Fact Check Posts – Page 30

Dan Forest
stated on March 6, 2017 in a press conference in Texas:

Says HB2 has hurt North Carolina’s economy by "one-tenth of 1 percent of our annual GDP."

By Will Doran • March 7, 2017

Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 1, 2017 in remarks at a student rally for the Orthodox Union:

"I’ve given the religious schools in my budget more money than ever before in history."

By Dan Clark • March 6, 2017

Sean Ryan
stated on March 1, 2017 in a press conference:

"Just last year, over 5,000 refugees came to New York state, and 94 percent settled outside of New York City."

By Dan Clark • March 4, 2017

Gavin Newsom
stated on February 24, 2017 in a letter:

During his campaign for president, Donald Trump "committed to honoring states' rights when it comes to marijuana legalization."

By Chris Nichols • February 28, 2017

Richard Durbin
stated on February 15, 2017 in an interview with Willie Geist :

"You can almost pinpoint half of the gun violence deaths to two or three specific sections in the city. They are just areas of devastation, economically and otherwise."

By Marc Filippino • February 23, 2017

Bono
stated on February 17, 2017 in a speech at the Munich Security Conference:

"For every extra year a girl goes to school, her income goes up 12 percent."

By Jon Greenberg • February 22, 2017

Bruce Rauner
stated on December 31, 2016 in an op-ed in the (Springfield) State Journal-Register:

The status quo led the General Assembly to reduce pension payments four straight years starting in 2005, costing billions of dollars as the delay in contributions essentially borrowed from pension funds at a very high interest rate.

By Madeleine Doubek • February 17, 2017

Andrew Cuomo
stated on February 7, 2017 in remarks at a rally at Buffalo State College:

New York state subsidizes private colleges "probably more than any other state except maybe one."

By Dan Clark • February 16, 2017

Byron Brown
stated on January 30, 2017 in a state budget hearing on local governments:

Graduation rates in Buffalo’s school district, which were "around 48 percent are now up to 64 percent" since Say Yes Buffalo launched.

By Dan Clark • February 10, 2017

Sherrod Brown
stated on February 2, 2017 in a Senate floor speech:

Says ExxonMobil "fought to kill" a rule requiring oil and mining companies to disclose payments made to foreign governments.

By Jon Greenberg • February 8, 2017

Mitch McConnell
stated on February 1, 2017 in a tweet:

"Not a single Democrat opposed Neil Gorsuch's confirmation in 2006."

By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2017

Keith Ellison
stated on January 29, 2017 in a CBS 'Face The Nation' interview:

"About three-quarters of (Syrian refugees) are women and children. A full third of them are kids under 12 years old."

By Miriam Valverde • February 2, 2017

Rob Portman
stated on January 18, 2017 in a senate confirmation hearing:

"All of our taxpayers are paying roughly 22% of the U.N. budget."

By Jon Greenberg • February 1, 2017

Jerry Brown
stated on January 24, 2017 in a State of the State Address:

Twenty-seven percent of Californians, almost 11 million, "were born in a foreign land."

By Chris Nichols • January 24, 2017

Edward Cox
stated on January 10, 2017 in a press conference:

"The exodus of citizens from New York State has been growing."

By Dan Clark • January 20, 2017

Chad Mayes
stated on January 17, 2017 in a speech:

California has "the highest poverty rate in the nation" when considering the U.S. Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure.

By Chris Nichols • January 20, 2017

Jerry Brown
stated on January 13, 2017 in a letter:

The uninsured rate in California reached "a historic low of 7.4 percent in 2016."

By Chris Nichols • January 19, 2017

Mike Fortner
stated on November 25, 2016 in a op-ed for The State Journal-Register in Springfield:

"House Bill 6627 also requires the applicant to attest to their eligibility to vote, as is required by the National Voter Registration Act and used by all other states that have (automatic voter registration)."

By Kevin Hoffman • January 17, 2017

Luke Messer
stated on January 5, 2017 in a CNN story:

"By funding the authorization that’s already happened a decade ago (in the Secure Fence Act of 2006), we could start the process of meeting Mr. Trump’s campaign pledge to secure the border."

By Miriam Valverde • January 17, 2017

Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 5, 2017 in a tweet:

The federal government is prohibited "from negotiating lower prescription drug prices for our senior citizens."

January 17, 2017

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