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Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on July 18, 2011 a television campaign ad
"In the '80s, Democrats promised spending cuts, but delivered only tax hikes."
False
By Maryalice Gill • August 10, 2011
Georgia Department of Transportation
Georgia Department of Transportation
stated on July 19, 2011 a press release
The Northwest Corridor highway project in Cobb and Cherokee counties "is expected to create over 9,700 jobs statewide."
False
By PolitiFact Staff • August 10, 2011
Tim Grendell
Tim Grendell
stated on June 28, 2011 a speech in the Ohio Senate
"You might be surprised to know that 137 billion gallons flows (into Lake Erie) every day. You might be surprised to know that only 86.3 billion gallons flow out. ... Leaving us a net surplus of approximately 50 billion gallons a day."
False
By Aaron Marshall • August 8, 2011
Alison Littell McHose
Alison Littell McHose
stated on June 30, 2011 a news release
"Illegal immigration costs state taxpayers over $3 billion every year."  
False
By Caryn Shinske • August 7, 2011
Beverly Hall
Beverly Hall
stated on June 24, 2011 a mailer
Atlanta Public Schools’ 2011 CRCT tests were "given under the strictest security possible."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 5, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 1, 2011 a news conference
Says Democrats cut $35 million from the state budget for Information Technology improvements.
False
By Bill Wichert • August 4, 2011
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on July 24, 2011 an appearance on Channel 6
"There's no money in Social Security."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 4, 2011
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on July 24, 2011 a discussion at a town hall meeting
"One of the biggest polluters in our country is the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District."
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 3, 2011
Ash Williams
Ash Williams
stated on August 2, 2011 response to a question from Gov. Rick Scott
"The (State Board of Administration) transparency issue got a great airing the last legislative session."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 2, 2011
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on June 22, 2011 a news conference
Under last year’s health care reform, "a bunch of bureaucrats decide whether you get care, such as continuing on dialysis or cancer chemotherapy."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 2, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on July 5, 2011 a news release
Says U.S. Rep. Ron Kind’s "stimulus cost taxpayers $278,000 per job."
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 1, 2011
Joshua Henne
Joshua Henne
stated on July 20, 2011 a press release from One New Jersey
Says New Jersey has fewer jobs since Gov. Chris Christie took office.
False
By Bill Wichert • August 1, 2011
Tom Leppert
Tom Leppert
stated on July 19, 2011 a campaign statement.
Says opponent David Dewhurst is a "career politician."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2011
Allen West
Allen West
stated on July 27, 2011 an interview on CNN
"This is the first time in the history that we've had the raising of a debt limit also with spending cuts."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 29, 2011
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 26, 2011 a comment on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor"
Since 1965, the United States has spent "untold trillions" yet the poverty rate hasn’t budged.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on July 26, 2011 a TV interview.
"Harry Reid’s plan is basically giving the president a blank check."
False
By Warren Fiske • July 29, 2011
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on July 21, 2011 a news release
Says "over 50 percent of U.S. job growth in June came" from Wisconsin.
False
By James B. Nelson • July 28, 2011
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on July 24, 2011 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley"
"The U.S. won't default, because default means that you don't pay your creditors. And it takes about 10 percent of the money that's coming in right now" to pay interest to bondholders.
False
By Louis Jacobson, Willoughby Mariano • July 26, 2011
Sam Olens
Sam Olens
stated on June 28, 2011 a radio news story
"If you're from Guatemala and you are found illegally in Mexico, you are automatically jailed."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 26, 2011
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on June 29, 2011 an interview with CNBC
"The only growth sector that we’ve had in the last two years in America is government growth."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 22, 2011
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