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Robert Brown
Robert Brown
stated on May 17, 2011 in an interview:
"We in the Democratic Party had no input into the locations of these hearings, nor did we have input into the process."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • June 6, 2011
Janet Napolitano
Janet Napolitano
stated on May 7, 2011 in a speech before the Atlanta Press Club:
"We have seized more currency, more drugs, more outbound arms in the past year than any year in our country’s history."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • June 3, 2011
Charlotte Nash
Charlotte Nash
stated on May 18, 2011 in a speech:
"Annual water usage in 2010 was actually down more than 18 percent from usage in 2006."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • June 1, 2011
Anti-Defamation League
Anti-Defamation League
stated on April 15, 2011 in a news release:
It is estimated that Arizona "has lost more than $100 million in hospitality industry revenues since passage of the Arizona immigration laws."  
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • May 31, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on May 20, 2011 in a press conference:
Says the United States is "the Saudi Arabia of coal."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • May 27, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on May 21, 2011 in in a speech announcing his presidential run:
In the U.S. Constitution, "there’s a little section in there that talks about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • May 25, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on May 21, 2011 in a speech announcing his presidential run:
The U.S. has "47 million people on food stamps. That’s 14 million more than when the current occupant of the White House took over."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • May 24, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on May 9, 2011 in a speech:
"The health care price tag for childhood obesity in Georgia is $2.4 billion annually and rising."
False
By Eric Stirgus • May 20, 2011
Janet Napolitano
Janet Napolitano
stated on May 7, 2011 in Atlanta Press Club speech:
"Very, very, very few people get a pat-down" when they go through airport security.
Pants on Fire!
By Willoughby Mariano • May 17, 2011
Renee Unterman
Renee Unterman
stated on April 14, 2011 in a speech:
"Gwinnett Medical Center is operating in the negative," in part, because of illegal immigrants.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • May 11, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on April 20, 2011 in a speech before the Atlanta Press Club:
Georgia is "one of only about seven states in the country" that has a AAA bond rating.
True
By Willoughby Mariano • May 9, 2011
Jim Durrett
Jim Durrett
stated on April 28, 2011 in a radio interview:
According to crime statistics, "riding MARTA has been becoming more and more safe over the years."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • May 6, 2011
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on March 28, 2011 in a letter to a constituent:
Says the Internal Revenue Service estimated it must hire "16,500 agents at a cost of $10 billion to the taxpayer" to enforce the federal health care overhaul.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • May 4, 2011
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
stated on April 19, 2011 in a speech:
"One of three patients hospitalized (is) harmed by the care they receive."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • May 3, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on March 17, 2011 in an interview:
Says "in Canada, the number of CT scan machines per 1,000 people is like one-tenth of what we have here in this country. That's why people have to wait."
False
By M.B. Pell • May 2, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 26, 2011 in an interview:
Says "we have now more Border Patrol officers … than we’ve had at any time in our history."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • April 29, 2011
Allie McCullen
Allie McCullen
stated on March 2, 2011 in a speech:
"The Georgia Lottery Corp. has only once in the past 16 years paid out the agreed upon 35 percent of proceeds to the account which funds the HOPE scholarship."
False
By M.B. Pell • April 27, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on April 13, 2011 in a speech:
"Over the last 10 years, Georgia's public health has declined."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 25, 2011
Kathleen Angelucci
Kathleen Angelucci
stated on March 9, 2011 in a newspaper article:
"It is a fact that it costs more to run the schools in August."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • April 22, 2011
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on April 13, 2011 in a Twitter post:
"America's wealthiest 25 percent pay 86 percent of total income taxes. Wealthiest 5 percent pay 60 percent of total income taxes."
True
By Eric Stirgus • April 20, 2011
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