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Latest Fact-Checks By Sean Gorman

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Susan Stimpson
Susan Stimpson
stated on March 28, 2015 a Facebook post.
Virginia House Speaker Bill Howell is "allied to group pushing MIXED SEX BATHROOMS in Stafford Schools."
False
By Sean Gorman • April 6, 2015
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on March 17, 2015 a news release.
"Since President Obama took office in January 2009, the federal government has issued more than 468,500 pages of regulations."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • March 30, 2015
Ken Plum
Ken Plum
stated on March 12, 2015
"We've got 40 years of study now that show that, with a good preschool start, you're less likely to be on public dole, you're less likely to be in prison."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • March 23, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 24, 2015 a speech
"Thomas Paine wrote that ‘the duty of a patriot is to protect his country from his government.’"
False
By Sean Gorman • March 9, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 24, 2015 a speech.
"America produces more oil and gas than any other nation in the world."
True
By Sean Gorman • March 2, 2015
Joseph Yost
Joseph Yost
stated on February 16, 2015 a floor speech.
"One third of our age group (Millennials) have moved back in with their parents."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • February 23, 2015
Scott Surovell
Scott Surovell
stated on February 4, 2015 a floor speech.
"When did the decline of coal start? It started when natural gas took off … that started to begin in (President George W.) Bush’s administration."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • February 23, 2015
Lori Haas
Lori Haas
stated on January 19, 2015 a news conference
In states that have private-sale background checks for handguns "49 percent fewer women are shot and killed."  
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • February 16, 2015
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on February 4, 2015 a speech.
"If you look at the income of average Americans...they’re absolutely flat in constant dollars since 1979."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • February 9, 2015
Virginia House Democratic Caucus
Virginia House Democratic Caucus
stated on January 19, 2015
Assault weapons and handguns are allowed in the state Capitol while bullhorns, trumpets, helium balloons and flags on poles are banned.
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • January 26, 2015
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on January 9, 2015 a news release.
President Barack Obama’s policies "have resulted in gas prices being reduced from $3.07 per gallon when he was sworn in in 2009 to $2.30 today."
False
By Sean Gorman • January 18, 2015
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on December 9, 2014 a news release.
"After World War II, we tried, convicted, and, in some cases, executed Japanese soldiers for war crimes that included charges of waterboarding."
True
By Sean Gorman • January 12, 2015
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on December 3, 2014 an interview.
Regarding sexual assault against women, "It’s actually safer not to be in college than it is to be in college."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • January 4, 2015
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on November 21, 2014 a news release.
"The President has decided to move forward with executive actions on immigration that he has said on numerous occasions that he didn’t have the constitutional power to take."
True
By Sean Gorman • December 29, 2014
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on December 3, 2014 a conference.
The U.S. has "5 percent of the world’s population, 25 percent of the world’s known prison population."
True
By Sean Gorman • December 15, 2014
Richard Saslaw
Richard Saslaw
stated on November 24, 2014 a presentation.
Female students at UVA "have a 20 percent chance of being sexually assaulted."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • December 8, 2014
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on November 19, 2014 an announcement.
The poorest counties in the U.S. are in Appalachia and "happen to be more than 90 percent white."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • December 1, 2014
Kathleen Murphy
Kathleen Murphy
stated on November 18, 2014 a campaign website
"The NRA supported background checks..."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • November 24, 2014
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on October 15, 2014 a speech.
"I’ll be the only economist in the (U.S.) House."
True
By Sean Gorman • November 9, 2014
James Carr
James Carr
stated on September 20, 2014 an interview
"Before World War II, very few people actually had health insurance."
True
By Sean Gorman • October 30, 2014
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