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John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 5, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives:
"Our spending has caught up with us, and our debt soon will eclipse the entire size of our national economy."
True
By Stephen Koff • January 10, 2011
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on December 20, 2010 in a newsletter:
"I stopped requesting earmarks in 2008."
True
January 5, 2011
John McCain
John McCain
stated on December 14, 2010 in a statement on the U.S. Senate floor:
Earmarks requested in a federal spending bill included  "$277,000 for potato pest management in Wisconsin."
True
By Tom Kertscher • December 19, 2010
George W. Bush
George W. Bush
stated on November 9, 2010 in his book, "Decision Points.":
Says that in his first 17 months as president, the United States doubled its world-leading $500 million a year commitment to fighting global AIDS.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 16, 2010
Ohio Department of Transportation
Ohio Department of Transportation
stated on October 25, 2010 in a news release:
"Demand for transportation choice is on the rise, with 14 percent more Ohioans riding passenger trains over the past year."
True
By Joe Guillen • November 24, 2010
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on November 17, 2010 in a website posting:
"Congressman Ryan has secured a grand total of $116,838,763 to date (for the Mahoning Valley) and has an additional $27,095,000 pending in FY2010 spending bills."
True
By Tom Feran • November 17, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 2, 2010 in in "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington":
"The (federal) debt is growing by more than $4 billion a day."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 17, 2010
Steven Schale
Steven Schale
stated on November 15, 2010 in a posting on Twitter.:
"Re: (Marco) Rubio's support of earmark ban: In 2002 alone, he requested 37 earmarks worth $43 million."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • November 16, 2010
Kent Conrad
Kent Conrad
stated on November 14, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
Federal spending is "the highest it's been as a share of our economy in 60 years (and) revenue is the lowest it's been as a share of our economy in 60 years."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2010
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 14, 2010 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"We now consume at the federal level 25 percent of the gross domestic product. Historically we were at 20 percent. So we've taken 5 percent away from the private sector."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2010
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on October 30, 2010 in a letter to the editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch:
"The budget submitted by Obama will add more to the debt than the outstanding debt of the previous 43 presidents combined." 
True
By Wes Hester • November 7, 2010
Citizens for the Republic
Citizens for the Republic
stated on September 21, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Children born today will carry a $30,000 share of the national debt.
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2010
John Dennis
John Dennis
stated on September 14, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Taxpayers pay $18,000 a month for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's district office in downtown San Francisco. 
True
By Robert Farley • September 15, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on August 25, 2010 in comments on his TV show:
"The federal government is now on track" for the second-largest budget deficit "in 65 years."
True
By Lukas Pleva • August 30, 2010
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on June 19, 2010 in a TV and Internet commercial:
"(I) helped to invent a system that saved over a billion dollars on welfare."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 29, 2010
George Voinovich
George Voinovich
stated on July 14, 2010 in a speech in the U.S. Senate:
"Last year, we borrowed $1.4 trillion -- or 41 cents of every dollar we spent. Over half of this debt is held by foreign investors."
True
By Stephen Koff • August 10, 2010
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling
stated on July 8, 2010 in a speech:
"Today almost half our debt is owned by foreigners."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 30, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 28, 2010 in a Fox News interview:
"Forty cents of every dollar being spent by the federal government is being borrowed from my children."
True
By Cristina Silva • July 16, 2010
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on July 5, 2010 in a CNN interview:
"We're spending $1 trillion a year on our foreign policy."
True
By Lukas Pleva • July 15, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on July 1, 2010 in a conference call with Texas reporters:
"Sen. McConnell offered a fully paid two-month extension of unemployment insurance."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 11, 2010
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