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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 5, 2011 in TV interview:
High-speed rail would have cost Florida taxpayers $1 billion to build.
False
By Amy Sherman • August 11, 2011
Alberto Carvalho
Alberto Carvalho
stated on August 1, 2011 in comments to the Miami-Dade legislative delegation:
"Today we stand as the highest-performing urban school district in America." 
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 5, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 29, 2011 in an e-mail:
"If the debt ceiling is surpassed, our nation will not go into default as some suggest."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Martha M. Hamilton • August 2, 2011
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on July 16, 2011 in a statement on his campaign website:
"For the second quarter in a row, my campaign has raised more money than any other challenger in the nation and brought our fundraising total to over $800,000."
True
By Amy Sherman • August 2, 2011
Alan Hays
Alan Hays
stated on July 13, 2011 in a public hearing about redistricting:
"Your tax dollars are not being used to sue you, the people."
False
By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2011
Alan Hays
Alan Hays
stated on July 13, 2011 in a public hearing about redistricting:
"The Florida Legislature has not filed a lawsuit to fight Amendments 5 and 6."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2011
Alan Hays
Alan Hays
stated on July 13, 2011 in a public hearing about redistricting:
"I did not vote to spend money to fight that (Amendment 6 redistricting) lawsuit." 
True
By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 7, 2011 in an interview with CBS:
"From now on, we have to pay the Russians $50 million an astronaut to send Americans to the space station"
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 13, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on June 30, 2011 in a debate:
"I sponsored and was the co-sponsor of the only legislation that ever passed that had E-Verify provisions in it back in 2010 when I served in the Legislature."   
False
By Amy Sherman • July 12, 2011
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on June 22, 2011 in a redistricting meeting in Panama City:
"There is no $30 million pot of money" for redistricting issues, including defending redistricting lawsuits. "Your tax dollars are not being spent on anything like that."  
False
By Amy Sherman • June 28, 2011
Allen West
Allen West
stated on June 20, 2011 in a Fox News interview:
In the first 24 to 36 hours of the operation in Libya, "you saw $115 million go downrange because a Tomahawk cruise missile is a little over $1 million each."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 27, 2011
Common Sense Now
Common Sense Now
stated on June 20, 2011 in an ad:
Says Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Julio Robaina "has the highest salary among Florida mayors. More than $260,000."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 23, 2011
The Accountability Project
The Accountability Project
stated on June 10, 2011 in a TV ad:
Says former Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez and current mayoral candidate Carlos Gimenez  both drove fancy European cars at taxpayer expense.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 20, 2011
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 14, 2011 in a blog:
Says Allen West violated federal law by scuba diving with U.S. flag.
False
By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on June 10, 2011 in an Internet ad:
Says George LeMieux "falsely attacked Marco Rubio."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 16, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on June 10, 2011 in an Internet ad:
Says George LeMieux "even compared Marco Rubio to Barack Obama."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 15, 2011
Allen West
Allen West
stated on June 2, 2011 in an interview:
"China owns about 29% of (the U.S.) debt."
False
By Amy Sherman • June 14, 2011
Tom Rooney
Tom Rooney
stated on June 2, 2011 in a press release:
"For every $1 spent on mitigation, $4 in post-storm cleanup and rebuilding is saved."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 8, 2011
Marjorie Dannenfelser
Marjorie Dannenfelser
stated on May 6, 2011 in a blog:
Planned Parenthood "raked in more than $300 million in profits over the past four years."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 7, 2011
Kathleen Passidomo
Kathleen Passidomo
stated on May 30, 2011 in a newspaper article:
"It is a greater crime to have an untagged alligator than to host an open house party (for kids)."
True
By Amy Sherman • June 2, 2011
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