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Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on January 10, 2012 in 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 in 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 in 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 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 in 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 in 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 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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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