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Travis Allen
Travis Allen
stated on February 13, 2017 a press release
"The Oroville dam failure was entirely avoidable: California passed a $7.5 Billion water bond in 2014 but Jerry Brown didn't spend $1 on new water storage or improvements to existing infrastructure like Oroville."
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By Chris Nichols • February 16, 2017
Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller
stated on February 12, 2017 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
"I'm calling into question the accuracy of the ruling. The district judge in Seattle said there was no indication of terrorism from these seven countries in our country."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 14, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 31, 2017 a speech
Says Secretary of State Rex Tillerson got a "government service golden parachute" payment of $180 million "from Exxon Mobil that he would have to forfeit had he taken a job elsewhere."    
Mostly False
February 10, 2017
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 1, 2017 tweets
Says Melania Trump’s security detail at Trump Tower costs more than the annual budget for the National Endowment for the Arts.
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • February 8, 2017
Chad Mayes
Chad Mayes
stated on January 17, 2017 a speech.
"Legislators themselves cannot afford to buy housing in California."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • February 8, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 6, 2017 an interview
Says Republicans are "organizing to take people’s health care away."
Mostly False
By Jonathan Anderson • February 8, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 6, 2017 remarks at U.S. Central Command in Tampa
"I have already saved more than $700 million when I got involved in the negotiation on the F-35."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 7, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 2, 2017 a Facebook post
"Smart! 'Kuwait issues its own Trump-esque visa ban for five Muslim-majority countries.' "
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2017
Seth Moulton
Seth Moulton
stated on January 31, 2017 a CNN interview
"ISIS is already using the rhetoric from the Trump administration, the text of this executive order, to incite attacks against us and to recruit more terrorists to their side."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • February 7, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 24, 2017 a tweet
"It would take $135 billion to eradicate global poverty."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 7, 2017
John Humphries
John Humphries
stated on January 12, 2017 a Facebook post
"We've dropped from a top 10 state in elementary reading to 30th in the nation" under State Schools Superintendent Tony Evers’ watch.  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 6, 2017
Texas Association of Business
Texas Association of Business
stated on December 6, 2016 a press release and study
Says a study indicates up to $8.5 billion in lost GDP and up to 185,000 lost jobs if Texas lawmakers approve a measure limiting transgender bathroom choices.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 3, 2017
Tom McClintock
Tom McClintock
stated on January 31, 2017 an interview
Refugee "vetting was very haphazard," under the Obama Administration. "In many cases, we simply accepted the word of applicants."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • February 3, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on January 31, 2017 a CNN town hall
Says Neil Gorsuch "comes down on the side of felons over gun safety."
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By Lauren Carroll • February 2, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on January 31, 2017 a town hall on CNN
"Wall Street comes out en masse with its money against House Democrats every election."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 1, 2017
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 18, 2017 an interview on Fox News
"The Taliban went after and murdered" people identified in the Chelsea Manning leaks. 
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • February 1, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 5, 2017 a press briefing
"Obamacare has failed."
Mostly False
February 1, 2017
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on January 30, 2017 a daily press briefing
The language that's part of the president's National Security Council memo "is identical to the language" used by President George W. Bush in 2001 and President Barack Obama in 2009.
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • January 31, 2017
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on November 22, 2016 a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson
Says the Department of Homeland Security didn't request any hours of aerial surveillance for the U.S.-Mexico border from the Department of Defense for 2017.
Mostly False
By Fauzeya Rahman • January 31, 2017
Joe DeFelice
Joe DeFelice
stated on January 25, 2017
"From the release of a child rapist from the Dominican Republican to that of an Italian drug smuggler, Philadelphians have already been put in direct danger by Mayor Kenney’s policy of blocking local law enforcement from participating with federal immigration authorities."
Mostly False
By Cassie Owens • January 31, 2017
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