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Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on January 10, 2012 a debate
The proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline is a bipartisan proposal.
Mostly True
By Janie Har • January 14, 2012
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on December 12, 2011 a speech
Says Oregon canned blueberries will be cheaper in South Korea thanks to a trade agreement.
Mostly True
By Janie Har • December 20, 2011
Creative Advocacy Network
Creative Advocacy Network
stated on December 1, 2011 a tweet
Says 77 percent "of Portland's students finish elementary school without taking even one art class."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • December 16, 2011
Eileen Brady
Eileen Brady
stated on November 15, 2011 in a campaign ad
Says she "brought together business, labor and hospitals to give 94,000 Oregon children health care."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 26, 2011
Our Oregon
Our Oregon
stated on November 14, 2011 a statement on their website
Says "we’re losing one voter every 13 minutes."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 23, 2011
Tom Hughes
Tom Hughes
stated on November 2, 2011 a guest column
Twenty percent of housing in Portland’s Pearl District is ‘affordable.’
Mostly True
By Janie Har • November 18, 2011
Amanda Fritz
Amanda Fritz
stated on October 3, 2011 in campaign literature
Says that "In 2009, I saved ratepayers around $500 million by persuading the Council to pursue a less expensive compliance mechanism if the City is required to treat Bull Run drinking water."
Mostly True
By Janie Har • October 11, 2011
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
stated on September 23, 2011 a House floor speech
Says "Every year air pollution protections are delayed, another 34,000 people will die prematurely."
Mostly True
By Charles Pope • October 3, 2011
Michael Schrunk
Michael Schrunk
stated on July 23, 2011 a guest column for The Oregonian
Says "under our current sentencing laws, about 75 percent of all convicted felons in Oregon do not go to prison."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • August 23, 2011
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on August 3, 2011 letter to a constituent
Says allowing the payroll tax holiday to expire would end up "costing another estimated 900,000 jobs in 2012."
Mostly True
By Charles Pope • August 19, 2011
Oregon Education Association
Oregon Education Association
stated on July 1, 2011 a blog posting
House Bill 2301 never had a public hearing
Mostly True
By Janie Har • July 14, 2011
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on April 19, 2011 a press release
"Creating 25 jobs in Umatilla County has the same impact as 500 jobs in the metro region."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • June 17, 2011
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on June 16, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor
Oil companies are able to sell oil that costs no more to produce today than it did one year ago.
Mostly True
By Charles Pope • June 4, 2011
David Wu
David Wu
stated on April 15, 2011 a press release
House Republican plan would increase costs for Oregon seniors by $6,000 with health care vouchers instead of Medicare
Mostly True
By Charles Pope • May 6, 2011
Kim Thatcher
Kim Thatcher
stated on March 17, 2011 a House floor session
Oregon concealed gun applications include "home phone numbers, home address, Social Security numbers, what kinds of guns you have in the house … whether you were dishonorably discharged from the military, what controlled substances you are taking and  were you ever accused of -- accused, mind you -- of stalking."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • March 26, 2011
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on February 22, 2011 a video online
Says "for the equivalent cost of a single mile of freeway, we have a bike infrastructure."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • March 19, 2011
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on March 4, 2011 a letter to President Barack Obama
Tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve would immediately lower gasoline prices
Mostly True
By Charles Pope • March 12, 2011
Mark Hass
Mark Hass
stated on February 8, 2011 a legislative hearing
"Twelve percent of the garbage collected in those SOLV cleanups, by volume, is plastic bags."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • February 26, 2011
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on February 1, 2011 a press release
Oregon families pay an extra $1,400 a year on higher insurance premiums to cover those who do not have insurance.
Mostly True
By Charles Pope • February 12, 2011
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on January 25, 2011 an e-mail
Says his state budget will "provide an increase in state funding for the 2011-12 school year."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • February 2, 2011
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