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Hank Huckaby
Hank Huckaby
stated on December 16, 2014 civic club speech
Only 42 percent of young Georgians have a college certificate or degree, but soon 60 percent of jobs will require some college credential.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • January 7, 2015
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on January 4, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"We're now the No. 1 producer of oil in the world. We've surpassed Saudi Arabia."  
True
By Lauren Carroll • 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
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
stated on December 17, 2014 a press release
"Texas families have kept more than $10 billion in their family budgets since we successfully fought to restore Texas' sales tax deduction a decade ago."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 23, 2014
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 14, 2014 a TV interview
The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 23, 2014
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on November 22, 2014 a Facebook post
Only 20 colleges and universities "have athletic departments with revenue exceeding expenses."
True
By Nancy Madsen • December 22, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on December 7, 2014 an interview on Meet the Press
"My wife is going to be the first Hispanic first lady in the history of Texas."
True
By Dylan Baddour • December 22, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 21, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
"We're spending millions for each individual" held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
True
By Lauren Carroll • December 21, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 12, 2014 a tweet
"My property taxes went down largely because my technical college portion went down 35.5% because of the money we put in at state."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • December 18, 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
Nicholas Kristof
Nicholas Kristof
stated on December 4, 2014 a broadcast of the "Daily Show"
"The United States right now incarcerates more African-Americans as a percentage than apartheid South Africa did."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • December 11, 2014
Progress for Austin PAC
Progress for Austin PAC
stated on December 3, 2014 a mailer to voters
"Mike Martinez cut a deal with prosecutors to avoid facing possible jail time and stuck us with his $24,657.50 legal bill."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 10, 2014
Allen Peake
Allen Peake
stated on December 3, 2014 a press conference at the Georgia State Capitol
Unlike marijuana, medical cannabis oil cannot get you high.
True
By April Hunt • December 9, 2014
Diego Arene-Morley
Diego Arene-Morley
stated on November 18, 2014 a community forum
"There are more African American men in prison, jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850."
True
By Katie Mulvaney • December 7, 2014
Mike Dudgeon
Mike Dudgeon
stated on November 18, 2014 newspaper article
Thirty-eight states -- Georgia not included -- have appointed, rather than elected, state school superintendents.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • December 6, 2014
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on December 2, 2014 an interview
At the 50 Milwaukee schools serving "at least 80% African-American and at least 80% low income" students, the reading proficiency is 8%.
True
By Dave Umhoefer • December 5, 2014
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on November 25, 2014 remarks at the National Press Club
In 2010, uninsured voters made up "about 5 percent of the electorate."
True
By Lauren Carroll • December 4, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on December 1, 2014 a 'Wall Street Journal' CEO Council event
"Too many" tattoos "on visible body parts" keep some applicants out of the military.
True
By Amy Sherman • December 3, 2014
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on November 14, 2014 a newspaper interview
Rhode Island's legislature is "the strongest in the country."
True
By Katie Mulvaney • November 30, 2014
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on November 9, 2014 an interview
Wisconsin is below the national average in wage growth and job growth.  
True
November 28, 2014
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