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John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on May 7, 2014 in an email to supporters:
"Oregon today has 100,000 more jobs than it did when I was elected."
Mostly True
By Dana Tims, Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2014
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on May 11, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union.":
The CBO says that if you raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "half a million people would lose their jobs."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • May 11, 2014
Neera Tanden
Neera Tanden
stated on April 27, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"95 percent of the income gains in the last few years have gone to the top 1 percent."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 16, 2014 in a radio interview:
"In 2013 we had the largest, the best, private sector job growth we’ve had in this state since the 1990s."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 27, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on April 8, 2014 in a news release:
"In Wisconsin, a woman only earns 80 cents for every $1 a man earns."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • April 23, 2014
Genevieve Wood
Genevieve Wood
stated on April 8, 2014 in comments on CNN:
"Young women today in metropolitan areas" who are childless and single are out-earning childless, single young males.
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 9, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 31, 2014 in an online ad:
"Since December 2010 Florida has created 540,000 new jobs."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • April 2, 2014
Steven Rattner
Steven Rattner
stated on March 30, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
"Manufacturing wages today in America on a per-hour basis are actually a bit lower than average wages in the economy as a whole."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • March 30, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on January 21, 2014 in an interview:
"Our state economic development agency under Walker, WEDC, actually isn’t even using the funds that are appropriated to it."
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • March 23, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 5, 2014 in a speech to the Democratic National Committee in Boston:
"When I talk about (raising the) minimum wage ... half of Republicans agree with it."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 27, 2014 in an event at the White House:
"Fewer black and Latino men participate in the labor force, compared to young white men."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 28, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 30, 2014 in a speech:
"Most folks’ wages haven’t gone up in over a decade."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 23, 2014
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on February 11, 2014 in a House floor speech:
"According to one study, the minimum wage today is worth $2 less than in 1968."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 21, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on February 4, 2014 in a news release:
"The only time over the last 25 years when the state’s unemployment rate exceeded the U.S. average was when (Mary) Burke was commerce secretary."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 14, 2014
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on January 31, 2014 in a speech:
"Right now, we only keep 50 percent of Georgia Tech's graduates."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • February 11, 2014
Keith Ellison
Keith Ellison
stated on February 9, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
"Americans work way more than an average of industrialized countries around the world."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • February 9, 2014
Thomas Perez
Thomas Perez
stated on February 4, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"If you have a union job, you're making on average $950 a week. If you have a non-union job, you're making $750 a week."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 in the State of the Union address:
Women "make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 14, 2014 in a State of the State address:
"Today, our unemployment rate is 7.8 percent. That is the lowest in five years."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • January 19, 2014
Rana Foroohar
Rana Foroohar
stated on January 10, 2014 in a CNN interview:
"The median male worker in this country has not seen a raise, inflation adjusted, for 30 years, basically."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • January 15, 2014
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