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Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on July 14, 2011 in a House of Representatives floor speech:
"We’re only spending 2 percent of our GDP on our infrastructure, while China and India are spending 10 percent of their GDP reinvesting back into their country."  
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • August 10, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 31, 2011 in a newspaper interview:
Says his Twitter account has 1.3 million followers.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • August 9, 2011
Tom Kean
Tom Kean
stated on August 1, 2011 in a question-and-answer column in The Star-Ledger:
"I built the last nuclear plant — not only in the state, but in the country."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 9, 2011
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on August 3, 2011 in an interview with "The State" newspaper:
The debt-ceiling bill "doesn’t cut the debt. It will add about $7 trillion in new debt over the next 10 years."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on August 2, 2011 in a campaign appearance in Milford, N.H. :
The United States has "the longest surviving constitution."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • August 8, 2011
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on August 1, 2011 in 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
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on August 2, 2011 in a press release:
The deal to raise the federal debt limit created the "largest debt ceiling increase in America’s history."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 8, 2011
Tim Grendell
Tim Grendell
stated on June 28, 2011 in a speech in the Ohio Senate:
"You might be surprised to know that 137 billion gallons flows (into Lake Erie) every day. You might be surprised to know that only 86.3 billion gallons flow out. ... Leaving us a net surplus of approximately 50 billion gallons a day."
False
By Aaron Marshall • August 8, 2011
Jack Conners
Jack Conners
stated on July 16, 2011 in an opinion column in the Times of Trenton:
"Almost 88,000 United States service members are still missing and unaccounted for, dating back to World War II."
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • August 8, 2011
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on July 12, 2011 in a legislative proposal.:
On applying prosecutorial discretion to immigration cases.
Full Flop
By W. Gardner Selby • August 7, 2011
Alison Littell McHose
Alison Littell McHose
stated on June 30, 2011 in a news release:
"Illegal immigration costs state taxpayers over $3 billion every year."  
False
By Caryn Shinske • August 7, 2011
Daniel McKee
Daniel McKee
stated on August 2, 2011 in a radio interview:
Central Falls "schools are overfunded by state money by as much as $8 million."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 7, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 24, 2011 in an interview.:
Says Texas has "the fourth-lowest debt per capita of any state in the nation, and we are the lowest of any of the big states."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 6, 2011
Wisconsin Sierra Club
Wisconsin Sierra Club
stated on July 23, 2011 in in campaign fliers:
Says state Sen. Alberta Darling is "allowing mercury to harm our children" because she voted against an electronics recycling bill.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 5, 2011
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on August 1, 2011 in in a radio ad:
Says state Rep. Sandy Pasch "did nothing to stop" people from scamming the Wisconsin Shares child-care subsidy program and voted against funding for fraud investigators.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • August 5, 2011
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on July 18, 2011 in a television ad:
"When Nancy Nusbaum was Brown County executive, spending went up nearly 50 percent."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 5, 2011
Alberto Carvalho
Alberto Carvalho
stated on August 1, 2011 in 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
Buddy Roemer
Buddy Roemer
stated on July 20, 2011 in candidate's forum in Bedford, N.H. :
Says Obama has never submitted a budget, and Congress has worked for two years without passing one.
Half-True
By Gregory Trotter • August 5, 2011
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on July 29, 2011 in a TV ad and campaign flier:
Says state Rep. Sandy Pasch, her recall opponent, "voted to allow public school employees to use taxpayer dollars to pick up the tab for…Viagra."
Pants on Fire!
By Dave Umhoefer • August 5, 2011
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on July 24, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"The government's twice the size it was 10 years ago. It's 30 percent bigger than it was when (Barack) Obama became president."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2011
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