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Jack Falanagan
Jack Falanagan
stated on March 10, 2016 a speech
Says New Hampshire’s second congressional district includes two counties where "almost 5 percent if not more" of residents are enrolled in the state’s expanded Medicaid program.
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By Clay Wirestone • April 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 14, 2016 a Democratic debate in Brooklyn
In nine Democratic debates, "We've not had one question about a woman's right to make her own decisions about reproductive health care, not one question."  
True
By Amy Sherman • April 15, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 12, 2016 remarks in Dallas at a Democratic National Committee reception
"Right now, here in Texas, wind power is already cheaper than dirty fossil fuels."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 12, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 4, 2016 an interview with the New York Daily News
"In Malaysia … many of the workers are indentured servants because their passports are taken away when they come into this country and are working in slave-like conditions."
True
By Linda Qiu • April 12, 2016
Mira Signer
Mira Signer
stated on April 28, 2016 a conference.
States with "the highest gun ownership rates also have the highest suicide rates."
True
By Warren Fiske • April 11, 2016
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on April 10, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Polls show "Hillary Clinton wins every time with Donald Trump" as her opponent.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 10, 2016
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 7, 2016 a blog post
"More people are struck by lightning than commit in-person voter fraud" by impersonation.
True
April 7, 2016
Catherine Hanaway
Catherine Hanaway
stated on March 17, 2016 a debate
"The barber regulation here in Missouri is 10,000 words long….the book of Revelation is (also) 10,000 words long."
True
By Andrew Kessel • March 31, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 22, 2016 a speech at Stanford University.
When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2016
Jim Kenney
Jim Kenney
stated on March 27, 2016 Pennsylvania
"Big soda has a lot of money. They make a lot of profit off their product and they market in neighborhoods that suffer from these very things that we’re trying to cure."
True
By Cassie Owens • March 30, 2016
Mark Herring
Mark Herring
stated on March 29, 2016 a letter
"Since 1900, six (U.S. Supreme Court) justices have been confirmed during election years, including Justice Anthony Kennedy, who was confirmed in the final year of the Reagan Administration."
True
By Sean Gorman • March 29, 2016
Matt McCall
Matt McCall
stated on February 11, 2016 Press release
"During three and a half years of campaigning," Lamar Smith "has never once appeared at a moderated debate to defend his positions on the issues."  
True
By Filipa Ioannou • March 28, 2016
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview
"Virginia now is the number one exporter of (agricultural) products to Cuba. We have now jumped to number one."
True
By Sean Gorman • March 24, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 13, 2016 an a television ad
"Bernie Sanders passed more roll call amendments in a Republican Congress than any other member."
True
By Linda Qiu • March 24, 2016
Joe Pitts
Joe Pitts
stated on March 10, 2016 a Medium post
"According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 120 Americans on average die from a drug overdose every day. Overall, drug overdose deaths now outnumber deaths from firearms."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2016
Richard Ferruccio
Richard Ferruccio
stated on February 23, 2016 a legislative hearing
"We do not have an overcrowding problem. As a matter of fact, Rhode Island has one of the lowest incarceration rates in the country."  
True
By Jacqueline Tempera • March 20, 2016
Mike Honda
Mike Honda
stated on March 16, 2016 a column posted on Medium
"Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912."  
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2016
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on March 16, 2016 a tweet
"Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912."  
True
March 17, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 13, 2016 Donald Trump on Sunday, March 13th, 2016, in an interview on "Meet the Press"
Says a YouTube video shows Thomas DiMassimo, the man who rushed Trump at an Ohio rally, "dragging the American flag on the ground like it was a piece of garbage."    
True
By Jim Tharpe • March 17, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 17, 2016 a speech posted on Medium
"Gun violence is by far the leading cause of death for young African American men, outstripping the next nine causes of death combined."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2016
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