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Mark Pocan
stated on May 24, 2017 a hearing:

In Wisconsin’s school voucher program, "two-thirds of the money" in the "tax vouchers" went to people "making more than $100,000."

False

By Tom Kertscher • May 31, 2017

Matt Damon
stated on April 20, 2017 a discussion with the president of the World Bank:

Poor people pay "in some cases, up to 25 percent of (their) income for water."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2017

Scott Walker
stated on March 23, 2017 a radio address:

"Wisconsin’s economy is in the best shape it’s been since 2000."

Half-True

By Andrew Mollica, Tom Kertscher • April 13, 2017

Habitat for Humanity of Broward
stated on March 16, 2017 a press release:

"South Florida ranks No. 1 in the gap between wages and housing."

True

By Amy Sherman • March 23, 2017

Boris Johnson
stated on February 17, 2017 comments at the Munich Security Conference:

Global poverty is down to "less than 10% today from 37% in 1990."

Mostly True

By Jana Heigl • March 1, 2017

John Patrick
stated on January 12, 2017 a Texas Capitol press conference:

"If you have a family, the current minimum wage easily qualifies you for food stamps."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • February 11, 2017

Danielle Nierenberg
stated on January 9, 2017 a tweet:

"Tanzania farmers face 12 years in prison for trading seeds thanks to foreign aid."

Mostly True

By Linda Qiu • February 10, 2017

Bloggers
stated on January 24, 2017 a tweet:

"It would take $135 billion to eradicate global poverty."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • February 7, 2017

Chad Mayes
stated on January 17, 2017 a speech:

California has "the highest poverty rate in the nation" when considering the U.S. Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure.

True

By Chris Nichols • January 20, 2017

Roy Cooper
stated on January 19, 2017 a speech to business leaders:

Says North Carolinians are "already paying for" Medicaid expansion, even though the state hasn’t expanded Medicaid.

Mostly True

By Will Doran • January 19, 2017

Rand Paul
stated on January 15, 2017 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

"The vast majority of people that got insurance under President Obama's Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act, got it through Medicaid."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • January 15, 2017

Bryce Reeves
stated on December 4, 2016 a radio interview.:

"If you’re a single mom, and you’ve two kids in the city of Richmond, you can almost make $50,000 a year on the public dole."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • December 19, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 27, 2016 a rally in Springfield, Ohio:

"Nearly half of African-American children under the age of 6 are living in abject poverty."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2016

Oxfam America
stated on October 5, 2016 a tweet:

"The world's 62 richest people own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion poorest."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • October 7, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate:

"First, Donald Trump said wages are too high, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence think we ought to eliminate the federal minimum wage."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • October 5, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 15, 2016 a speech:

"Latinos are 17 percent of our country's population but hold only 2 percent of its wealth."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 19, 2016

Rudy Giuliani
stated on September 4, 2016 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

"Food stamps have gone up two-and-a-half times under Barack Obama."

False

By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 24, 2016 a speech in Tampa:

"Since President Obama came into office, another 2 million Hispanics have joined the ranks of those in poverty. … The number of Hispanic children living in poverty increased by 15 percent in that short period of time."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • August 25, 2016

Howard Dean
stated on July 26, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:

"Mike Pence voted against expanding the Children’s Health Insurance program, which Hillary helped to start."

Mostly True

By Taylor Leighton • August 8, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech:

"The poverty rates in America today aren’t much better than when we started the War on Poverty."

Half-True

By Sarah Hauer • August 5, 2016

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