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Don McIntire
Don McIntire
stated on June 26, 2012 in a radio show:
"We’re spending $12,000 bucks a kid a year in the school system."
True
By Janie Har • July 3, 2012
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on June 20, 2012 in in a news release :
"Oregon schools receive millions of dollars per year in federal school lunch assistance and yet they are required to spend that money almost anywhere but Oregon."
True
By Charles Pope • June 29, 2012
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on June 7, 2012 in in a tweet.:
Says "only 18 percent of Portland elementary schools have art instruction compared to 83 percent nationally."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • June 11, 2012
Mary Nolan
Mary Nolan
stated on March 30, 2012 in a debate.:
Says Amanda Fritz "manages less than 5 percent of city operations."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • May 31, 2012
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on May 15, 2012 in a questionnaire:
Says the city of Portland has one manager for every six "front-line" workers.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • May 25, 2012
Suzanne Bonamici
Suzanne Bonamici
stated on May 16, 2012 in a House floor debate:
Says "one in four women and one in seven men have been victims of domestic violence in their lifetime."
True
By Charles Pope • May 25, 2012
John Ludlow
John Ludlow
stated on May 4, 2012 in campaign material :
Says he "is the only candidate in the race for Clackamas County Chair who will refuse to join the Public Employees Retirement System."
True
By Janie Har • May 8, 2012
Charlie Hales
Charlie Hales
stated on April 30, 2012 in a debate:
Say that under state law, "systems development charges can only be spent on capital investment."
True
By Janie Har • May 5, 2012
Eileen Brady
Eileen Brady
stated on April 30, 2012 in a debate:
Says she is co-owner of Celilo Group Media.
True
By Janie Har • May 5, 2012
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on April 13, 2012 in his congressional website:
Says the Pentagon has never passed a financial audit. In fact,  the Pentagon is exempt from a federal law that requires all federal agencies to complete annual audits.
True
By Charles Pope • April 13, 2012
Charlie Hales
Charlie Hales
stated on February 12, 2012 in an interview.:
Says "streetcars carry more people than buses … you attract more riders who don't ride transit now, and actually the operating costs are not any greater than the bus."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • April 3, 2012
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on February 9, 2012 in a news release:
"Between 1982 and 2007 the cost of a college education increased 439 percent."
True
By Charles Pope • March 7, 2012
Laurie Monnes Anderson
Laurie Monnes Anderson
stated on February 24, 2012 in a Senate floor speech:
"In 2010 about 75 percent of child abuse and neglect reports in Oregon were made by those required to report by law."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • March 2, 2012
Alissa Keny-Guyer
Alissa Keny-Guyer
stated on February 21, 2012 in a floor speech.:
Says "in Oregon only 41 percent of adults have ever been tested" for HIV.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • February 24, 2012
Alan Bates
Alan Bates
stated on February 14, 2012 in a floor speech.:
Says "80 percent of the health care dollars are spent by 20 percent of the population."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • February 23, 2012
Greg Walden
Greg Walden
stated on February 9, 2012 in news television interview:
You may have driven the length of a football field in the five seconds it takes to check a text. 
True
By Janie Har • February 15, 2012
Kurt Schrader
Kurt Schrader
stated on February 2, 2012 in congressional website :
In just a few decades, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, other mandatory spending programs, and paying interest due on the debt will eclipse our entire budget.
True
By Charles Pope • February 3, 2012
Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on January 10, 2012 in a debate:
Suzanne Bonamici was the only no vote on a 2009 bill cracking down on drunk drivers.
True
By Janie Har • January 14, 2012
Suzanne Bonamici
Suzanne Bonamici
stated on January 10, 2012 in a debate:
Federal law prohibits the growing of industrial hemp in the United States.
True
By Janie Har • January 14, 2012
Suzanne Bonamici
Suzanne Bonamici
stated on January 10, 2012 in a debate:
"My opponent on day one of this campaign attacked me on Medicare and Medicare Advantage and that claim was found to be False."
True
By Janie Har • January 14, 2012
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