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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 13, 2017 a tweet:
Says Senate deliberations on the Affordable Care Act in 2009 and 2010 included hundreds of hours of debate and more than 100 Republican amendments, compared with zero for the American Health Care Act this year.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on June 13, 2017 a congressional hearing:
"It's a longstanding policy of the Department of Justice not to comment on conversations that the attorney general has had with the president of the United States."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 14, 2017
Jon Ossoff
Jon Ossoff
stated on June 8, 2017 a debate:
The House Republican health care bill "guts protections against massive price hikes for Georgians with pre-existing conditions."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 13, 2017
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on June 6, 2017 a debate:
"Nearly $2 billion in cash was flown over to Iran, money that the Obama administration has admitted is being used for terrorists and to support further activities there."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 7, 2017
Chris King
Chris King
stated on May 25, 2017 a press release:
Says a Congressional Budget Office report found low-income seniors in Florida will face "800 percent premium increases" under the American Health Care Act.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 2, 2017
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on May 10, 2017 press conference about opioid addiction:
"I think if you look at the entire federal government and the president’s commitment to (fighting opioid addiction), you’ll see that there are actually hundreds of millions of dollars increase on this issue."
Half-True
By Ella Nilsen • May 26, 2017
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on May 18, 2017 an interview:
Says David Clarke reduced the number of Milwaukee County sheriff's deputies "from about 700 and something to 300 and something."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • May 26, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 17, 2017 a U.S. Coast Guard commencement speech :
"I’m proud to say that under my administration, as you just heard, we will be building the first new heavy icebreakers the United States has seen in over 40 years."  
Half-True
By Smitha Rajan • May 24, 2017
Dennis Prager
Dennis Prager
stated on May 18, 2017 an appearance on CNN:
"It was a 100 percent lie that (Donald Trump’s) election unleashed anti-Semitism. … Hundreds of Jewish community centers had bomb threats called in. To the best of our knowledge to this day, 90 percent of them were called in by an American Jewish kid living in Israel, and the other 10 percent were a black radical who was trying to impress his girlfriend."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 7, 2017 an interview:
Before Obamacare, Wisconsin’s "high-risk pool" for health insurance "had eight or nine" plans to choose from, people "could go to any doctor or any hospital they wanted, and their premiums and co-pays were cheaper than they are under Obamacare today."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • May 19, 2017
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 28, 2017 a speech to the National Rifle Association:
"The first Congress passed a law mandating that every able-bodied man must own a musket."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 19, 2017
Richard Blumenthal
Richard Blumenthal
stated on May 9, 2017 a press conference:
"What does Trumpcare do? Yank tax credits away from veterans unlike any other American."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • May 15, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on May 6, 2017 a tweet:
Says the Florida House of Representatives allocated $24 billion, "the greatest investment in education in Florida history!"
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • May 15, 2017
Michael Untermeyer
Michael Untermeyer
stated on May 10, 2017 a campaign ad.:
"Michael Untermeyer has been a Democrat for more than 40 years."
Half-True
By Anna Orso • May 12, 2017
Rod Blum
Rod Blum
stated on May 8, 2017 a town hall meeting with voters:
"If you’re getting your insurance through (your employer), nothing changes" under Trumpcare.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 11, 2017
Save My Care
Save My Care
stated on May 8, 2017 a digital ad:
U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo voted for a health care bill that will let insurance companies "charge five times more for people over 50."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 11, 2017
Ted Budd
Ted Budd
stated on May 4, 2017:
Says if the AHCA replaces Obamacare it will "significantly reduce insurance premiums in" North Carolina.
Half-True
By Will Doran • May 10, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on April 28, 2017 remarks to law enforcement officers in New York:
District attorneys "have advertised that they will charge a criminal alien with a lesser offense than presumably they would charge a United States citizen, so they won’t be deported."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • May 10, 2017
Sally Hernandez
Sally Hernandez
stated on April 18, 2017 an oped commentary co-authored by four other Texas sheriffs:
"FBI crime statistics have found that labeled ‘sanctuary’ cities experience lower rates of all crime types, including homicides."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 10, 2017
Don Huffines
Don Huffines
stated on February 27, 2017 responding to a question about private school vouchers:
"Sixty-two percent of all (Texas) property taxes are paid by businesses."    
Half-True
By Forrest Milburn • May 5, 2017
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