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Carlos Curbelo
Carlos Curbelo
stated on December 10, 2017 a television interview:
The House tax bill has "a lot more permanent relief for middle-income and even lower-income families" than the Senate bill does.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2017
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on October 30, 2017 a news release:
"In Missouri, there are still (FEMA) cases pending from floods that occurred in 2013."
Mostly True
By Riley Newton, Tateanna McCaskill • December 14, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2017 a cabinet meeting:
"We’re … getting into the pool of the 100 million people that are not working. That pool is now coming back."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2017 remarks at the White House:
The Jerusalem Embassy Act "passed Congress by an overwhelming bipartisan majority and was reaffirmed by a unanimous vote of the Senate only six months ago."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on November 14, 2017 public testimony before Congress:
"The violent crime rate has risen, and the homicide rate has risen by more than 20 percent in just two years, really after 30 years of decline in violent crime."
Mostly True
By Sophie Kaplan • December 4, 2017
Kathy Sheehan
Kathy Sheehan
stated on November 16, 2017 an interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight:
"Simply being in this country without documentation is not a crime"
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By Dan Clark • December 2, 2017
Missouri Department of Economic Development
Missouri Department of Economic Development
stated on October 19, 2017 a proposal to Amazon.com:
Among states, Missouri ranks "3rd (in) average yearly growth of high-tech industries."
Mostly True
By Kathryn Hardison • November 27, 2017
Nick Schroer
Nick Schroer
stated on October 17, 2017 a tweet:
"FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2016 shows more than four times as many people were stabbed to death than were killed with rifles of any kind."
Mostly True
By Katelyn Brown • November 18, 2017
John Thune
John Thune
stated on November 15, 2017 an interview on Fox News:
"80 percent of the (individual mandate) tax falls on those who make $50,000 a year or less."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 17, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on July 12, 2017 a Facebook post:
"When we came into office, we saw that Missouri had 113,000 regulations. That’s more than 7.5 million words; it’s 40 dictionaries worth of regulations."
Mostly True
By Patrick Mueller • November 15, 2017
Chris King
Chris King
stated on October 28, 2017 a response during the Democratic Forum:
"Hispanic entrepreneurs, those who have immigrated from Spanish-speaking countries, often start three times as many businesses as white males."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • November 14, 2017
Kayleigh McEnany
Kayleigh McEnany
stated on October 11, 2017 on Twitter:
"Underreported fact: President @realDonaldTrump raised more in small dollar donations than Obama in 2012 and than Clinton and Bernie combined!"
Mostly True
By Sophie Kaplan • November 13, 2017
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 6, 2017 an interview with Shannon Bream of Fox News:
"In 2010, 48,000 felons and fugitives lied and illegally tried to purchase guns. They [The Obama administration] prosecuted only 44 of them."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 10, 2017
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Public Schools
stated on November 2, 2017 a press release:
"CPS students are learning and growing faster than 96 percent of students in the United States."
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • November 10, 2017
Markwayne Mullin
Markwayne Mullin
stated on November 3, 2017 a post on a congressional office website:
"Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the average American family of four will receive a $1,182 tax cut."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • November 7, 2017
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on November 1, 2017 a tweet:
The diversity visa lottery is "plagued by fraud."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • November 6, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 31, 2017 a tweet:
"Coal production up 7.8% in past year. Down 31.5% last 10 years. #endingwaroncoal."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 6, 2017
The Creative Resistance
The Creative Resistance
stated on October 24, 2017 a video:
"IDC members also get tons of campaign money from real estate, charter school, and health care lobbyists, some of whom are Republicans with connections to Trump"
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • November 5, 2017
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 21, 2017 a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo.:
"The six wealthiest people in the world (have) as much wealth as the bottom half of the world’s population, 3.7 billion people."
Mostly True
By Carolina Vargas, Emma Diltz • October 31, 2017
Charles Francis
Charles Francis
stated on October 20, 2017 in a televised debate:
"There are parks in Southeast Raleigh that still don’t have air conditioning in the gym"
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • October 25, 2017
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