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Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 16, 2013 a speech at CPAC
"We have a federal government that thinks they have the authority to regulate our toilet seats."
True
By Becky Bowers • March 21, 2013
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on March 7, 2013 a news conference
"More than 64 percent of minimum-wage earners are women."
True
By Molly Moorhead • March 13, 2013
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
stated on February 6, 2013 an editorial
Says Texas is last in workers' compensation coverage.
True
By Sue Owen • February 14, 2013
Keith Faber
Keith Faber
stated on February 4, 2013 a news conference
"Ohio companies export more goods and services globally than 41 other states."
True
By Tom Feran • February 14, 2013
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on February 4, 2013 a news release
 "Three in four low-income workers don’t have any paid sick days available."
True
By Tom Feran • February 11, 2013
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on November 21, 2012 a letter.
Says budget savings by reducing pay and benefits for federal employees total $103 billion over 10 years -- more than $50,000 per worker.
True
By Nancy Madsen • December 17, 2012
National Women's Law Center
National Women's Law Center
stated on September 21, 2012 press release
"In every state, women are paid less than men."
True
By Janel Davis • October 1, 2012
Choose: New Jersey
Choose: New Jersey
stated on July 30, 2012 an advertisement in the Wall Street Journal
"We have more scientists and engineers per square mile than anywhere in the world."
True
By Caryn Shinske • September 6, 2012
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on June 12, 2012 a news release
As Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney used a line-item veto to cut "millions of dollars for firefighting equipment," including firefighters' "coats, pants, helmets and boots."
True
July 1, 2012
E.W. Jackson
E.W. Jackson
stated on May 11, 2012 a debate.
"In Galveston, Texas, they have allowed people to privatize part of their Social Security. And people are building wealth."
True
By Nancy Madsen • June 8, 2012
Terry Gorman
Terry Gorman
stated on April 24, 2012 a House committee hearing
"When these [undocumented] students graduate from college, they're still illegal aliens. They cannot get a job."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 13, 2012
John Ludlow
John Ludlow
stated on May 4, 2012 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
Peter Palumbo
Peter Palumbo
stated on March 20, 2012 a talk radio show.
"Every poll you see, the overwhelming majority of people want [E-Verify]."
True
By Alex Kuffner • March 25, 2012
Wayne DeAngelo
Wayne DeAngelo
stated on February 27, 2012 a Letter to the Editor in The Times of Trenton
"If we keep the minimum wage at the current level, then single-parent families earning the minimum wage at a full-time job will live in poverty in New Jersey."
True
By Erin O'Neill • March 9, 2012
David Quiroa
David Quiroa
stated on October 3, 2011 a news release
"Under Governor Almond the RI DMV had a program that allowed undocumented [people to] use their Personal Tax Identification Number . . . to apply [for] and receive a RI driver’s license."
True
By Lynn Arditi • October 16, 2011
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 10, 2011 an interview on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show"
"According to Wikipedia, there are only five countries in the entire planet that are more unequal than the United States in the distribution of our wealth."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2011
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on September 13, 2011 a discussion on Fox News' "Hannity"
Under President Barack Obama’s jobs bill, "you can sue if you are unemployed and don't get the job and think you weren't hired because you are unemployed."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 15, 2011
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
stated on August 29, 2011 an opinion column
"The ratio of corporate profits to wages is now higher than at any time since just before the Great Depression."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2011
Marc Morial
Marc Morial
stated on July 17, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"The black unemployment rate (has) increased since the recovery has begun."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on July 11, 2011 a "New York Times" column
"There are actually half a million fewer government employees now than there were when (President Barack) Obama took office."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2011
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