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Susan Yoshihara
Susan Yoshihara
stated on March 21, 2013 testimony before a R.I. Senate committee
Assertions that it makes no difference whether children are raised by heterosexual or homosexual parents have been "shattered by the latest and best social science and research."
False
By Michael McKinney • April 7, 2013
Edith Ajello
Edith Ajello
stated on February 6, 2013 an interview with The Providence Journal
"Lots of studies seem to indicate that minors find it very easy to get marijuana, easier than to get alcohol."
False
By Michael McKinney • February 16, 2013
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 31, 2013 a speech
"When the Affordable Care Act was signed, 17 million American children" had a pre-existing condition and were "uninsurable."
False
February 11, 2013
Dan Becker
Dan Becker
stated on January 14, 2013 a news release
"This is the first time since Roe was decided in 1973 that a court has granted personhood status to the preborn."
False
By Janel Davis • February 8, 2013
Tomorrow's Vision of Florida
Tomorrow's Vision of Florida
stated on August 6, 2012 a mailer
Says Ron Saunders "made the choice to stand with Rick Scott" on expanding school vouchers, restricting scholarships and giving tax breaks to the wealthy.
False
By Amy Sherman • August 10, 2012
Gerard Robinson
Gerard Robinson
stated on June 15, 2012 a written statement
FCAT tests "account for less than 1 percent of the instructional time provided during the year."  
False
By Amy Sherman • July 30, 2012
Rudy Moise
Rudy Moise
stated on May 1, 2012 a campaign website
The congressional district for Miami-Dade and Broward counties has a "staggering drop-out rate of almost 61 percent."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 7, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 6, 2012 a campaign speech in Steubenville, Ohio
After President Barack Obama’s health care law takes full effect, "100 percent" of Americans will "depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2012
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on February 27, 2012 a Web ad
Says Connie Mack "failed to pay his child support."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 29, 2012
James Langevin
James Langevin
stated on September 21, 2011 a speech
"Foster children are disproportionately victims of identity theft."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 20, 2011
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on September 15, 2011 a tweet
Stimulus money funded a government board that made recommendations that would cost 378,000 jobs and $28.3 billion in sales. 
False
By Willoughby Mariano • September 27, 2011
Doreen Costa
Doreen Costa
stated on August 10, 2011 a radio interview
"The studies have shown us that [drug testing for welfare recipients] will be saving us money"
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 26, 2011
E.J. Finocchio
E.J. Finocchio
stated on April 24, 2011 a television interview
"Most of your serial killers, most of your people who commit domestic violence, they start off by abusing animals."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 31, 2011
Stephen Wise
Stephen Wise
stated on March 31, 2011 in a Senate Education PreK-12 committee hearing
"Every person on death row was a foster kid."
False
By Laura Figueroa • April 25, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 23, 2011 an opinion article published in the 'Tampa Tribune'
"Before this (federal health care) law was enacted, Florida parents ... were able to purchase inexpensive 'child-only' coverage for their children. The law’s 'consumer protections' have now eliminated that choice in Florida."
False
By Laura Figueroa • March 31, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 7, 2010 a press conference
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt started Social Security, "it only affected widows and orphans," and when Medicare began, "it was a small program."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2010
Debbie Riddle
Debbie Riddle
stated on August 10, 2010 a television interview
"Over 81 percent of the babies that are born at LBJ Hospital right here in Houston are born of women who are not here legally."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2010
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on May 4, 2010 a candidate forum
"Fifty-three percent of teens in Central Falls are getting pregnant."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 25, 2010
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
stated on February 12, 2010 a response to League of Women Voters of Texas.
"The current (agriculture) commissioner allowed tainted beef to be sent to school cafeterias."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 19, 2010
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