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John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 7, 2012 in a news release:
"New business startups are at the lowest levels in 30 years."
True
By Tom Feran • March 23, 2012
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on March 13, 2012 in a news release:
There are "850,000 Ohio jobs tied to the auto industry."
True
By Henry J. Gomez • March 14, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 23, 2012 in a radio interview:
Wisconsin is called the Badger State because "our ancestors came here with the hopes of living the American dream by mining."
True
By Tom Kertscher • March 5, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 29, 2012 in a speech:
Sixteen million jobs were created under Ronald Reagan's presidency.
True
By Eric Stirgus • March 2, 2012
Becky Moeller
Becky Moeller
stated on February 17, 2012 in a press statement.:
Says local Texas chambers of commerce were granted exemptions from paying property taxes on their headquarter properties.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 11, 2012 in a speech at the CPAC conference:
Florida "unemployment has dropped more than 2 percentage points, down from 12 percent to 9.9 percent, the second-largest drop in the nation."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 16, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 4, 2012 in a speech in Las Vegas, Nev., on Feb. 4, 2012:
"If you take into account all the people who are struggling for work, or have just stopped looking, the real unemployment rate is over 15 percent."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 in the State of the Union speech:
"Today, for the first time in fifteen years, Master Lock’s unionized plant in Milwaukee is running at full capacity."
True
By James B. Nelson • February 1, 2012
James Stegmaier
James Stegmaier
stated on December 14, 2011 in a speech.:
"Chesterfield has eliminated more positions from its general government operations than the Commonwealth has from the entire state government since (fiscal) 2009." 
True
By Sean Gorman • January 29, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on January 10, 2012 in an interview with The Plain Dealer:
Says Ohio has 77 job training programs spread across 13 state agencies.
True
By Reginald Fields • January 27, 2012
Buddy Carter
Buddy Carter
stated on December 13, 2011 in a column:
Georgia’s unemployment rate has exceeded the national rate for 50 consecutive months.
True
By Eric Stirgus • January 4, 2012
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on November 25, 2011 in a news release.:
Small businesses "create 70 percent of the jobs in America."
True
By Sean Gorman • December 30, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on December 20, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe:
"And, as of today, New Jersey state government has less employees than when Christie Whitman left office in 2001."
True
By Bill Wichert • December 29, 2011
Jay Webber
Jay Webber
stated on November 28, 2011 in an NJToday interview:
Says "our unemployment insurance trust fund is broke. We're over a billion dollars in debt to the federal government."
True
By Bill Wichert • December 11, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on November 29, 2011 in a speech:
Says the unemployment rate for college graduates is 4.4 percent and over 10 percent for noncollege-educated.
True
By Eric Stirgus • December 5, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 22, 2011 in a Republican debate in Washington:
Says Apple CEO Steve Jobs told President Obama that the company moved factories to China because it needed 30,000 engineers.
True
By Bill Adair • November 23, 2011
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on November 4, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives:
"The problem with invasive species today in the Great Lakes isn’t ballast water."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • November 9, 2011
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on October 25, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives:
"Every day in the United States, we are losing 15 factories."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • November 7, 2011
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on November 4, 2011 in remarks:
Under a law proposed by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, businesses that move into Wisconsin "don't have to pay any taxes" on their income for two years.
True
By Tom Kertscher • November 3, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 18, 2011 in a speech. :
Says his proposed payroll tax cut "will mean an extra $1,500 in your pocket compared to if we do nothing."
True
By Warren Fiske • October 21, 2011
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