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Bob Kincaid
Bob Kincaid
stated on January 19, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Melissa Harris-Perry":
"Most of West Virginia is still owned, in excess of 90 percent, by out-of-state interests."
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 21, 2014
Eddie Lucio, Jr.
Eddie Lucio, Jr.
stated on November 18, 2013 remarks at Southern Obesity Summit:
Nearly 40 percent of his McAllen-area constituents suffer from obesity.
True
By Sue Owen • January 7, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 23, 2013 blog posts:
"Obamacare Medical Codes Confirm: Execution by Beheading To Be Implemented in America."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • January 2, 2014
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
stated on December 11, 2013 an advertisement:
"Rhode Island’s teen binge drinking rate is double the national average."
False
By John Hill • December 22, 2013
Vicki Shabo
Vicki Shabo
stated on December 12, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's "The Cycle":
"About 40 percent of workers don’t ... have a single paid sick day."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • December 17, 2013
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on December 5, 2013 an interview:
Under President Obama’s health-care reforms, the premium for "an average plan for a family didn't go down by $2,500 per year, it's gone up about $2,500 per year."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 15, 2013
Allen West
Allen West
stated on December 2, 2013 a blog on his website:
"Back door gun control is in full effect in the United States" due to "Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 3, 2013
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on November 4, 2013 a newspaper article.:
Says the Affordable Care Act has already reduced the number of uninsured in Oregon by 10 percent.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 13, 2013
Steve Leslie
Steve Leslie
stated on October 29, 2013 remarks at an Austin town hall about the Dell Medical School:
The University of Texas is starting "the first medical school at a major Tier One" university "in the last 50 years."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 8, 2013
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on September 25, 2013 an interview:
"Wisconsin is not as obese as the national average is. The national average, 35.7 percent of the population is obese. In Wisconsin, it's closer to 26 percent."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 24, 2013
Barth Bracy
Barth Bracy
stated on October 2, 2013 a news release:
Gov. Lincoln Chafee has imposed "a mandatory abortion fee" on all Rhode Islanders who buy health insurance through the state’s Obamacare exchange.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 23, 2013
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
stated on October 8, 2013 a robo-call and video:
"Live cats have holes drilled into their skulls," posts put into their heads and coils put into their eyes, and some have had their ears cut off or are intentionally deafened or starved at UW-Madison labs that do research to improve hearing in humans.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 18, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on October 10, 2013 an appearance on CNN's "Crossfire.":
"Thirteen hundred" applicants in Rhode Island signed up for insurance through Obamacare.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 17, 2013
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 9, 2013 an advertisement:
Ann Kuster turned "a blind eye to those in need of funding" by voting "against funding for our nation’s veterans, low-income women and children, the FDA and the National Institutes of Health."
Mostly False
By Kaitlin Mulhere • October 16, 2013
Louise Slaughter
Louise Slaughter
stated on October 9, 2013 an interview on MSNBC:
"Eighty percent of the antibiotics in this country are fed to livestock."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • October 15, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 15, 2013 blog posts:
Obamacare provision will allow "forced home inspections" by government agents.
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • August 21, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 12, 2013 a radio commentary.:
"According to a recent Congressional Budget Office report, under Obamacare, 7 million people will lose their employer-sponsored insurance."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 19, 2013
Teresa Tanzi
Teresa Tanzi
stated on July 1, 2013 a House debate:
"We have no idea what is contained in [electronic cigarette] vapor."  
False
July 27, 2013
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on June 11, 2013 a keynote address:
The ocean is now "much more acidic . . . than it has been for many millions of years."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 12, 2013 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
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