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Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on November 30, 2011 a congressional hearing:
"Eighty percent of all U.S. communities depend solely on trucks to deliver and supply the products sold in stores or ordered online."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • January 4, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2011 a radio show interview:
Says adding toll lanes on I-95 in Broward County improved rush-hour traffic for non-toll lanes from 25 mph to 45 mph.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 28, 2011
Chip Rogers
Chip Rogers
stated on August 22, 2011 a meeting:
Rail "doesn’t do a great job in lessening traffic."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • September 6, 2011
Albert Papp Jr.
Albert Papp Jr.
stated on August 20, 2011 an interview on News 12 New Jersey’s Power & Politics show:
"Last year -- actually, this year in May -- we saw New Jersey Transit fares rise anywhere from 25 percent to 47 percent."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • August 23, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2011 a press conference:
"You see a whole bunch of Korean cars here in the United States, and you don't see any American cars in Korea."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 4, 2011
Democratic Party of Virginia
Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on June 2, 2011 a fundraising appeal.:
Gov. Bob McDonnell launched a "raid on public education to pay for roads."
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By Jacob Geiger • June 28, 2011
Charles Odimgbe
Charles Odimgbe
stated on June 20, 2011 a meeting of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority board :
"We are one of the most expensive [bus] rides in New England."
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By Richard Salit • June 28, 2011
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on May 10, 2011 a Web ad:
"(Bill) Nelson voted for billions in wasteful spending earmarks like the Bridge to Nowhere."
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By Robert Farley • May 12, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on January 11, 2011 his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story":
"Ultimately, after an exhaustive investigation," the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that a Minneapolis bridge collapsed in 2007 "because of an original design flaw dating back to the 1960s."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 30, 2011
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on February 22, 2011 a video online:
Says "for the equivalent cost of a single mile of freeway, we have a bike infrastructure."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • March 19, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 2, 2011 an interview with Fox News.:
Says the high-speed rail project provides "short-term jobs."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • March 3, 2011
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on January 13, 2011 an article in The Oregonian:
A test last month at the MAX station at 162nd Avenue and East Burnside saw crime down 41 percent compared with December 2009
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By Janie Har • January 22, 2011
Lars Larson
Lars Larson
stated on December 21, 2010 Twitter:
TriMet is "spending 4.2 million in fed funds to save $168K per year."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • January 15, 2011
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on November 8, 2010 an Orlando rail conference.:
"The amount of the revenue required by the state (for the construction of high-speed rail) is around 10 percent."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • November 9, 2010
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit
stated on June 18, 2010 a brochure :
The addition of a 1 percent sales tax would cost a typical household in Hillsborough County approximately $12 a month.
Mostly True
By Janet Zink • June 18, 2010
Debra Medina
Debra Medina
stated on January 14, 2010 a debate.:
"The Texas Department of Transportation... misplaced a billion dollars."  
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By Ciara O'Rourke • January 22, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 14, 2010 a campaign blog entry during the GOP gubernatorial debate:
"The Trans-Texas Corridor is dead."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 18, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 19, 2009 remaks made at an electric car testing center:
"The 1908 Model T earned better gas mileage than a typical SUV sold in 2008."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 19, 2009
John Mica
John Mica
stated on January 28, 2009 a comment quoted in the Washington Post.:
Democrats compare the infrastructure programs in the stimulus to the Eisenhower interstate program, "but he proposed a $500 billion highway system, and they're going to put $30 billion" into roads and bridges.
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • January 28, 2009
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