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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 14, 2014 a campaign news release
Since I took office, "Wisconsin ranks 11th in the nation in total business establishment growth compared to 47th in the years Mary Burke was Commerce secretary."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 17, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 1, 2014 a speech in Milwaukee
"We cut our deficits by more than half."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 5, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on July 18, 2014 a campaign TV ad
"Wisconsin’s dead last in Midwest job growth."
True
By Dave Umhoefer, James B. Nelson • August 31, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 14, 2014 various blogs and Internet comments
Wisconsin is "dead last in income growth" among midwestern states during Gov. Scott Walker’s term.
True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 28, 2014
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on August 7, 2014 a campaign ad
"Before I was state treasurer, my Rhode Island business helped create over 1,000 jobs."
True
By Karen Lee Ziner • August 21, 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
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
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
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on May 29, 2014 an email blast
Rick Perry doesn’t think there should be a federal minimum wage.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2014
Seth Magaziner
Seth Magaziner
stated on April 13, 2014 an appearance on “10 News Conference”
"In Rhode Island today, 25 percent of our households either don't have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and they're still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 21, 2014
National Partnership for Women & Families
National Partnership for Women & Families
stated on April 8, 2014 a news release
"Women in Oregon are paid 79 cents for every dollar paid to men. If the wage gap was eliminated, a working woman in Oregon would have enough money for 2,877 gallons of gas, 72 more weeks of food for her family or nearly 12 more months of rent."
True
By Dana Tims • April 10, 2014
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on March 30, 2014 a news story
Says he was the only statewide elected official to speak in favor of a federal guest worker plan at the 2012 Republican Party of Texas convention.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 8, 2014
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on March 16, 2014 a broadcast of ABC's "This Week"
"The majority support (raising) the minimum wage."
True
By Jon Greenberg • March 16, 2014
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on March 8, 2014 a Republican weekly address
"The average family (is) now bringing home $4,000 less than they did just five years ago."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 7, 2014 a speech
"If you rent a U-Haul to move your company, it costs twice as much to go from San Francisco to Austin than the other way around, because you can’t find enough trucks to flee the Golden State."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 12, 2014
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on January 31, 2014 a speech
The annual gross domestic product of metro Atlanta is "bigger than 28 states in the union."
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 18, 2014
Mike Stenhouse
Mike Stenhouse
stated on January 27, 2014 a news release
Of minimum wage workers in Rhode Island "only 14 percent serve as sole income earner for their family."  
True
By John Hill • February 14, 2014
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 22, 2014 a news release
"Over 3 million Americans are employed in the growing green-collar workforce," which is more than the number "of people working in the fossil fuel industry."  
True
February 14, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address
There is "more oil produced at home than we buy from the rest of the world – the first time that’s happened in nearly 20 years."
True
By Julie Kliegman • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of Union address
During the past four years, "average wages have barely budged."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014
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