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Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on July 15, 2013 in an interview.:
Says a Justice Department memo "directs that you must openly embrace gay marriage and homosexuality."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 27, 2013 in an interview with the 'New York Times':
The "most realistic estimates" for jobs created by Keystone XL are "maybe 2,000 jobs during the construction of the pipeline."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 31, 2013
Tom Fanning
Tom Fanning
stated on June 17, 2013 in a hearing:
Government subsidies for renewable energies such as wind and solar are 100 times greater than those given to gas and coal, and 50 times greater than what the nuclear industry enjoys.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • July 31, 2013
Dream Defenders
Dream Defenders
stated on July 22, 2013 in a meeting with Wansley Walters, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary:
"Over 12,000 school kids were arrested in Florida. It makes Florida the nation's leader in that area."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 30, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 23, 2013 in various Internet postings:
Ninety million Americans either aren’t working or aren’t looking for work.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 30, 2013
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on July 26, 2013 in an interview with Fox News:
"I was banned from talking about" Bill Ayers during the 2008 presidential campaign.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • July 30, 2013
Charles Kuck
Charles Kuck
stated on July 13, 2013 in an immigration forum:
A provision of the Senate immigration bill would require you to have government permission to get a second job.
Half-True
By Janel Davis • July 30, 2013
Don Lemon
Don Lemon
stated on July 27, 2013 in a commentary on CNN:
"More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2013
Oregon Catalyst
Oregon Catalyst
stated on July 17, 2013 in a blog post.:
Says HJM 20 "was the only bill not assigned to a House committee."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • July 29, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on July 11, 2013 in a news conference call:
"I was filibustered."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • July 29, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 25, 2013 in a FoxNews.com op-ed:
Under Obamacare, "75 percent of small businesses now say they are going to be forced to either fire workers or cut their hours."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • July 29, 2013
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on July 22, 2013 in a blog post:
President Barack Obama has "announced that he would not sign ANY spending bills this year unless sequestration spending cuts are eliminated."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2013
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on July 17, 2013 in an interview:
The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is "collecting financial information, monitoring financial information of millions of Americans" without their knowledge and "storing it for up to 10 years."  
Half-True
July 29, 2013
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on July 22, 2013 in a campaign ad:
"Every single month since 1985 has been warmer than the historic average. All 12 of the warmest years on record have come in the last 15 years."
True
By Bill Wichert • July 28, 2013
Helio Melo
Helio Melo
stated on July 12, 2013 in a newspaper interview:
"Rhode Island has the highest percentage of lawyers per capita in the country."
False
By Gregory Smith • July 28, 2013
Teresa Tanzi
Teresa Tanzi
stated on July 1, 2013 in a House debate:
"We have no idea what is contained in [electronic cigarette] vapor."  
False
July 27, 2013
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 14, 2013 in an opinion article :
Says residents of Texas and San Antonio can be fired or denied jobs because they are gay.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • July 26, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 14, 2013 in an email:
"U.S. Department of Homeland Security has told banks -- in writing -- it may inspect safe deposit boxes without warrant and seize any gold, silver, guns or other valuables it finds inside those boxes!"
Pants on Fire!
By Julie Kliegman • July 26, 2013
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on July 25, 2013 in a newspaper ad:
Rick Scott  "invested $38 million in the Port of Jacksonville's vital Mile Point Project," which "covered missing federal funds for the project."
Mostly True
July 26, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 24, 2013 in a speech in Galesburg, Ill.:
"Our businesses have created nearly twice as many jobs in this recovery as they had at the same point in the last recovery, when there was no Obamacare."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2013
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