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Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 23, 2011 a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
"When Social Security first started, there was 16 workers for every retiree. Today there are three workers for every retiree and soon there will be only two for every retiree."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 24, 2011
Florida voter
Florida voter
stated on August 17, 2011 a robocall from the Pink Slip Rick website, played on MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow" show.
Says Gov. Rick Scott is "spending a quarter of a million of our tax dollars to robocall people."
False
By Amy Sherman • August 22, 2011
Florida voter
Florida voter
stated on August 17, 2011 a robocall from the Pink Slip Rick website, played on MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow" show.
Says Gov. Rick Scott cut state funding for PBS.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • August 22, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 10, 2011 an interview
"I started with a $3.7 billion budget deficit. Now we are projecting a $1.2 billion surplus."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 18, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 11, 2011 an interview with Panama City radio station WFLA 94.5
"Our credit rating went up since I've been in office."
False
By Aaron Sharockman, Becky Bowers • August 17, 2011
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on August 3, 2011 comments made to reporters while in Tampa
The Republican National Convention "is a Super Bowl times four."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 12, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 5, 2011 TV interview
High-speed rail would have cost Florida taxpayers $1 billion to build.
False
By Amy Sherman • August 11, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on August 8, 2011 a news release
"George LeMieux voted against the majority of Republicans and joined with Democrats to create a 'Task Force For Responsible Fiscal Action' that looks strikingly similar to the 'Super Committee' now being set up in Washington to justify massive tax hikes."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • August 10, 2011
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on August 1, 2011 a Web post Aug. 1, 2011
Says Adam Hasner’s record includes "requesting over $92.2 million in earmarks."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • August 8, 2011
Alberto Carvalho
Alberto Carvalho
stated on August 1, 2011 comments to the Miami-Dade legislative delegation
"Today we stand as the highest-performing urban school district in America." 
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 5, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 29, 2011 an e-mail
"If the debt ceiling is surpassed, our nation will not go into default as some suggest."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Martha M. Hamilton • August 2, 2011
Ash Williams
Ash Williams
stated on August 2, 2011 response to a question from Gov. Rick Scott
"The (State Board of Administration) transparency issue got a great airing the last legislative session."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 2, 2011
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on July 16, 2011 a statement on his campaign website
"For the second quarter in a row, my campaign has raised more money than any other challenger in the nation and brought our fundraising total to over $800,000."
True
By Amy Sherman • August 2, 2011
Allen West
Allen West
stated on July 27, 2011 an interview on CNN
"This is the first time in the history that we've had the raising of a debt limit also with spending cuts."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 29, 2011
Cliff Stearns
Cliff Stearns
stated on July 6, 2011 a press release
"Active duty males in the military are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer than their civilian counterparts."
Mostly True
By Bill Thompson • July 26, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on July 19, 2011 debate on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives
"The nonpartisan CBO, Congressional Budget Office, has said that the No. 1 policy decision that brought us to the need to prevent the nation from defaulting on our debt for the first time in history were the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003."
Half-True
By Therese Bottomly • July 25, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on July 20, 2011 an interview on CNN
Says that U.S. Rep. Allen West is "a constituent of mine."
True
By Katie Sanders • July 21, 2011
Allen West
Allen West
stated on July 20, 2011 a Fox News interview
Florida Democrats "put my Social Security number and my wife's Employment Identification Number in a mail piece."
True
By Katie Sanders • July 21, 2011
Alan Hays
Alan Hays
stated on July 13, 2011 a public hearing about redistricting
"Your tax dollars are not being used to sue you, the people."
False
By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2011
Alan Hays
Alan Hays
stated on July 13, 2011 a public hearing about redistricting
"The Florida Legislature has not filed a lawsuit to fight Amendments 5 and 6."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2011
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