"We’ve got a police station that’s under construction right now, they are actually ahead of schedule and under budget."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • August 24, 2017
Rick Baker
Rick Baker
stated on July 28, 2017 in a Facebook post:
Says he "made St. Petersburg the state's best maintained large sewer system in 2007."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • August 18, 2017
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