Fact Check Posts – Page 4

David Cicilline
stated on May 6, 2011 a radio interview

"Most military experts say there is anywhere between 25 and 30 members of al Qaeda in Afghanistan."

By Richard Salit • May 15, 2011

David Cicilline
stated on April 22, 2011 a television interview

"We just fought a Republican budget that ends Medicare as we know it."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 1, 2011

Bill Fischer
stated on April 5, 2011 a Providence Journal story

"Full marriage equality [would provide same-sex couples] with about 1,700 rights."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 17, 2011

George Nee
stated on March 20, 2011 a television interview

"Public sentiment in favor of collective bargaining and in favor of the unions has actually gone up as these governors, I think, have overreached and gone too far and tried to destroy the labor movement."

By Peter Lord • March 31, 2011

David Cicilline
stated on March 4, 2011 newspaper interview

"When I took office in 2003, we had very little reserves."

By Edward Fitzpatrick • March 20, 2011

Peter Palumbo
stated on January 25, 2011 a news release

"There are nearly 500,000 registered sex offenders across the country and at any one time about 100,000 are unaccounted for."

By Peter Lord • March 3, 2011

Lincoln Chafee
stated on November 3, 2010 a news conference

Experts say the property tax "is the most harmful to economic growth and . . . the sales tax is least harmful."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 14, 2010

Robert Healey
stated on October 18, 2010 a commentary in The Providence Journal

"Of the states that have a lieutenant governor, many are currently discussing the need for such an obsolete office."

By Karen Lee Ziner, Cynthia Needham • October 30, 2010

Americans for Common Sense Solutions
stated on October 21, 2010 a radio ad

"As a state representative, David Cicilline argued against Megan's Law and voted against mandatory registration of sex offenders."

By Cynthia Needham • October 27, 2010

James Langevin
stated on October 16, 2010 campaign debates

"In Rhode Island, there were thousands of jobs that were created" by the federal stimulus program

By John Hill • October 23, 2010

Mark S. Zaccaria
stated on October 1, 2010 a news release

Says James Langevin voted to spend "$3 billion for a jet engine no one wants."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 10, 2010

Peter Palumbo
stated on September 9, 2010 an interview on Fox News' "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren"

Rhode Island gives undocumented pregnant women health insurance, plus a cash card "with $400 a month on it" and "$250 a month or $275 a month to spend on food."

By Cynthia Needham • September 19, 2010

John Loughlin
stated on August 20, 2010 a campaign commercial

After Ronald Reagan cut taxes in 1981 the U.S. enjoyed "exponential growth."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 5, 2010

Keith Stokes
stated on August 7, 2010 an interview on WJAR-TV

"One of the things we found very clearly and consistently is that [video gaming] is a growth industry."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 25, 2010

Democratic Governors Association
stated on July 29, 2010 a statement on a DGA-created website

Lincoln Chafee "voted with President George W. Bush and the conservative leadership 76% of the time."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 15, 2010

Bill Lynch
stated on July 15, 2010 in a press release

Cicilline "continues to accept hundreds of thousands of dollars in lobbyist, corporate PAC and insider money to fund his campaign."

By Cynthia Needham • August 1, 2010

David Segal
stated on June 17, 2010 a statement on his campaign website

"As Washington debates cracking down on the big Wall Street banks, I’ve passed legislation that does so."

By Cynthia Needham • July 7, 2010

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