Fact Check Posts – Page 30

Bob Kincaid
stated on January 19, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Melissa Harris-Perry":

"Most of West Virginia is still owned, in excess of 90 percent, by out-of-state interests."

By Jon Greenberg • January 21, 2014

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
stated on December 11, 2013 an advertisement:

"Rhode Island’s teen binge drinking rate is double the national average."

By John Hill • December 22, 2013

Teresa Tanzi
stated on July 1, 2013 a House debate:

"We have no idea what is contained in [electronic cigarette] vapor."

July 27, 2013

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.

By Janie Har • June 29, 2013

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."

By Janie Har • May 2, 2013

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."

By Janie Har • April 20, 2013

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."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 21, 2013

SEIU
stated on March 5, 2013 a lawsuit:

"There is no clinical evidence that vaccinating healthcare workers protects patients."

By Michael McKinney • March 17, 2013

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."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 16, 2013

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."

By Dave Umhoefer • November 21, 2012

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.

By Tom Humphrey • October 21, 2012

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."

By Tom Kertscher • October 10, 2012

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."

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.'"

By Tom Kertscher • August 10, 2012

Tommy Thompson
stated on June 13, 2012 tweets:

Says he "never supported" federal health care individual mandate.

By Tom Kertscher • July 15, 2012

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."

By Tom Mooney • June 17, 2012

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."

By Tom Mooney • May 29, 2012

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."

By Tom Humphrey • April 12, 2012

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."

By Becky Bowers • February 27, 2012

Michael Chippendale
stated on December 16, 2011 a public forum:

"Hydrogen sulfide . . . [was] used in the genocide of Jews in Germany. "

By Alex Kuffner • December 21, 2011

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