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Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 12, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
The oceans "have become 30 percent more acidic."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 21, 2013
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on June 5, 2013 in a newspaper story:
Farming is "one of the fastest growing areas of our economy."
Mostly False
By Gregory Smith • July 18, 2013
Charlene Lima
Charlene Lima
stated on June 26, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House:
Economic Development Commission Executive Director Keith Stokes "sent me a letter and he said the taxpayers will never be on the hook for these bonds" for 38 Studios.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 10, 2013
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on June 11, 2013 in a House of Representatives floor speech:
"If you are born poor in America, we rank ninth or tenth in our citizens’ ability to climb up through that ladder and get themselves into the middle class."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • June 26, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 24, 2013 in a TV interview:
Says Florida didn’t offer special incentives to Deutsche Bank, which announced it will add 300 jobs in Florida.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • June 25, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 16, 2013 in a television interview:
Says the success of his economic agenda is supported by the fact "we went from unemployment at 9.2 percent when I decided to run for governor four years ago to two points lower."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 16, 2013
Harold Metts
Harold Metts
stated on June 6, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate:
"Rhode Island has a [inmate] recidivism rate of over 60 percent."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 16, 2013
Oregon Republican Party
Oregon Republican Party
stated on May 29, 2013 in in a press release:
Says a group "estimates that the annual cost to Oregon taxpayers for government services to illegal aliens, after any income tax revenue from them, is $1 billion."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • June 15, 2013
Abel Collins
Abel Collins
stated on June 2, 2013 in an interview on WJAR-TV's "10 News Conference.":
"RIPTA has really some of the fullest buses for its transit agency size around the country."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 9, 2013
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 4, 2013 in a tweet:
"Nearly 6 out of 10 believe that money and wealth should be more evenly distributed among a larger percentage of the people in the U.S."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 11, 2013 in the commencement address at Hillsdale College:
Says Americans "invented ‘Pong,’ ‘Space Invaders’ and the iPhone."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 6, 2013
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on May 29, 2013 in an interview with WJAR-TV:
"The average student comes out of college hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 6, 2013
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on May 29, 2013 in leadership forum:
My office is about a 300-step walk to the governor's office.
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • June 5, 2013
Frank Caprio
Frank Caprio
stated on May 19, 2013 in an appearance on "10 News Conference":
Since Gina Raimondo took office, investment fees on the state's pension portfolio "have gone up from about $12 million annually to about $50 million."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 2, 2013
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 23, 2013 in a press release:
Says  "With nearly 75 percent of Americans supportive of the construction of the pipeline, Schrader needs to explain to Oregon families why he voted against this needed project."  
Mostly True
By Janie Har • June 1, 2013
Charlie Smith
Charlie Smith
stated on May 6, 2013 in a newspaper article:
The federal government could save $500 million annually by circulating $1 coins instead of $1 bills.
Half-True
By Janel Davis • May 31, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 20, 2013 in 2013-14 veto message:
"We are already almost halfway to our 2010 goal of creating 700,000 new jobs in seven years."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 20, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 9, 2013 in a speech in Manor, Texas.:
Says that according to a report, "the tech sector now drives more than one-quarter of Austin’s economy."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 17, 2013
Mike Foley
Mike Foley
stated on April 23, 2013 in news release:
Ohio’s lost more jobs in March than any other state in the nation.
Mostly True
By Robert Higgs • May 13, 2013
Gilberto Hinojosa
Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on May 8, 2013 in an email blast.:
"The economy added more jobs during four years under Obama than it did in the entire eight years under George W. Bush."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2013
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