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Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on July 24, 2014 a news conference:
The Milwaukee Police Department has seized nearly as many firearms this year as the much larger New York City Police Department.
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By James B. Nelson • August 17, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 7, 2014 a campaign commercial:
Says Charlie Crist rode on a jet that "belongs to a serial polluter with a history of environmental violations fined nearly $2 million for polluting water."
True
By Joshua Gillin • August 15, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 30, 2014 a tweet:
"Wisconsin is #1 in the Midwest for personal income growth over the year."  
True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 14, 2014
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on July 29, 2014 press conference:
"The minimum number of infrastructure (needs) in Atlanta is $900 million."
True
By Nancy Badertscher • August 12, 2014
George Barker
George Barker
stated on July 26, 2014 statement:
Uncompensated care has "gone down by 30 percent just in the first few months" of Medicaid expansion in the states that adopted it.
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By Nancy Madsen • August 10, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 5, 2014 a speech in Iowa:
"It cost us more to shut the government down than to keep it open."
True
By Lauren Carroll • August 7, 2014
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 5, 2014 a campaign TV ad:
Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. advised citizens to "point that barrel center mass and pull the trigger" because "911 is not our best option."
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By Dave Umhoefer • August 7, 2014
Henry Cisneros
Henry Cisneros
stated on July 22, 2014 a statement after Ivy Taylor's selection as mayor of San Antonio:
San Antonio is "now the largest city in the United States ever to have an African American woman mayor."
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 6, 2014
Bob Donovan
Bob Donovan
stated on July 29, 2014 a speech:
"There has never been an alderman who has defeated an incumbent mayor in the history of this great city."  
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By Dave Umhoefer • August 6, 2014
Dennis Richardson
Dennis Richardson
stated on July 18, 2014 a campaign debate:
"It's been 17 years that we've had unemployment higher than the national average in Oregon."
True
By Dana Tims • August 4, 2014
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on July 29, 2014 a fundraising letter:
"The House of Representatives has never sued a sitting president in all of U.S. history."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2014
Brett Smiley
Brett Smiley
stated on June 25, 2014 a campaign brochure:
There are "approximately 20,000 annual gun purchases in Rhode Island."  
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By Karen Lee Ziner • July 20, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on July 10, 2014 remarks to voters in Kentucky:
"More women are graduating from college now than men."
True
By Molly O'Connor • July 18, 2014
Jason Riley
Jason Riley
stated on July 14, 2014 comments on Fox News' "The Kelly File':
"Black voter turnout in 2012 exceeded the rate of white voter turnout, even in the states with the strictest voter ID laws."
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By Linda Qiu • July 17, 2014
Henry Cuellar
Henry Cuellar
stated on July 6, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
"If you're a Mexican, you get sent back. ... But if you're from a noncontiguous country like the Central American countries" then you can stay in the United States.
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By Molly O'Connor • July 10, 2014
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on May 27, 2014 a newspaper commentary:
"There are already more American jobs in the solar industry than in coal mining."
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By Karen Lee Ziner • July 6, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 27, 2014 her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention:
Dan Patrick was the only state senator "who voted against the Veteran Entrepreneurship Program, a program that assists veterans in successfully starting up their own businesses."
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 3, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on June 17, 2014 a debate:
Republican candidate for governor Ken Block was "fined and had to admit that (he) funneled money illegally to the Moderate Party."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 29, 2014
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
stated on June 23, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Iowa Senate candidate Joni Ernst "promises to shut down the Department of Education and abolish the EPA."
True
By Molly O'Connor • June 27, 2014
Austin Water Utility
Austin Water Utility
stated on May 27, 2014 as quoted in a StateImpact Texas news story:
Says Central Texas river water sent to downstream rice farmers in 2011 equaled about three years’ worth of Austin’s water use.
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 24, 2014
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