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William Devereaux
William Devereaux
stated on May 10, 2016 in a legislative hearing :
"You can import as many hemp products into this country as you want...but we can’t grow it."  
True
By Jacqueline Tempera • May 22, 2016
Catherine Hanaway
Catherine Hanaway
stated on March 17, 2016 in a debate:
"As a former federal prosecutor, I prosecuted over 4,000 cases."
True
By Tyler Adkisson • April 25, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 22, 2016 in a speech at Stanford University.:
When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2016
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on March 16, 2016 in a tweet:
"Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912."  
True
By Tom Kertscher • March 17, 2016
Richard Blumenthal
Richard Blumenthal
stated on February 15, 2016 in an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball:
"There's never been a (U.S. Supreme Court) vacancy in the last, I think, 30 years, lasting longer than 237 days."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 18, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 17, 2016 in comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate:
Says Bernie Sanders "has reversed his position on immunity" for gun manufacturers and sellers.
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2016
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:
"If you are going to kill the families of terrorists, realize that there's something called the Geneva Convention we're going to have to pull out of."
True
By Louis Jacobson • December 17, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 6, 2015 in a Snopes.com tweet recapping a Facebook post:
A Texas police department bought an ad telling drug dealers, "We can take your competition off the streets for FREE."  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 30, 2015
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on August 16, 2015 in a meme posted on his Facebook page:
"To vote in Mexico every eligible Mexican citizen has to have a tamper-proof photo-ID card with a thumbprint and an embossed hologram."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 26, 2015
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 3, 2015 in an interview:
Says Scott Walker's views on abortion are more restrictive "than any Republican president in recent times."
True
By Tom Kertscher • July 16, 2015
Jason Rae
Jason Rae
stated on April 21, 2015 in an interview:
Wisconsin's non-discrimination law "doesn't protect members of the trans-gender community."  
True
By Tom Kertscher • May 8, 2015
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on March 16, 2015 in a blog.:
"Did you know that the U.S. is one of the very few nations in the world without an official language?"
True
By Warren Fiske • April 6, 2015
Jerry Falwell Jr.
Jerry Falwell Jr.
stated on March 23, 2015 in a speech introducing Ted Cruz at Liberty University:
Ted Cruz was "the longest-serving solicitor general in the history of Texas."
True
By Alex Wilts • March 25, 2015
Jeff Graham
Jeff Graham
stated on January 7, 2015 in an interview with WABE radio:
The religious liberty bill proposed in the Georgia House of Representatives does not specifically exclude corporations, which means they can legally claim a religious exemption.
True
By April Hunt • January 21, 2015
James Aubin
James Aubin
stated on January 5, 2015 in a newspaper commentary:
"Colorado raked in $60 million in marijuana taxes and licensing fees in the past year."
True
By Katie Mulvaney • January 11, 2015
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 14, 2014 in a TV interview:
The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 23, 2014
Progress for Austin PAC
Progress for Austin PAC
stated on December 3, 2014 in a mailer to voters:
"Mike Martinez cut a deal with prosecutors to avoid facing possible jail time and stuck us with his $24,657.50 legal bill."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 10, 2014
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on November 14, 2014 in a newspaper interview:
Rhode Island's legislature is "the strongest in the country."
True
By Katie Mulvaney • November 30, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 15, 2014 in a letter to David Feldman, Houston's city attorney:
A lawyer demanded "several Houston pastors hand over to the city government many of their private papers, including their sermons."
True
By Dylan Baddour • October 23, 2014
Peter Kilmartin
Peter Kilmartin
stated on October 2, 2014 in an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio:
"In the past three years, we have prosecuted or brought more cases on access to public records than in the previous 12 years combined."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 18, 2014
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