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Rick Perry
stated on February 22, 2013 in 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

Frank Keating
stated on March 17, 2013 in an appearance on NBC's 'Meet the Press':

"In the United States, 50 percent of social services are provided by the Catholic church."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2013

Julian Bond
stated on March 6, 2013 in an interview:

"The incidents of threats against (President Barack Obama) are greater than for any other president in modern times."

False

By Eric Stirgus • March 18, 2013

SEIU
stated on March 5, 2013 in a lawsuit:

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

False

By Michael McKinney • March 17, 2013

Paul Ryan
stated on March 3, 2013 in an interview:

The fiscal cliff agreement was "the largest tax increase in history."

False

By Tom Kertscher • March 15, 2013

Ron Book
stated on March 6, 2013 in a state legislative committee hearing:

"Super Bowl L by everybody's estimation is a $500 million economic impact to the state of Florida."

False

By Amy Sherman • March 14, 2013

Donzella James
stated on March 4, 2013 in a speech:

Georgia has the most lax gun laws in the nation.

False

By Eric Stirgus • March 13, 2013

Dianne Feinstein
stated on March 7, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's Hardball:

"We have no regulation of drones in the United States in their commercial use."

False

By Becky Bowers • March 11, 2013

Rand Paul
stated on March 6, 2013 in a tweet:

"The president is advocating a drone strike program in America."

False

By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2013

Al Cardenas
stated on March 1, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe:

Of $60 billion Congress approved in response to Hurricane Sandy, "only 10 percent was for disaster relief."

False

By Becky Bowers • March 6, 2013

Rick Scott
stated on March 5, 2013 in his State of the State speech:

A "legacy of taxing and borrowing … crippled the economy we inherited two years ago."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2013

Florida Democratic Party
stated on March 4, 2013 in a press release:

Says Rick Scott called education not a "core function" of the state.

False

By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2013

Sondy Pope
stated on February 18, 2013 in a news release:

Under Gov. Scott Walker’s public-school budgets, "a student entering kindergarten will not enjoy the same state investment in his or her education as those that came before them until they are graduating from high school."

False

By Dave Umhoefer • March 3, 2013

Bob Stacey
stated on November 26, 2012 in in a memo:

Says "If Oregon’s Legislature simply authorizes $450 million for the CRC, it will … leave Oregon holding the bag for a great deal more cost responsibility."

False

By Christian Gaston • February 20, 2013

Wayne LaPierre
stated on February 13, 2013 in an op-ed in the Daily Caller:

"Phoenix is already one of the kidnapping capitals of the world."

False

By Louis Jacobson, Ciara O'Rourke • February 19, 2013

Pete Winstead
stated on February 6, 2013 in a KUT-FM news story:

Says Austin is the largest city in the U.S. without nonstop flights to Europe.

False

By Sue Owen • February 19, 2013

Ed Fallone
stated on February 5, 2013 in an interview:

Wisconsin's Supreme Court justices are "deciding fewer opinions in civil and criminal cases than they used to."

False

By Tom Kertscher • February 18, 2013

Grover Norquist
stated on February 7, 2013 in a radio interview.:

In Virginia "there has been a billion dollars in surplus over the last three years. The legislature has spent less than 1 percent of that on roads."

False

By Sean Gorman • February 18, 2013

Edith Ajello
stated on February 6, 2013 in an interview with The Providence Journal:

"Lots of studies seem to indicate that minors find it very easy to get marijuana, easier than to get alcohol."

False

By Michael McKinney • February 16, 2013

Paul Broun
stated on February 13, 2013 in fundraising letter:

"I was the first member of Congress to call him (Barack Obama) a socialist..."

False

By Janel Davis • February 15, 2013

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