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Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 24, 2019 in a tweet:
"More Americans are uninsured today than when (President Donald) Trump took office."
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By D.L. Davis • August 13, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on August 3, 2019 in a press conference:
Says of El Paso that some years, "in a city of almost 700,000, we had five murders the entire year. Our average over the last 10 years is 18 (murders per year). We exceeded that average just on one day" after a gunman opened fire at a Walmart in the city.
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • August 5, 2019
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on July 15, 2019 in a hearing:
"Studies show at the minimum wage, you can’t rent a two-bedroom apartment anywhere in the United States...a modest, two-bedroom apartment."  
True
By Warren Fiske • July 30, 2019
Steve McCraw
Steve McCraw
stated on July 12, 2019 in a legislative hearing:
Since 2014, there has been a 25% reduction in crime in communities at the Texas-Mexico border.
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • July 25, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 21, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Rep. Ilhan Omar "voted yes" to "provide further funding for the 9/11 First Responders Victims Fund" while Sen. Rand Paul "voted no."
True
By Daniel Funke • July 24, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 20, 2019 in in a story:
"Triggering leftists, Trump's reelection campaign is selling plastic straws."
True
By Stefanie Pousoulides • July 23, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 9, 2019 in Twitter:
"Food Stamp participation hits 10 year low."
True
By Stefanie Pousoulides • July 16, 2019
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on July 5, 2019 in an interview:
"In 2017, we had more marijuana possession arrests in our country than all other violent crimes combined."
True
July 11, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 26, 2019 in an opinion article:
"The wealthiest three families now own more wealth than the bottom half of the country."
True
July 3, 2019
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates
stated on June 19, 2019 in congressional testimony:
"The typical black family in this country has one-tenth the wealth of the typical white family."
True
July 1, 2019
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 30, 2019 in a tweet:
"Wisconsin is a Top 10 state for health care coverage."
True
By Eric Litke • June 25, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on June 13, 2019 in an interview with Stephen Colbert:
In 2018, when he ran for senator, "young voter turnout in early voting was up 500%. We won more votes than any Democrat has in the history of the state of Texas."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2019
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 30, 2019 in a tweet:
"The United States is the ONLY industrialized country without universal healthcare."    
True
By D.L. Davis • June 21, 2019
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 26, 2019 in a TV interview:
"Just the last three weeks, on average about 23,000 women, children, men are coming over across the border illegally as family units or as unaccompanied children."
True
By Mica Soellner • June 18, 2019
Ray Cross
Ray Cross
stated on May 26, 2019 in a TV interview:
"Most research shows that (UW salaries) are a little behind, and (in) some areas we're behind more than others."
True
By D.L. Davis • June 14, 2019
Seth Moulton
Seth Moulton
stated on June 2, 2019 in a CNN town hall:
"The VA negotiates prescription drug prices. Medicare doesn't do that."  
True
By Stefanie Pousoulides • June 7, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on June 1, 2019 in a veterans event in California:
Says immigrant military service members applying for U.S. citizenship "are getting rejected at higher numbers than those who are not veterans."
True
By Miriam Valverde • June 7, 2019
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on May 21, 2019 in a tweet:
"We saw the prison population expand and vacancy rates for correctional officers go from 2.9% to 15.2%" over the last eight years.
True
By D.L. Davis • June 4, 2019
John Hickenlooper
John Hickenlooper
stated on May 19, 2019 in an interview:
"We beat the NRA with tough, tough gun laws" in Colorado.  
True
May 30, 2019
Justin Amash
Justin Amash
stated on May 20, 2019 in a tweet:
"In fact, ‘high Crimes and Misdemeanors’ is not defined in the Constitution and does not require corresponding statutory charges. The context implies conduct that violates the public trust—and that view is echoed by the Framers of the Constitution and early American scholars."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2019
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