Fact Check Posts – Page 16

R.I. psychotherapist says marijuana contains 50 to 70 percent more cancer-causing chemicals than tobacco

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

March 6, 2014

"Marijuana contains 50 to 70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than tobacco."

Rhode Island gubernatorial candidate Clay Pell says he oversaw a budget of more than $60 million while at the U.S. Department of Education

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

February 23, 2014

"The budget I managed at the Department of Education was more than $60 million."

U.S. Rep David Cicilline says minimum wage is worth $2 less than it was 45 years ago

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

February 21, 2014

"According to one study, the minimum wage today is worth $2 less than in 1968."

Top Rhode Island Democrat says Republicans in U.S. House have not passed a jobs bill

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

February 16, 2014

"The Republican leadership in the House has refused to address the issues that matter the most to Rhode Island, such as passing a jobs bill."

Providence Mayoral candidate Daniel Harrop says the city needs $1.2 billion to finance its pensions but has only about $250 million

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

February 9, 2014

"We see a quarter-billion dollars in a pension fund that needs to be funded at $1.2 billion."

Republican official says none of the 20 bills U.S. Rep. David Cicilline has sponsored has gotten out of committee

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

January 30, 2014

"Of the 20 bills [Rep. David] Cicilline has sponsored in his three years in office, not a single one has advanced past the embryonic committee…

Gun commentator says technique Rhode Island plans to use to hunt deer on Block Island is illegal

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

January 26, 2014

Deer baiting, planned for Block Island by DEM, is illegal in Rhode Island.

Rhode Island Senate says the New England Patriots ranked second this season in the most points scored in the NFL

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

January 17, 2014

"The (New England) Patriots were led by an explosive offense that scored the second most points in the NFL."

Union group’s petition says talk show host John DePetro was accused of sexual assault in 2013

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

January 5, 2014

"Earlier this year, [John DePetro] was accused of sexually assaulting a female co-worker."

Sheldon Whitehouse: most Republicans agree Earth is warming; tea party accounts for most denial

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

December 28, 2013

"61 percent of non-tea party Republicans actually agree...there is 'solid evidence the earth is warming,' ...[but] 70 percent of tea partiers, contrarily, say there is…

Rhode Island Rep. Michael Chippendale says most crimes involving guns are committed by people who don’t legally own that gun

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

December 15, 2013

"The vast, overwhelming majority of [crimes that occur with a firearm] are committed by people who don’t legally possess that firearm in the first place."

U.S. Rep. James Langevin says it takes just 90 seconds to pass a federal firearms background check

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

December 8, 2013

Passing a federal firearms "background check through the NICS database . . . typically takes 90 seconds."

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R.I. psychotherapist says marijuana contains 50 to 70 percent more cancer-causing chemicals than tobacco

Rhode Island gubernatorial candidate Clay Pell says he oversaw a budget of more than $60 million while at the U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Rep David Cicilline says minimum wage is worth $2 less than it was 45 years ago

Top Rhode Island Democrat says Republicans in U.S. House have not passed a jobs bill

Providence Mayoral candidate Daniel Harrop says the city needs $1.2 billion to finance its pensions but has only about $250 million

Republican official says none of the 20 bills U.S. Rep. David Cicilline has sponsored has gotten out of committee

Gun commentator says technique Rhode Island plans to use to hunt deer on Block Island is illegal

Rhode Island Senate says the New England Patriots ranked second this season in the most points scored in the NFL

Union group’s petition says talk show host John DePetro was accused of sexual assault in 2013

Sheldon Whitehouse: most Republicans agree Earth is warming; tea party accounts for most denial

Rhode Island Rep. Michael Chippendale says most crimes involving guns are committed by people who don’t legally own that gun

U.S. Rep. James Langevin says it takes just 90 seconds to pass a federal firearms background check