Latest Fact-Checks By John Hill

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Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on February 27, 2013 in a speech:
"Even Roger Williams National Memorial in my home state of Rhode Island attracted nearly 51,000 visitors in 2011, with non local visitors adding more than $3.2 million to the local economy."
Half-True
By John Hill • March 27, 2013
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on December 16, 2012 in a newspaper commentary:
"Eleven states complete their [legislative] sessions within three calendar months, and another five only meet biennially."
Mostly True
By John Hill • January 8, 2013
Deepwater Wind
Deepwater Wind
stated on December 12, 2012 in a Tweet:
"Did U know? Block Island Wind Farm would mean 40% est. drop in BI electric rates."
True
By John Hill • December 29, 2012
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on December 1, 2012 in a newspaper interview:
"The five economic indicators that the federal government tracks - for the first time since August 2006 - were positive this October."
True
By John Hill • December 9, 2012
Mark S. Zaccaria
Mark S. Zaccaria
stated on November 25, 2012 in TV niterview:
Public employees receive "something like 25 percent of the paychecks that are issued in Rhode Island."
False
By John Hill • December 6, 2012
Association of Mature American Citizens
Association of Mature American Citizens
stated on November 10, 2012 in a direct mail letter:
"If you and I fail to defund ObamaCare now, some 16,000 new IRS agents will be begin prying into our private medical records, eyeing each and every one of our treatments and prescriptions for "violations’."
Pants on Fire!
By John Hill • December 2, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on November 18, 2012 in a newspaper column:
"We have more people working in clean and green energy than in oil and gas in this country."  
True
By John Hill • November 30, 2012
Patricia Morgan
Patricia Morgan
stated on November 6, 2012 in a campaign flier:
"Our welfare system now consumes 42 percent of our budget."
Half-True
By John Hill • November 25, 2012
Carolyn Medeiros
Carolyn Medeiros
stated on November 13, 2012 in a radio interview:
Three thousand felons voted in Rhode Island in 2008.
True
By John Hill • November 18, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 23, 2012 in a TV ad:
"The truth is David Cicilline voted for tougher laws against child abusers, domestic abusers and abusers of the elderly."
True
By John Hill • October 30, 2012
Diane Hurley
Diane Hurley
stated on October 14, 2012 in an interview on "10 News Conference":
"Connecticut's take on slot machines is 25 cents on the dollar. And the state's take on table games:  zero."
True
By John Hill • October 25, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on October 9, 2012 in a news release:
"David Cicilline was the state representative who opposed tough mandatory sentences for those convicted of domestic violence  and child abuse."
True
By John Hill • October 15, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 30, 2012 in a TV interview:
 "Congressman Cicilline, when he was the mayor of Providence, espoused a sanctuary city."
False
By John Hill • October 9, 2012
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on September 27, 2012 in a TV show appearance:
"One of the first states in the union to pass a voter ID bill was Rhode Island, 85 percent Democratic legislature."
False
By John Hill • October 3, 2012
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on September 27, 2012 in a TV show appearance:
Rhode Island’s voter identification law was pushed by "a black Democrat in the House, a black Democrat in the Senate. That's a fact."
True
By John Hill • October 3, 2012
Eugene McKenna
Eugene McKenna
stated on September 13, 2012 in a forum on casino gambling:
"There’s at least 7,500 addicted gamblers in Rhode Island, at least, … it could be as high as 22,000."
Mostly True
By John Hill • September 28, 2012
Michael Riley
Michael Riley
stated on September 18, 2012 in a radio ad:
James Langevin "has received almost $20 million from taxpayers and special interests to use at his own discretion to supposedly champion Rhode Island’s needs."
Mostly False
By John Hill • September 23, 2012
James Langevin
James Langevin
stated on October 16, 2010 in campaign debates:
"In Rhode Island, there were thousands of jobs that were created" by the federal stimulus program
Mostly False
By John Hill • October 23, 2010
Edwin Pacheco
Edwin Pacheco
stated on October 4, 2010 in a press release from the Rhode Island Democratic Party:
Says Christopher Little has "a history of working against environmental protection by defending the worst types of corporate polluters"
False
By John Hill • October 19, 2010
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on June 18, 2010 in Lincoln Chafee, a posting on his website, Chafee for Governor:
If Rhode Island applied a 1-percent sales tax on all items exempt from sales tax, ''the state would receive an additional $89,376,857.''
Mostly True
By John Hill • June 30, 2010
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