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Rafael Anchia
Rafael Anchia
stated on April 20, 2017 in a tweet:
"How many federal rulings have NOW found intentional discrimination by #Txlege since 2011? 6."
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By Bobby Cervantes • June 14, 2017
Ann McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster
stated on June 5, 2017 in a meeting with nonprofit leaders:
For 22 percent of N.H. Meals on Wheels recipients, the delivery driver is "the only human contact in their life from week to week."
True
By Nick Reid • June 9, 2017
David Lewis
David Lewis
stated on June 1, 2017 in a tweet:
"The waiting list for Pre-K is over in the House budget."
True
By Will Doran • June 6, 2017
Ann Hudspeth
Ann Hudspeth
stated on April 26, 2017 in A letter to the editor of the Austin American-Statesman:
"Texas leads the country in animal deaths by sodium cyanide M-44s."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 2, 2017
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on June 1, 2017 in a tweet:
"Syria and Nicaragua are the only nations that didn't sign the Paris Agreement. Nicaragua said it wasn't tough enough."
True
By Miriam Valverde • June 1, 2017
John Kelly
John Kelly
stated on May 28, 2017 in a Fox News interview:
"Many of the countries in question (in Trump’s travel ban) don't even have a U.S. embassy there to help us vet."
True
By Miriam Valverde • May 31, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on April 5, 2017 in a news release:
"Due to the recent downturn in steel production, more than 13,600 Americans have been laid off and the steel industry is facing billions in losses."
True
May 30, 2017
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on May 18, 2017 in a Senate floor speech:
"President Obama became the first president since Carter to leave the White House with a smaller federal prison population than when he took office."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 11, 2017 in an interview with 'The Economist':
The federal tax code includes "deductions for birds flying across America."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 15, 2017
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on April 30, 2017 in a town hall meeting:
"Planned Parenthood is the biggest abortion provider in the country."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 15, 2017
Thomas Croci
Thomas Croci
stated on April 27, 2017 in a press release:
In some cases, a sex offender "who appears on the New York State Sex Offender Registry" would be able to drive for Uber or Lyft when ride-hailing is allowed upstate in July
True
By Dan Clark • May 8, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 30, 2017 in an interview on CBS:
"General Flynn got his clearance from the Obama administration."
True
By Lauren Carroll • May 2, 2017
Rex Tillerson
Rex Tillerson
stated on April 28, 2017 in comments to the UN Security Council:
"China account(s) for 90 percent of North Korean trade."
True
By John Kruzel • May 1, 2017
Scott Peters
Scott Peters
stated on April 24, 2017 in a news article:
The estimated price of President Trump’s border wall is the same as the cost of "one and a half aircraft carriers."
True
By Chris Nichols • April 28, 2017
Rana Foroohar
Rana Foroohar
stated on April 26, 2017 in a CNN interview:
"There's no real evidence in the last 20 years that" growth from tax cuts has made up lost revenue.
True
By John Kruzel • April 28, 2017
Ron Kind
Ron Kind
stated on February 16, 2017 in a radio interview:
"We're experiencing a net outflow of illegal, undocumented workers from America back to Mexico."  
True
By Eric Litke • April 26, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 21, 2017 in an interview with the Associated Press:
Illegal immigration on the U.S.-Mexico border is "the lowest in 17 years."
True
By Miriam Valverde • April 25, 2017
Allen Andrews
Allen Andrews
stated on February 24, 2017 in an article on KMAland.com:
"Missouri is actually the only state that has been forced to borrow money from the federal government to pay for unemployment benefits during each of the last five economic downturns."
True
By Jen Para • April 23, 2017
Edward Markey
Edward Markey
stated on April 20, 2017 in a tweet:
"Trump looking to open up E Coast & new areas for offshore oil drilling when Congress has passed no new safety standards since BP"
True
By Amy Sherman • April 21, 2017
Sheriff David Clarke for U.S. Senate
Sheriff David Clarke for U.S. Senate
stated on April 5, 2017 in a fund-raising email:
Says Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. has said Black Lives Matter "is a terrorist movement, a hate group and calls it, Black LIES Matter."
True
April 17, 2017
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