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Latest Fact-Checks In Regulation

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Catherine Taylor
Catherine Taylor
stated on September 7, 2014 a TV interview:
"Every time [the people from Newport Tent] work in a city or town they have a whole different set of permits that they have to get in order to pitch a tent."
True
By Alex Kuffner • September 25, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 4, 2014 a campaign document:
"Under Rick Scott, homeowners are paying higher (home insurance) premiums for less coverage."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • September 10, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 6, 2014 a Facebook Q&A with Charlie Crist:
Obamacare "prevents (Florida) from regulating insurance."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • August 20, 2014
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on June 2, 2014 a TV interview.:
The Chamber of Commerce says new carbon regulations will kill "244,000 jobs a year" and cost average families "$1,200 a year."  
False
By Warren Fiske • June 9, 2014
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on June 2, 2014 a post on his website:
New carbon regulations will increase electric bills by "$17 billion every year" and "potentially put an average of 224,000 more people out of work every year."
False
By Steve Contorno • June 2, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on May 11, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
The incandescent light bulb "has no effect whatever on the planet."     
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 11, 2014
Kelli Stargel
Kelli Stargel
stated on April 28, 2014 a newspaper editorial:
"In states where beer is unregulated, the per capita production is significantly higher."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 1, 2014
Kelli Stargel
Kelli Stargel
stated on April 28, 2014 a newspaper editorial:
"Higher beer production and higher consumption go hand-in-hand."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 1, 2014
Linda Finn
Linda Finn
stated on March 18, 2014 a speech during a rally at the Rhode Island state house:
"By a two-to-one margin, Rhode Islanders want to ban assault weapons and we have a very small percentage of gun owners in this state, less than 13 percent."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 6, 2014
Charles Koch
Charles Koch
stated on April 2, 2014 an op-ed for the "Wall Street Journal.":
"EPA officials have commended (Koch Industries) for our ‘commitment to a cleaner environment’ and called us ‘a model for other companies.’ "
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • April 4, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 21, 2014 an event with employees from the Department of Environmental Protection:
"Recently, Florida has successfully reduced the environmental permitting time down to just two days."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 27, 2014
Richard August
Richard August
stated on January 12, 2014 a Providence Journal commentary:
Deer baiting, planned for Block Island by DEM, is illegal in Rhode Island.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 26, 2014
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 17, 2013 a speech on the Senate floor:
"61 percent of non-tea party Republicans actually agree...there is 'solid evidence the earth is warming,' ...[but] 70 percent of tea partiers, contrarily, say there is 'no solid evidence' the earth is warming."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 28, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 9, 2013 various Internet postings:
"By using a little-known loophole ... Obama minions are allowing Nestle Company to export precious fresh water out of Lake Michigan."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 17, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on November 13, 2013 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
In a poll, "53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as 'ignorant,' 'out of touch' or 'crazy.'"
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 25, 2013
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on November 4, 2013 a campaign speech:
"We have created new jobs here in Cranston -- more than 1,000."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 10, 2013
Larry Elder
Larry Elder
stated on November 4, 2013 CNN's "Crossfire" roundtable:
"When you add a dollar value to mandates," government took almost 50 percent "of the American people’s money."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • November 8, 2013
Mike Collins
Mike Collins
stated on August 1, 2013 an interview:
Says federal regulations adopted in 2011 increased the cost of each vehicle for his business by $10,000.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • August 9, 2013
Joseph McNamara
Joseph McNamara
stated on June 28, 2013 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House of Representatives:
Rhode Island's graduated driving license "has saved hundreds of lives."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 7, 2013
United Florida Horsemen
United Florida Horsemen
stated on June 21, 2013 an ad campaign:
Says Florida "rubber-stamped phony horse racing."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • July 5, 2013
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