Latest Fact-Checks In Ohio

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Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on September 15, 2011 a television interview
"We have a $2 trillion to $3 trillion infrastructure deficit. We’ve got work that needs to get done. We’ve got people that want to go to work."
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By Henry J. Gomez • October 6, 2011
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
stated on September 15, 2011 a news conference
Says that to drive the length of the newly drawn 15th District "you’d find yourself on the road as long as it would take to drive from Columbus to Niagara Falls."
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By Aaron Marshall • October 5, 2011
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on September 14, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"Last year, Korea sold nearly half a million cars in our country. ... The United States, you know how much we sell to them? Six thousand. What kind of deal is that?"
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By Sabrina Eaton • October 4, 2011
Dan Ramos
Dan Ramos
stated on August 13, 2011 a newspaper column
"Gov. Kasich and the Republican-dominated legislature have foregone the popular option of closing tax loopholes that amount to $7 billion annually in this state."
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By Tom Feran • September 13, 2011
We Are Ohio
We Are Ohio
stated on September 2, 2011 a campaign commercial
"Issue 2 makes it illegal for us to negotiate for enough firefighters to do the job."
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By Joe Guillen • September 9, 2011
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on August 22, 2011 an e-mail to Democratic supporters
"H.B. 194, the Voter Suppression Bill, invalidates a vote where a voter properly marks the ballot in support of a particular candidate, but also writes in the name of that same candidate."
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By Joe Guillen • September 2, 2011
Jim Petro
Jim Petro
stated on August 11, 2011 a speech at Ohio State University
Every 1 percent increase in the number of Ohioans with bachelor’s degrees "means economic activity growing the next year and for each year thereafter (by) $2.5 billion dollars."
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By Aaron Marshall • August 30, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 10, 2011 a news release
U.S. debt is "now equal to 100 percent of the GDP."
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By Stephen Koff • August 18, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on July 14, 2011 a House of Representatives floor speech
"We’re only spending 2 percent of our GDP on our infrastructure, while China and India are spending 10 percent of their GDP reinvesting back into their country."  
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By Sabrina Eaton • August 10, 2011
Jon Husted
Jon Husted
stated on July 18, 2011 a tweet on Twitter
"#Business formation is still on the rise in Ohio! So far in 2011 we’ve assisted w/ 44,443 new business filings." 
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By Mark Naymik • August 3, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on July 15, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"Social Security didn’t cause the debt crisis. Social Security had nothing to do with the debt crisis."
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By Tom Feran • August 2, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on July 12, 2011 an interview on Fox News
"We jumped 11 places since beginning this year in terms of being job-friendly."
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By Tom Feran • July 21, 2011
Kris Jordan
Kris Jordan
stated on June 15, 2011 a speech in the Ohio Senate
"State agencies have not identified one single instance where groundwater has been damaged due to hydraulic fracking."  
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By Aaron Marshall • July 14, 2011
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on July 7, 2011 a television commercial
Since President Obama took office, "2 million jobs. Gone."
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By Mark Naymik • July 13, 2011
Lisa Hamler-Fugitt
Lisa Hamler-Fugitt
stated on June 1, 2011 testimony before a House subcommittee
"Ohio currently ranks 50th out of all states in income growth."
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By Tom Feran • July 7, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on April 14, 2011 an interview on Fox News
"For every dollar we invest in Head Start, we get $5 to $7 back into our economy."
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By James Ewinger • June 29, 2011
Ron Amstutz
Ron Amstutz
stated on April 18, 2011 a forum on the state budget
"Most of the state budget isn't for state government doing things. ... 85 percent of the state budget is transferred to local communities for delivery of service."
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By Tom Feran • June 22, 2011
Steve Loomis
Steve Loomis
stated on May 9, 2011 a news conference
Says the state’s new collective bargaining law effectively eliminates police unions' ability to negotiate.
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By Tom Feran • June 15, 2011
Armond Budish
Armond Budish
stated on May 14, 2011 a newspaper column
"Kasich’s budget increases state spending from $50.5 billion to $55.6 billion. This is the second largest, two-year spending increase in Ohio history."
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By Reginald Fields • June 9, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on May 12, 2011 an interview on Fox News
"We are in the bottom 10 in dollars in the classroom and the top 10 in dollars in the bureaucracy and red tape."
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By Reginald Fields • May 30, 2011
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