Latest Fact-Checks By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

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George Nee
George Nee
stated on October 19, 2011 in a pension forum:
"This is the first time in our state, and one of the first times in the country, where benefit reductions . . . has happened to people who are retired."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 23, 2011
James Langevin
James Langevin
stated on September 21, 2011 in a speech:
"Foster children are disproportionately victims of identity theft."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 20, 2011
Peter Palumbo
Peter Palumbo
stated on October 5, 2011 in a speech:
"The Tax Foundation figures Rhode Island as the 10th highest state for state and local tax burden per capita in the country. We're the 6th worst in the country for the business tax index. We're the 3rd highest per capita in the country for all taxes."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 2011
Brian Newberry
Brian Newberry
stated on October 2, 2011 in a television interview:
"Legally, it doesn't make any difference" which state district you live in when running for Congress.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 7, 2011
Daniel McKee
Daniel McKee
stated on August 21, 2011 in a Providence Journal commentary:
"This year, the Blackstone Valley Mayoral Academy became the first public school in Rhode Island history to have 100 percent of its elementary-age students proficient in reading on state assessments."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 8, 2011
Richard Tomlins
Richard Tomlins
stated on August 22, 2011 in a recorded telephone message to Cranston residents:
"Mayor Fung wants to punish our children's education by removing 12 million dollars from current funding to pay for his private charter school. Your taxes would increase by between 6 and 8 percent per year."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 4, 2011
Doreen Costa
Doreen Costa
stated on August 10, 2011 in a radio interview:
"The studies have shown us that [drug testing for welfare recipients] will be saving us money"
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 26, 2011
James Bennett
James Bennett
stated on August 15, 2011 in a news conference:
Providence's port is "200 miles closer to Europe than any other Eastern port."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 21, 2011
Robert Barber
Robert Barber
stated on July 24, 2011 in a Providence Journal commentary:
Statistically, law-enforcement officers die 10 years earlier than the general population.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 14, 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
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on July 24, 2011 in an appearance on Channel 6:
"There's no money in Social Security."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 4, 2011
Travis Rowley
Travis Rowley
stated on July 19, 2011 in a commentary:
"The RI Board of Elections has heard official testimony from Providence residents who claim to have witnessed known illegal aliens voting in local elections."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 31, 2011
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on July 10, 2011 in an appearance on 10 News Conference:
"The average 401(k) in America of a person who's 60 years old is under $100,000."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 24, 2011
Joseph Trillo
Joseph Trillo
stated on June 29, 2011 in a House debate over mandatory seat belt use:
"There are 30,000 people that have been killed with seat belts."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 13, 2011
Gary Sasse
Gary Sasse
stated on June 26, 2011 in an interview on 10 News Conference:
Rhode Island spends "52 percent more per capita on human service programs than the national average."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 8, 2011
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on June 14, 2011 in a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives:
The WIC program "is an incredibly cost effective program, serving nearly 10 million Americans each year and costing less than $100 per person. In my district, more than 18 percent of residents suffer from food insecurity and depend on WIC to make ends meet."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 26, 2011
Paul Doughty
Paul Doughty
stated on June 12, 2011 in an appearance on WPRI's "Newsmakers.:
"Providence is one of the busiest fire departments for its relative size in the country."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 24, 2011
Michael Cutler
Michael Cutler
stated on June 7, 2011 in an appearance on the "Helen Glover ShowV:
"A couple of hundred American cities are infested by members of the Mexican cartels."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 19, 2011
Roberto DaSilva
Roberto DaSilva
stated on May 25, 2011 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House of Representatives.:
"Ten percent of violent deaths in the U.S. each year are due to strangulation."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 12, 2011
E.J. Finocchio
E.J. Finocchio
stated on April 24, 2011 in a television interview:
"Most of your serial killers, most of your people who commit domestic violence, they start off by abusing animals."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 31, 2011
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