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Bill McRaven
Bill McRaven
stated on January 21, 2016 addressing the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
University of Texas undergraduate student debt "is less than $21,000… probably one of the lowest debts across the nation."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 12, 2016
Center for Individual Freedom
Center for Individual Freedom
stated on April 13, 2016 a TV ad
Says Paul Ryan backs a proposal that would be a "bailout" of Puerto Rico.  
Half-True
May 6, 2016
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on April 20, 2016 a Fox Business interview
"Andrew Jackson was the last president who actually balanced the federal budget, where we had no national debt."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • April 21, 2016
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on April 3, 2016 a campaign speech
"A college loan is the only loan in the United States that you cannot refinance when interest rates go down."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • April 6, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on February 5, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com
"Barack Obama will somehow manage to add more than $8 trillion to the national debt, which is more debt than the 43 presidents who held office before him compiled together."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2016
Katrina Shankland
Katrina Shankland
stated on January 29, 2016 a news release
"Faced with $1 million in campaign debt," Scott Walker "is unloading his campaign security costs onto the backs of Wisconsin taxpayers."  
Mostly False
February 5, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on February 2, 2016 an appearance at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, N.H.
The debt "comes up all the time in town meetings ... but it's never asked in the debates. It's really weird. It hasn't been brought up."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2016
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on January 20, 2016 a radio interview
"A lot of student loans are already refinanced by the federal government."
False
January 27, 2016
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 29, 2015 a Facebook post
"How many concerts would Taylor Swift have to perform to pay off one day of interest on our national debt? She would have to perform every day for three years."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • November 6, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.
The debt limit deal "allows President Obama to borrow unlimited amounts of money."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2015
Steven Costantino
Steven Costantino
stated on September 27, 2015 a statement
"I did not play any role in bringing the company to RI as did others in government. I was tasked with handling the legislation affecting the company by my superiors."  
False
By Mark Reynolds • October 18, 2015
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 26, 2015 a speech
Student loans from the federal government issued between 2007 and 2012 are on target "to produce $66 billion in profits for the United States government."  
Half-True
October 1, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 11, 2015 a speech
Says Scott Walker rejected legislation to make college loan payments tax deductible and the result was "to raise taxes on students."
False
September 9, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 10, 2015 a Twitter exchange
There has been a 100 percent "increase in student debt under this Democratic White House."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 14, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on July 17, 2015 a campaign rally in Houston
"We borrow a million dollars every minute."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 21, 2015
Tim Lee
Tim Lee
stated on June 30, 2015 mass email
Cobb County businesses have already been awarded contracts worth $250 million on construction of a new Braves stadium.
Mostly True
By Nancy Badertscher • July 14, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 2, 2015 a speech
"We've cut the deficit by two-thirds."
Mostly True
July 8, 2015
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on June 5, 2015 a speech
Says U.S. Senate opponent Ron Johnson "is opposed to all government-assisted student loans."
Mostly True
June 19, 2015
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on May 29, 2015 a Facebook post
"In just 17 years, spending for Social Security, federal health care and interest on the debt will exceed ALL tax revenue!"
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • June 16, 2015
Hillary Davis
Hillary Davis
stated on May 6, 2015 a hearing at the General Assembly
"The profit [from automated traffic enforcement cameras] is going to the private corporations, not to the city or state."  
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 14, 2015
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