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Lowell Holtz
Lowell Holtz
stated on March 18, 2017 a campaign blog post:
"Our minority graduation rate went from levels below Milwaukee and Madison, to above 80%" when I was Beloit school superintendent.
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • March 24, 2017
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 23, 2017 a statement on the 7th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act:
"The vast majority of marketplace enrollees have experienced no average premium hike at all."  
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By Jon Greenberg • March 23, 2017
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on March 16, 2017 a press conference:
"In year No. 1, 14 million Americans lose coverage," according to the CBO. 
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • March 22, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 20, 2017 a rally in Kentucky:
"Since the day of my election, we've already cut illegal immigration at the southern border by 61 percent."
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By Miriam Valverde • March 22, 2017
Patrick Leahy
Patrick Leahy
stated on March 8, 2017 a House Judiciary Committee hearing:
Wealthy foreigners can obtain visas through a special program, but only a small number "invest in true high-unemployment areas. Almost every other EB-5 project uses gerrymandering to qualify as distressed."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • March 21, 2017
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on March 1, 2017 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press Daily":
"USAID put $8 billion up and attracted more than $45 billion in a public-private partnership called Power Africa."
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By Jon Greenberg • March 21, 2017
Dave Hansen
Dave Hansen
stated on March 5, 2017 an interview:
Wisconsin is "the most -- if not Number 1, number 2 -- gerrymandered state in the country" for state legislative boundaries.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • March 17, 2017
Will Herring
Will Herring
stated on March 6, 2017 a San Antonio Express-News news story:
"There’s not one public study, and by public study I mean a study available to the public, that has looked at using the product Kaput to poison feral hogs."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 16, 2017
Peter Roskam
Peter Roskam
stated on March 6, 2017 a speech at the City Club of Chicago:
"The past (Obama) administration was the first administration that never had a whole year of 3 percent growth."
Mostly True
By Kevin Hoffman • March 16, 2017
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
stated on March 12, 2017 an interview on Meet the Press:
Blue Cross Blue Shield ended "2016 open enrollment with 1 million members in the Florida marketplace."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 15, 2017
Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops
Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops
stated on March 15, 2017 a Florida House subcommittee hearing:
"Unlawful presence (in the United States) is not a crime."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2017
Patricia Farley
Patricia Farley
stated on March 14, 2017 a news conference in the Capitol:
"A woman working full-time is paid 79 to 80 cents for every dollar a man is paid, and it's even less for women of color, and on average $11,000 per year is lost simply because she isn't a man."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • March 14, 2017
Rosemary Laird
Rosemary Laird
stated on March 14, 2017 a Florida Senate committee hearing:
"Currently, half a million Floridians have Alzheimer’s disease, and in less than 10 years, a 40 percent growth rate means that another 200,000 Floridians will develop this devastating illness."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 14, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 13, 2017 his first Cabinet meeting:
"In the first full month of my administration following the issuance of my executive orders, illegal immigration on our southern border fell by an unprecedented 40 percent."
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By Miriam Valverde • March 14, 2017
Caleb Rowden
Caleb Rowden
stated on January 20, 2017 a statement at a legislative breakfast:
"And this would be the first year, if everything holds true, we will spend over $10 billion of our state budget on Medicaid out of the $28 billion budget."
Mostly True
By Austin Hough • March 12, 2017
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on March 7, 2017 a press briefing:
The Obama administration said "they were going to be able to drive folks away from one of the most expensive areas for the provision of health care, and that is the emergency rooms. In fact, they did just the opposite."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2017
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on March 7, 2017 a tweet:
"Cost of iPhone: $399 - Cost of healthcare for 1 year: $10,345 - Hearing @jasoninthehouse compare the 2 as if they are the same: priceless"
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • March 10, 2017
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 8, 2017 an interview on MSNBC's "All In With Chis Hayes":
The GOP health care plan gives "$275 billion in tax breaks for the top 2 percent, people earning $250,000 a year or more."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on March 3, 2017 an interview:
"The son-in-law of the president met with Russian officials at the Trump Tower after having them come in the back door."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • March 8, 2017
Janet Cruz
Janet Cruz
stated on March 7, 2017 a speech:
"Florida pays our teachers $10,000 a year less than the national average."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 7, 2017
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