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Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on January 28, 2013 in an interview on NJToday:
"New Jersey has lost over half of our pharmaceutical jobs to states you know, not low-tax states like in the South, but high-tax states like New York."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • February 24, 2013
Gary Sasse
Gary Sasse
stated on February 10, 2013 in an appearance on 10 News Conference:
Of six Rhode Island tax-credit programs worth about $35 million, "three companies got 90 percent of that -- CVS and two companies not even located in the state of Rhode Island."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 24, 2013
Tim Knopp
Tim Knopp
stated on February 12, 2013 in a press release:
Knopp says he upheld a campaign promise not to join the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).
Mostly True
By Janie Har • February 23, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 in a speech in Washington, D.C. :
If the sequester hits, federal prosecutors will have to "let criminals go."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2013
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on February 19, 2013 in a Tweet:
"Kewpie burgers are delicious. An Ohio institution. And they'll cost less thanks to John Kasich's tax cut."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • February 22, 2013
Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops
Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops
stated on February 19, 2013 in a committee hearing on domestic partnerships:
"In other jurisdictions where (a domestic partnership registry) has been enacted, we have seen that fewer people enter into marriage."
Mostly False
February 22, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 in a speech in Washington, D.C.:
Says if Congress doesn’t avoid the sequester, "tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find child care for their kids."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • February 22, 2013
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on February 19, 2013 in a news release.:
"The National Science Foundation spent $1.2 million paying seniors to play World of Warcraft to study the impact it had on their brain."
Pants on Fire!
By Sean Gorman • February 22, 2013
Vincent Fort
Vincent Fort
stated on February 5, 2013 in a Twitter post:
"What concerns me is there is only two sentences that have been written about minority business."
Half-True
By Janel Davis • February 22, 2013
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on January 24, 2013 in a television interview:
"More than 9,000 Rhode Island voters used the Moderate Party master lever mechanism and they didn't have a single Moderate on their ballot."
Mostly True
By Michael McKinney • February 22, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 4, 2013 in a news conference:
Without a Medicaid expansion, 275,000 more Ohioans could be getting their primary care in emergency rooms, costing "everybody a lot of money."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • February 21, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 in a speech in Washington, D.C.:
If the sequester hits, "hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 21, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 in a speech in Washington, D.C.:
The sequester "won’t consider whether we’re cutting some bloated program that has outlived its usefulness, or a vital service that Americans depend on every single day. It doesn’t make those distinctions."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 21, 2013
Sarah Eckhardt
Sarah Eckhardt
stated on February 18, 2013 in an email blast.:
Says Travis County's unemployment rate is below the national average while its poverty rate exceeds the national average--and local poverty is rising.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 21, 2013
Bill Jackson
Bill Jackson
stated on February 11, 2013 in a meeting:
"There’s more murders with hammers last year than...shotguns and pistols and AK-47s."
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Stirgus • February 21, 2013
Jon Bramnick
Jon Bramnick
stated on February 8, 2013 in a panel discussion for "On The Record with Michael Aron":
Says, "when this governor came to office, he had (an) 11 billion dollar  - I call it mismanagement – deficit."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • February 21, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 1, 2013 in a Politico column.:
Says Chuck Hagel’s nomination as defense secretary "has been publicly celebrated by the Iranian government."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • February 21, 2013
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on February 11, 2013 in a letter to Ohio lawmakers:
Federal spending on entitlements "is projected to consume all revenue by 2045."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • February 21, 2013
David Cote
David Cote
stated on February 11, 2013 in a speech during a “Fix the Debt” press event:
"The only time in our history when the debt has been higher than this was the end of World War II."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • February 21, 2013
Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre
stated on February 13, 2013 in an article in the Daily Caller:
Says after Hurricane Sandy, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg "refused to allow the National Guard into the city to restore civil order because Guardsmen carry guns!"
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • February 20, 2013
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