Fact Check Posts – Page 14

David Cicilline
stated on September 25, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

Brendan Doherty wants "to repeal Obamacare, increasing drug prices for seniors."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 30, 2012

Brendan Doherty
stated on September 26, 2012 in a news release:

"The Doherty Campaign, unlike the Cicilline Campaign, is funded mostly by individual donors -- not the big PACs that Cicilline relies on."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 30, 2012

Barry Hinckley
stated on September 14, 2012 in a story on 630WPRO.com:

A poll conducted in Egypt revealed that 80 percent of Egyptians oppose receiving foreign aid from the United States.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 26, 2012

Bernard Jackvony
stated on September 2, 2012 in an appearance on "A Lively Experiment.":

David Cicilline is "the 5th most liberal person in the House of Representatives."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 17, 2012

Brendan Doherty
stated on September 12, 2012 in a news release:

David Cicilline was "required to provide key information about city finances to an independent outside auditor. The deadlines were clear -- yet [he intentionally] missed them by months" until after the November 2010 election.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 14, 2012

David Cicilline
stated on September 4, 2012 in a debate:

"The auditor [for the city of Providence] was not locked out" of access to the city's finances.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 7, 2012

Anthony Gemma
stated on August 28, 2012 in an online debate:

U.S. military uniforms are manufactured in China.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 2, 2012

David Cicilline
stated on August 28, 2012 in a debate on WPRI.com:

"When President Obama took office, we were losing 700,000 jobs a month. Now we've had job growth, I think, for 24 consecutive months."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 30, 2012

Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on August 15, 2012 in a news release:

"For Social Security, which is projected to remain solvent through 2033, Whitehouse has cosponsored [a bill that] . . . would extend the life of the program by an additional 75 years."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 26, 2012

Barry Hinckley
stated on August 7, 2012 in a news conference:

"Thirty percent of [Sheldon Whitehouse' campaign] money is coming from special interests."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 19, 2012

Mike Stenhouse
stated on July 29, 2012 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:

Rhode Island has "the most burdensome level of health-insurance mandates in the nation."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 12, 2012

Chain email
stated on July 12, 2012 in a message via the Internet:

Medicare insurance premiums will be rising to "$120.20 per month in 2013 and $247.00 per month in 2014."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 7, 2012

Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on August 16, 2012 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate.:

"An April study found that about 70 percent of ads in this election cycle have been negative [due to SuperPACs], up from only 9 percent through the same period in 2008."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 5, 2012

Michael Riley
stated on July 26, 2012 in a taped debate on "State of the State":

The Congressional Budget Office "has already doubled its estimate for the cost (of Obamacare) so far from roughly $800 billion to $1.7 trillion."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 2, 2012

NARAL Pro-Choice America
stated on July 19, 2012 in a news release:

"In 2010, Mr. [Anthony] Gemma described himself as a 'pro-life' candidate. Now, he claims to be pro-choice."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 27, 2012

Robert DiMuccio
stated on June 14, 2012 in a letter to policy holders:

"Rhode Islanders pay among the highest auto repair bills in the nation."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2012

Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on July 11, 2012 in a question to a candidate:

President Obama’s health care law says "when you sell your house now you have to pay a 3.8 percent tax."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 15, 2012

Elizabeth Roberts
stated on July 29, 2012 in a panel discussion on "A Lively Experiment":

"Two thirds to three quarters of people without [health] insurance in Rhode Island work."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 8, 2012

Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 19, 2012 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:

"No one in Rhode Island -- not just children, no one in Rhode Island -- should eat more than one serving of freshwater fish caught in our state each month."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 2, 2012

Helio Melo
stated on June 7, 2012 in a House floor debate:

"People who wash cars at home will use approximately 80 percent more water than they do in a car wash."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Tom Mooney • July 1, 2012

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