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Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
stated on December 11, 2013 an advertisement
"Rhode Island’s teen binge drinking rate is double the national average."
False
By John Hill • December 22, 2013
Teresa Tanzi
Teresa Tanzi
stated on July 1, 2013 a House debate
"We have no idea what is contained in [electronic cigarette] vapor."  
False
July 27, 2013
Jason Conger
Jason Conger
stated on June 19, 2013 a House floor speech
Says "the mandate is 71 times that a child’s body will be injected with a disease" for immunizations.
False
By Janie Har • June 29, 2013
Oregon Health Authority
Oregon Health Authority
stated on April 24, 2013 a draft report
Says that in 2007, "Oregon ranked 25th -- or 7th from the bottom -- in percentage of children with untreated decay compared to 32 other states with similar data."
False
By Janie Har • May 2, 2013
Clean Water Portland
Clean Water Portland
stated on April 8, 2013 a campaign flier
Says "If you compare the Portland Metro area to the CDC’s statewide cavity rates ... the Portland Metro area would actually rank as having the 15th lowest cavity rate in the U.S."
False
By Janie Har • April 20, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 22, 2013 remarks at a Washington, D.C. event.
Says Houston is "home to more doctors, more nurses, more researchers than any other place in the world."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 21, 2013
SEIU
SEIU
stated on March 5, 2013 a lawsuit
"There is no clinical evidence that vaccinating healthcare workers protects patients."
False
By Michael McKinney • March 17, 2013
Providence City Council
Providence City Council
stated on January 3, 2013 a council resolution
"Semi-automatic weapons, whether pistol or rifle, were designed for use by the military on the battlefield."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 16, 2013
Health First Wisconsin
Health First Wisconsin
stated on November 12, 2012 a news release
"Wisconsin is the only state that allows parents or guardians to purchase alcohol for their children – regardless of whether that child is seven or 20 years old – at bars and restaurants."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 21, 2012
Tennessee Republican Party
Tennessee Republican Party
stated on October 11, 2012 a mailer sent for a state legislative campaign.
Says House Democrats "voted to use your tax dollars for abortions" by voting against bill defunding Planned Parenthood.
False
By Tom Humphrey • October 21, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on September 27, 2012 an interview
Says Tammy Baldwin supports a law "in which government will take over your decisions on medicine, on doctors and on hospitals."
False
October 10, 2012
CNSNews
CNSNews
stated on August 10, 2012 a news article.
Says "under Oregon law, girls from 15 years of age and up are given complete control over whether to be sterilized or not."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • September 7, 2012
stated on July 26, 2012 a radio ad
Says Tommy Thompson favors Obama's health care mandate, was publicly thanked by Obama for health reform support and that Thompson "says we can't repeal 'Obamacare.'"
False
August 10, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on June 13, 2012 tweets
Says he "never supported" federal health care individual mandate.
False
July 15, 2012
John G. Edwards
John G. Edwards
stated on June 5, 2012 a debate on the House floor
Decriminalizing marijuana "will save the state anywhere from $4 (million) to $11 million dollars."
False
By Tom Mooney • June 17, 2012
Joseph McNamara
Joseph McNamara
stated on May 15, 2012 a House debate
"In the state of Rhode Island 25 percent of our current physicians are graduates of for-profit medical schools."
False
By Tom Mooney • May 29, 2012
Matthew Hill
Matthew Hill
stated on March 29, 2012 a debate on the state House floor.
Says abortion doctors are "flying into this state, performing abortions and flying out."
False
By Tom Humphrey • April 12, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 19, 2012 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
"Amniocentesis, does, in fact, result more often than not in this country in abortion."
False
By Becky Bowers • February 27, 2012
Michael Chippendale
Michael Chippendale
stated on December 16, 2011 a public forum
"Hydrogen sulfide . . . [was] used in the genocide of Jews in Germany. "
False
By Alex Kuffner • December 21, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 17, 2011 a meeting with the "Palm Beach Post" editorial board
The Affordable Care Act is "not the law of the land."
False
By Becky Bowers • December 1, 2011
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