Latest Fact-Checks In Government Regulation

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Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
stated on July 30, 2015 news release
"Rhode Island will become just the second state to mandate the vaccine … and the only state to do so by regulatory fiat, without public debate, and without consideration from the elected representatives of the people."  
Half-True
By Mark Reynolds • August 23, 2015
Israel O'Quinn
Israel O'Quinn
stated on August 10, 2015 a speech.
On unemployment rates: "We have counties in Southwest Virginia that are well into double digits and some that are pushing 20 percent."
False
By Warren Fiske • August 17, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 27, 2015 an interview
Says his political opponents "brought 100,000 protesters into our state."
False
July 30, 2015
NARAL Pro-Choice America
NARAL Pro-Choice America
stated on June 18, 2015 a TV ad
Says Scott Walker "said that forcing women facing abortion to get invasive ultrasounds was 'just a cool thing.'"
Mostly False
June 24, 2015
Austin Scott
Austin Scott
stated on June 5, 2015 press conference
Ninety-seven percent of Americans do not receive subsidies for health care under the Affordable Care Act.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • June 15, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech
Thanks to the Act 10 collective bargaining law that took effect four years ago, ACT scores in Wisconsin "are now second-best in the country for states where more than half the kids take the exam."
Mostly False
June 12, 2015
Mike Tate
Mike Tate
stated on May 28, 2015 a speech
A Republican budget proposal "would have Wisconsin have the weakest standards for who can be a teacher in the classroom in the country." 
Half-True
June 11, 2015
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on June 7, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
Says Ronald Reagan "talked about" converting the United States to the metric system.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 7, 2015
Robert Puente
Robert Puente
stated on May 12, 2015 remarks to the Milwaukee Common Council
If Milwaukee approves reducing its maximum forfeiture for marijuana possession to $50, the city would have "23 different bicycle violations that have a higher forfeiture."  
Half-True
June 1, 2015
Eric Turner
Eric Turner
stated on April 7, 2015 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
There was "a 57-percent decrease in fireworks-related injuries in 2000 [after Connecticut legalized sparklers] compared to the 14 years prior."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 24, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 14, 2015 a tweet
Says Thomas Jefferson said "that government is best which governs least."
False
May 19, 2015
Kathleen Sullivan
Kathleen Sullivan
stated on April 29, 2015 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee
"The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years."
False
By Mark Reynolds • May 17, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 25, 2015 an interview
Says that as president, Barack Obama has not gone to the Texas-Mexico border 
False
May 13, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 23, 2015 a tweet
Under Barack Obama, "the average cost of family health care premiums has increased by $4,154."  
Mostly False
April 7, 2015
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 21, 2015 posts on social media
Say Michelle Obama "mandates" weighing children in day care.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2015
Allen West
Allen West
stated on March 19, 2015 a post on his website
"EPA wants to regulate … the family BBQ."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2015
Donna Nesselbush
Donna Nesselbush
stated on March 6, 2015 a commentary
"In an average grocery store, roughly 75 percent of processed foods contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Mark Reynolds • March 22, 2015
Rich Golick
Rich Golick
stated on March 3, 2015 an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story
Uber and other ride-share firms are not required to carry auto insurance under Georgia law. 
True
By April Hunt • March 20, 2015
Lena Taylor
Lena Taylor
stated on March 12, 2015 a news release
Polling shows that nearly 74 percent of National Rifle Association members "support requiring background checks for all gun sales."
True
March 18, 2015
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on March 10, 2015 an interview
Wisconsin is "dead last in the Midwest for job creation."   
Mostly True
March 16, 2015
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