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David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on July 21, 2013 an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers" program
"The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan office, did an analysis and said that passing comprehensive immigration reform will reduce the federal deficit by $200 billion over the next decade."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 1, 2013
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on May 2, 2013 a speech
"In the past four years, (the U.S. Senate) has only passed nine out of 48 appropriation bills."
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • June 21, 2013
Christine Whitman
Christine Whitman
stated on June 4, 2013 an interview on The John Gambling radio show
"We haven't had a Republican senator in Washington for ... why, I think Clifford Case was our last Republican senator."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • June 13, 2013
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
stated on June 4, 2013 a U.S. Ways and Means hearing
Says "Having organizations parading as being social welfare organizations and then being involved in the political combat harkens back to why the statute a hundred years ago said that they were prohibited."
False
By Janie Har • June 13, 2013
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 23, 2013 a press release
Says  "With nearly 75 percent of Americans supportive of the construction of the pipeline, Schrader needs to explain to Oregon families why he voted against this needed project."  
Mostly True
By Janie Har • June 1, 2013
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on April 7, 2013 a television interview
North Korea has a "substantial standing army, one of the largest, certainly the largest per capita, in the world."
True
By Michael McKinney • May 10, 2013
John Barrow
John Barrow
stated on April 5, 2013 a letter
Congress has spent 66 of the first 100 days of this term in recess.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • April 22, 2013
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on March 25, 2013 a radio interview.
Paul Ryan’s budget "keeps the Obamacare taxes and spending cuts that paid for Obamacare, but then cuts all of the benefits."
Mostly True
By Nancy Madsen • April 8, 2013
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on April 1, 2013 a press conference
Says "I've authored the first bipartisan tax reform bill in a quarter-century."  
Mostly True
By Janie Har • April 6, 2013
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on February 27, 2013 a speech
"Even Roger Williams National Memorial in my home state of Rhode Island attracted nearly 51,000 visitors in 2011, with non local visitors adding more than $3.2 million to the local economy."
Half-True
By John Hill • March 27, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C.
Says if Congress doesn’t avoid the sequester, "tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find child care for their kids."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • February 22, 2013
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hoyer
stated on February 12, 2013 a media availability with reporters
"The majority of (the American people) voted for a Democratic House."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • February 19, 2013
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on February 14, 2013 a speech on the Senate floor
Says of a failed cloture vote on nominating Chuck Hagel for defense secretary: "This is not a filibuster."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 18, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 14, 2013 a news article.
Says he "has repeatedly praised Chuck Hagel’s character, patriotism, bravery, and personal service defending our nation."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 15, 2013
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on February 7, 2013 a press call
Says, "Since 1994 when VAWA was first passed, incidents of domestic violence have dropped more than 50 percent."
True
By Charles Pope • February 11, 2013
Rob Woodall
Rob Woodall
stated on January 25, 2013 a meeting
"Forty-seven percent of (members of Congress) are millionaires."
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 4, 2013
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on January 1, 2013 a news release
Says the New Year’s Day "fiscal cliff" deal "reduces the deficit."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • January 31, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 6, 2013 a chain email message
Members of Congress "specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed, such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment" ... (and) from the healthcare reform."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • January 16, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 6, 2013 a chain email message
Members of Congress can "retire with the same pay after only one term" in office
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • January 11, 2013
Ann McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster
stated on November 11, 2012
Says she is "entering in the most diverse class ever," of U.S. Representatives
True
By Jake Berry, Maryalice Gill • November 21, 2012
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