Latest Fact-Checks By John Hill

Public employees receive "something like 25 percent of the paychecks that are issued in Rhode Island."

"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…

"We have more people working in clean and green energy than in oil and gas in this country."  

"Our welfare system now consumes 42 percent of our budget."

Three thousand felons voted in Rhode Island in 2008.

"The truth is David Cicilline voted for tougher laws against child abusers, domestic abusers and abusers of the elderly."

"Connecticut's take on slot machines is 25 cents on the dollar. And the state's take on table games:  zero."

"David Cicilline was the state representative who opposed tough mandatory sentences for those convicted of domestic violence  and child abuse."

 "Congressman Cicilline, when he was the mayor of Providence, espoused a sanctuary city."

"One of the first states in the union to pass a voter ID bill was Rhode Island, 85 percent Democratic legislature."

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."

"There’s at least 7,500 addicted gamblers in Rhode Island, at least, … it could be as high as 22,000."