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Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on August 11, 2011 a debate in Ames, Iowa:
"Obamacare was patterned after (Mitt Romney's) plan in Massachusetts."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2011
Richard Codey
Richard Codey
stated on July 11, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor:
"One in every five families in the state of New Jersey has a loved one with a mental illness, a serious mental illness, and today, we don’t care." 
True
By Caryn Shinske • August 11, 2011
La Raza
La Raza
stated on July 20, 2011 newscast:
Medicaid is the primary source of health insurance for 41.7 percent of Hispanic children in Georgia.
True
By Chris Joyner • August 1, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on July 16, 2011 an interview with the 'Telegraph':
"When the Republicans were in charge, they actually expanded government health care with the prescription drug program."
True
By Jake Berry • July 25, 2011
Gary Sasse
Gary Sasse
stated on June 26, 2011 an interview on 10 News Conference:
Rhode Island spends "52 percent more per capita on human service programs than the national average."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 8, 2011
Michelle Litjens
Michelle Litjens
stated on June 2, 2011 a tweet:
"Taxpayers pay for roughly 45 percent of all births in Wisconsin! And 60 percent of the births in Milwaukee!!!"
True
By Tom Kertscher • June 14, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on May 24, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives:
The average person "will pay $6,000 more a year" under Rep. Paul Ryan's Medicare proposal.
True
By Sabrina Eaton • June 13, 2011
Loretta Weinberg
Loretta Weinberg
stated on May 11, 2011 a speech at women’s health roundtable discussion:
Says six of the state’s 58 family planning centers had to close because of Gov. Chris Christie’s budget cuts.
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By Erin O'Neill • June 10, 2011
Steve Oelrich
Steve Oelrich
stated on May 17, 2011 floor debate on May 5, 2011:
"You can't give a child an aspirin in school without permission. You can't do any kind of medication, but we can secretly take the child off and have an abortion."
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By Katie Sanders • May 17, 2011
Jim Keffer
Jim Keffer
stated on April 3, 2011 House floor remarks:
"The costs of cancer and all affiliated issues are over $20 billion a year to this state."
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 18, 2011
Broward County Medical Association
Broward County Medical Association
stated on April 2, 2011 an e-mail regarding Gov. Rick Scott:
In Florida, it’s not illegal for an immediate family member of state officials to prosper from legislation supported by a spouse.
True
By Laura Figueroa • April 8, 2011
James Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
stated on April 1, 2011 a segment of WPRI's Newsmakers program:
Three courts have found the new health care law constitutional and two have found it unconstitutional.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 6, 2011
Cenk Uygur
Cenk Uygur
stated on February 9, 2011 MSNBC Live:
Orrin Hatch co-sponsored a 1993 health care bill that had an individual mandate.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 14, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 1, 2011 the State of the State speech:
Most state employees could pay twice as much toward their health care premiums and it would still be half the national average
True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 8, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on January 6, 2011 an op-ed column:
Texas leads "the nation in the percentage of residents without health insurance."
True
January 24, 2011
Pat Mullins
Pat Mullins
stated on January 3, 2011 a letter. :
New provisions of the health care law bar the use of flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts to pay for aspirin and other non-prescription health needs. 
True
By Wes Hester • January 7, 2011
George W. Bush
George W. Bush
stated on November 9, 2010 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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 13, 2010 a television interview:
"When Social Security was passed, there were all kinds of lawsuits," just as there have been in the legal battle over the new health care law.
True
By Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2010
Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell
stated on October 19, 2010 an ad:
Says Lloyd Doggett voted for the health care, stimulus and cap-and-trade bills.
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 26, 2010
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on September 24, 2010 a press release.:
Says the Texas Department of Agriculture seeks to purchase up to 300,000 promotional stress balls.  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 11, 2010
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