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Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
stated on September 8, 2017 in a news release:
 "Wisconsin's driver licenses and identification (ID) cards are currently the most secure in the nation." 
True
By D.L. Davis • November 24, 2017
Jeff Flake
Jeff Flake
stated on October 31, 2017 in a speech on the Senate floor:
Says Roy Moore said a "practicing Muslim should not be a member of Congress because of his faith."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • November 9, 2017
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on October 31, 2017 in a speech:
"The No. 1 job vacancy in Florida every month for seven years has been nursing."
True
By Allison Graves • November 8, 2017
Michael Kearns
Michael Kearns
stated on October 23, 2017 in a television ad:
"When I saw corruption and sexual harassment cover-ups I called on Sheldon Silver to resign."
True
By Dan Clark • November 3, 2017
Eric Holcomb
Eric Holcomb
stated on October 24, 2017 in a campaign ad:
"We’re growing union jobs faster than Illinois."
True
By Matt Dietrich • November 3, 2017
Nancy McFarlane
Nancy McFarlane
stated on October 20, 2017 in in a televised debate:
"We are spending more on affordable housing than we're spending on Dix Park right now."
True
By Paul Specht • November 2, 2017
New Leadership PAC
New Leadership PAC
stated on October 19, 2017 in a press release:
Says county parties representing more than half the state’s Republican voters approved resolutions "demanding changes" in Texas House leadership.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2017
Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin
stated on October 11, 2017 in an op-ed:
"Ninety percent of people born in the 1940s ended up doing better financially than their parents. But those born in the 1980s, the much-maligned Millennials, have only a 50-50 chance of doing better (financially) than their parents, despite being the best-educated generation in our history."
True
By Chris Nichols • October 27, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on October 18, 2017 in an interview:
What Republicans call the "death tax" is the estate tax "on the ultra wealthy" which, in 2016, was paid by only "two out of every 1,000 people."  
True
October 27, 2017
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on September 8, 2017 in a tweet:
"Our tax code has nearly doubled since 1985."
True
By Katelyn Brown • October 17, 2017
Joyce Mauk
Joyce Mauk
stated on October 3, 2017 in an Austin American-Statesman news story:
"One in 10 babies born in this country is born in Texas."  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 12, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on September 28, 2017 in a press conference:
"I personally am pro-choice. I always have been. And I made no qualms about that when I was elected governor."
True
By Matt Dietrich • October 10, 2017
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on October 2, 2017 in a tweet:
90 percent of Americans "support universal background checks" for gun purchases.  
True
October 3, 2017
Eric Schneiderman
Eric Schneiderman
stated on September 19, 2017 in an announcement:
Some states hit hardest by opioid deaths "have more opioid prescriptions than residents."
True
By Dan Clark • October 2, 2017
Rick Baker
Rick Baker
stated on September 26, 2017 in a comment during a mayoral forum:
While Mayor Rick Kriseman said he would dip into reserves this year because of Hurricane Irma, he "went into the emergency reserves before Irma ever hit."  
True
By Allison Graves • September 29, 2017
Gwen Graham
Gwen Graham
stated on September 18, 2017 in an opinion-editorial:
Florida’s coastal and stormwater infrastructure are "two of the most critical areas during a storm, and received D-plus and D ratings, respectively, by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2016."  
True
By Allison Graves • September 25, 2017
Kevin Nicholson
Kevin Nicholson
stated on August 6, 2017 in a TV interview:
"Ronald Reagan was a verified Democrat until his mid-50s." 
True
By D.L. Davis • September 21, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on September 18, 2017 in a speech at Sacramento State University:
"Seventy-six percent of the American people support us passing the DREAM Act … with citizenship and legalization as part of it all. … More than 60 percent of Republicans support that."
True
By Chris Nichols • September 19, 2017
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on September 8, 2017 in a tweet:
"Nearly 2/3 of rural Missourians don’t have access to broadband. That needs to change."
True
By Katelyn Brown, Patrick Mueller • September 15, 2017
Eric Schneiderman
Eric Schneiderman
stated on September 6, 2017 in an interview on The Rachel Maddow Show:
"No court has held (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) unconstitutional."  
True
By Miriam Valverde • September 11, 2017
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