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Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on October 10, 2013 in an appearance on CNN's "Crossfire.":
"Thirteen hundred" applicants in Rhode Island signed up for insurance through Obamacare.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 17, 2013
James O'Neil
James O'Neil
stated on September 1, 2013 in an appearance on "10 News Conference.":
"Wind power is the most undependable form of renewable energy."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 8, 2013
Steven Frias
Steven Frias
stated on August 14, 2013 in a Providence Journal commentary:
The R.I. Turnpike and Bridge Authority "was supposed to exist only until the bonds used to build the Newport Bridge were paid off through tolls. Once the bonds were paid, the Newport Bridge was to be transferred to the State of Rhode Island and become toll-free."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 1, 2013
Steve Goreham
Steve Goreham
stated on August 5, 2013 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:
"Global surface temperatures have been flat for 16 years."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 25, 2013
James Langevin
James Langevin
stated on August 12, 2013 in an interview on WPRO-AM:
Under Obamacare, members of Congress are required to purchase their health insurance from the new exchanges.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 18, 2013
James Vincent
James Vincent
stated on August 4, 2013 in an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers.":
Twenty four states have voter ID or comparable restrictions; before Barack Obama was elected, it was two.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2013
Brian Schatz
Brian Schatz
stated on July 24, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
"For several days in July of 2012, Greenland surface ice cover melted more than at any time in 30 years of satellite observation. During that month, an estimated 97% of the ice sheet thawed."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 5, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on July 21, 2013 in an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers" program:
"The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan office, did an analysis and said that passing comprehensive immigration reform will reduce the federal deficit by $200 billion over the next decade."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 1, 2013
BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed
stated on July 14, 2013 in a web site list:
"In Providence, R.I., it's illegal to sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 25, 2013
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on June 11, 2013 in a keynote address:
The ocean is now "much more acidic . . . than it has been for many millions of years."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 12, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
The oceans "have become 30 percent more acidic."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 21, 2013
Patricia Morgan
Patricia Morgan
stated on July 2, 2013 in a speech on the House floor.:
In Rhode Island, 9 percent of workers use the state's temporary disability insurance program each year while in New Jersey, the rate is only 3 percent.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 14, 2013
Charlene Lima
Charlene Lima
stated on June 26, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House:
Economic Development Commission Executive Director Keith Stokes "sent me a letter and he said the taxpayers will never be on the hook for these bonds" for 38 Studios.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 10, 2013
Joseph McNamara
Joseph McNamara
stated on June 28, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House of Representatives:
Rhode Island's graduated driving license "has saved hundreds of lives."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 7, 2013
Raymond Gallison
Raymond Gallison
stated on June 13, 2013 in a House floor debate:
"Seventy-four percent of Rhode Islanders support [a] national popular vote [for president] because they, as I, believe in one person-one vote."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 30, 2013
John Loughlin
John Loughlin
stated on June 7, 2013 in an appearance on WPRO.:
"We have one of the most expensive General Assemblies, per capita, in the entire country."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 23, 2013
Charlene Lima
Charlene Lima
stated on June 13, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House of Representatives:
Rhode Island "didn't ratify the 13th Amendment to the Constitution to pay federal income taxes. So Rhode Island doesn't even have to pay federal income taxes."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 19, 2013
Harold Metts
Harold Metts
stated on June 6, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate:
"Rhode Island has a [inmate] recidivism rate of over 60 percent."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 16, 2013
Abel Collins
Abel Collins
stated on June 2, 2013 in an interview on WJAR-TV's "10 News Conference.":
"RIPTA has really some of the fullest buses for its transit agency size around the country."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 9, 2013
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on May 29, 2013 in an interview with WJAR-TV:
"The average student comes out of college hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 6, 2013
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