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H. Marlene O'Toole
stated on March 12, 2015 in House Education Appropriations Committee Hearing:

The delay in school testing "was not that of a vendor, the problem was not that of the test materials itself, it was the product of a cyber attack."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • March 16, 2015

Florida Chamber of Commerce
stated on March 10, 2015 in a Senate health policy committee hearing:

Medicaid is close to 30 percent of the state budget and "the biggest expenditure at the state."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • March 12, 2015

Drug Policy Alliance
stated on February 19, 2015 in an article in Politico:

Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "voted repeatedly to send terminally ill patients to prison."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • February 26, 2015

Marjorie Sanfilippo
stated on February 16, 2015 in a Florida Senate criminal justice committee hearing:

"200,000 students attempt suicide every year on college campuses."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • February 20, 2015

Florida Badass Teachers Association
stated on February 10, 2015 in a statement to the Miami Herald:

Florida students take "an array of standardized high stakes tests which eat up as much as 45 school days per year."

False

By Amy Sherman • February 18, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on February 4, 2015 in a speech in Detroit:

Hispanic students in Florida perform "the best" of any Hispanic population in the United States.

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • February 11, 2015

Alcee Hastings
stated on February 5, 2015 in an interview with CNN:

One Texas city "has a law that says that women can only have six dildos."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman, Steve Contorno • February 9, 2015

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on January 23, 2015 in an interview with reporters at her ceremonial swearing in event in Fort Lauderdale:

Says Marco Rubio "was for immigration reform and a pathway to citizenship before he was against it."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2015

Jeff Clemens
stated on January 20, 2015 in a Senate Ethics and Elections committee hearing:

Online voter registration is a "more secure" way of doing voter registration.

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2015

Floridians for Solar Choice
stated on January 14, 2015 in a statement on a website:

"Currently, Florida is one of only five states in the nation that prohibit citizens from buying electricity from companies that will put solar panels on your home or business."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • January 16, 2015

Dennis Moss
stated on December 19, 2014 in in an interview with the "Miami Herald":

"When Disney was looking to build Disney World, they came to Miami and we told Disney to take a hike."

False

By Amy Sherman • January 9, 2015

Democratic National Committee
stated on December 19, 2014 in a list of talking points:

Says Jeb Bush "not only opposes marriage equality, he’s said he ‘personally’ believes gay couples should be banned from adopting children."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • January 6, 2015

Mario Diaz-Balart
stated on December 18, 2014 in a press conference:

Says that in 2008, President Barack Obama said normalization with Cuba would first require "liberation of all political prisoners and some basic steps toward freedom, including freedom of the press, political parties, labor unions."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • December 23, 2014

Marco Rubio
stated on December 8, 2014 in a news release:

The authors of a report on CIA’s torture techniques "never interviewed a single CIA official."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • December 11, 2014

Jeb Bush
stated on December 1, 2014 in a Wall Street Journal CEO Council event:

"The pass rate for a high school level test to join the military" is 35 to 40 percent.

False

By Amy Sherman • December 9, 2014

Jeb Bush
stated on December 1, 2014 in a 'Wall Street Journal' CEO Council event:

"Too many" tattoos "on visible body parts" keep some applicants out of the military.

True

By Amy Sherman • December 3, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on November 20, 2014 in a speech:

Citing his efforts to secure the border, Obama said, "Overall, the number of people trying to cross our border illegally is the lowest it has been since the 1970s."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • November 25, 2014

Jeb Bush
stated on November 20, 2014 in a speech:

The Orange County, Florida, school board "voted to make it impossible for a student to receive a grade below 50."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • November 20, 2014

Jack Seiler
stated on November 5, 2014 in a news release:

"No one was taken into custody" for feeding the homeless.

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • November 17, 2014

Senate Majority PAC
stated on October 28, 2014 in a radio ad:

The "stand your ground" law caused the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

False

By Amy Sherman • October 30, 2014

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