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Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on June 20, 2012 in a news release
"Oregon schools receive millions of dollars per year in federal school lunch assistance and yet they are required to spend that money almost anywhere but Oregon."
True
By Charles Pope • June 29, 2012
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on May 14, 2012 an interview.
President Obama budget request for veterans is "more than double the amount in constant dollars appropriated in 1980, when the veterans population was larger by a third."
True
By Sean Gorman • June 4, 2012
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
stated on May 18, 2012 remarks to reporters
"The Republican from Georgia [U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston], he hasn’t even been to a NASCAR race."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • May 30, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on May 15, 2012 a campaign website
"Over the past five years the federal government has paid out $601 million in retirement and disability benefits to deceased former federal employees."
True
By Tom Mooney • May 23, 2012
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 28, 2012 a video address
"The Democrat-controlled Senate, it hasn't passed a budget in more than 1,000 days."
True
By Tom Feran • April 26, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on April 16, 2012 a column in Politico
The Buffett Rule "will bring in less than $5 billion per year. ... Enough to pay one week’s interest on the national debt."
True
By Tom Feran • April 23, 2012
Frank Wolf
Frank Wolf
stated on March 28, 2012 a floor speech.
Says the Congressional Budget Office has estimated "every penny of the federal budget will go to interest on the debt and entitlement spending by 2025."
True
By Sean Gorman • April 23, 2012
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on March 20, 2012 a press release
"The federal government owns tens of thousands of properties that are vacant or underused."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 20, 2012
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on April 13, 2012 his congressional website
Says the Pentagon has never passed a financial audit. In fact,  the Pentagon is exempt from a federal law that requires all federal agencies to complete annual audits.
True
By Charles Pope • April 13, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 3, 2012 remarks to the Newspaper Association of America
"Republicans in Congress refuse to list a single tax loophole they are willing to close."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 5, 2012
Lenny Curry
Lenny Curry
stated on March 4, 2012 an interview on "Political Connections"
Says Barack Obama "promised he would cut the deficit in half" but didn’t.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 8, 2012
Kurt Schrader
Kurt Schrader
stated on February 2, 2012 congressional website
In just a few decades, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, other mandatory spending programs, and paying interest due on the debt will eclipse our entire budget.
True
By Charles Pope • February 3, 2012
George Allen
George Allen
stated on December 7, 2011 a debate
"I was one of about a dozen (senators) who voted against the Bridge to Nowhere."
True
By Sean Gorman • December 27, 2011
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on December 7, 2011 a debate.
The national debt increased $16,000 every second George Allen served in the U.S. Senate.
True
By Warren Fiske • December 8, 2011
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on October 24, 2011 an article on NOLA.com
"Last year we spent more than $40 billion on highways. And Lord knows we need that. But that's more than we spent on Amtrak in its entire 40-year history." 
True
By Caryn Shinske • December 5, 2011
Alan Simpson
Alan Simpson
stated on November 18, 2011 a speech at the City Club of Cleveland
Says military expenditures for the United States are greater than the combined spending of the next 14 largest nations.
True
By Tom Feran • December 5, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on November 29, 2011 an op-ed in the "New Hampshire Union Leader"
The balanced-budget amendment once came within one vote of passing Congress but was defeated because of the no vote from a top Senate Republican, and Rick Santorum says he "stood up and called for him to resign his chairmanship."
True
By John Gregg • December 2, 2011
Leonard Lance
Leonard Lance
stated on November 16, 2011 a speech on the House floor
"When the national debt reaches $15 trillion, it means that U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio will reach 99.7 percent of our debt and this is $47,900 for every living American."
True
By Erin O'Neill • November 21, 2011
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on September 21, 2011 a speech
"The American healthcare system burns 18 percent of our national GDP. Nobody else is close."
True
By Lynn Arditi • November 20, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on November 1, 2011 a congressional hearing
"A couple retiring today will pay about $119,000 in lifetime Medicare taxes and receive about $357,000 in lifetime Medicare benefits. ... about 3 bucks in benefits for every dollar in taxes."
True
By Tom Feran • November 8, 2011
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