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Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on January 9, 2015 a news release.
President Barack Obama’s policies "have resulted in gas prices being reduced from $3.07 per gallon when he was sworn in in 2009 to $2.30 today."
False
By Sean Gorman • January 18, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 14, 2015 a speech in New Hampshire
"Over half the people on disability are either anxious or their back hurts."
False
By Steve Contorno • January 16, 2015
Julaine Appling
Julaine Appling
stated on January 6, 2015 a radio interview
Polls on legalizing same-sex marriage "are not dramatically changing."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 16, 2015
Jerry Jones
Jerry Jones
stated on January 9, 2015 an interview with ESPN aired Jan. 9, 2015
The cheerleaders for the Dallas Cowboys have "entertained more troops in the world than Bob Hope."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 9, 2015
Dennis Moss
Dennis Moss
stated on December 19, 2014 in an interview with the "Miami Herald"
"When Disney was looking to build Disney World, they came to Miami and we told Disney to take a hike."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 9, 2015
Peter Feigin
Peter Feigin
stated on January 6, 2015 a speech
The Milwaukee Bucks are "actually younger than the Marquette team."
False
By James B. Nelson • January 9, 2015
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on January 7, 2015 a Senate floor speech
A recent economic uptick appears to "coincide" with "the expectation of a new Republican Congress."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2015
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on January 5, 2015 a Fox news interview
Says President Barack Obama has "not proposed one thing that would change" the fact that Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary.
False
By Lauren Carroll • January 7, 2015
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 4, 2015 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
Says President Barack Obama got "a pass" over controversal remarks by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, while a 12-year-old speech by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has blown up into a national story.
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 6, 2015
Nicholas Kristof
Nicholas Kristof
stated on December 4, 2014 a broadcast of "The Daily Show"
The wealth gap between blacks and whites in the United States is "greater than the black-white wealth gap was in apartheid South Africa."
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 17, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on December 14, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida."
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 14, 2014
Mike Stenhouse
Mike Stenhouse
stated on November 14, 2014 a radio interview
"According to HUD, it is patently unfair and socially unjust that wealthy people can live in an exclusive neighborhood."
False
By Katie Mulvaney • December 14, 2014
John Stossel
John Stossel
stated on December 4, 2014 an interview on "Fox and Friends"
"There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people."
False
By Katie Sanders • December 11, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on December 1, 2014 a Wall Street Journal CEO Council event
"The pass rate for a high school level test to join the military" is 35 to 40 percent.
False
By Amy Sherman • December 9, 2014
Jim Skaggs
Jim Skaggs
stated on November 5, 2014 as quoted in a news story
Austin is "burdened by the fastest-growing tax increases of any major city in the nation."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 28, 2014
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 24, 2014 an interview on 'Fox and Friends'
"The conviction rate is almost exactly the same" for whites and blacks who commit murder.
False
By Lauren Carroll • November 26, 2014
Anne Nolan
Anne Nolan
stated on November 12, 2014 a Journal commentary
"In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 23, 2014
David Hallock
David Hallock
stated on November 12, 2014 a forum
In rural Virginia, "Sen. Warner ran 8-10 points ahead of a traditional Democrat -- ahead of Senator Kaine, ahead of Governor McAuliffe."
False
By Nancy Madsen, Warren Fiske • November 21, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 19, 2014 an interview on Fox News
In the 2014 elections, "the American people overwhelmingly said we don't want Obamacare … and we don't want amnesty."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 a press conference in Australia.
"My position hasn’t changed" on using executive authority to address immigration issues.
False
By Steve Contorno • November 20, 2014
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