Paul Broun

U.S. House Rep. Paul Broun, a Republican, is from Athens. He represents Georgia's 10th congressional district.

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Paul Broun
stated on March 25, 2014 an interview

Says U.S. Reps. Phil Gingrey and Jack Kingston have "even changed votes to what I voted, multiple times."

By Eric Stirgus • April 9, 2014

Paul Broun
stated on March 18, 2014 a candidate forum

Says his Patient OPTION Act is the only Republican plan "that completely repeals Obamacare and it takes the federal bureaucrat out of decisions for you."

By Eric Stirgus • March 14, 2014

Paul Broun
stated on December 11, 2013 an interview

"(Jack Kingston) had more earmarks at one time than every member of the Georgia delegation put together."

By Eric Stirgus • December 30, 2013

Paul Broun
stated on December 5, 2013 a video

"(U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston) voted to fund (Obamacare)."

By Eric Stirgus • December 10, 2013

Paul Broun
stated on September 29, 2013 a newspaper op-ed

According to a federal report, Obamacare will increase the long-term federal deficit by $6.2 trillion.

By Janel Davis • October 22, 2013

Paul Broun
stated on July 19, 2013 a press release

"While fat-cat bureaucrats at the Department of Education are getting paid an average salary of $102,000 a year, teachers in Georgia are getting paid half of that."

By Janel Davis • August 30, 2013

Paul Broun
stated on March 28, 2013 a meeting

"In the last two years, I have supported and proposed $155 billion worth of targeting cuts. Dr. Gingrey has presented zero."

By Eric Stirgus • April 9, 2013

Paul Broun
stated on February 13, 2013 a fundraiser letter

Says that except for foreign policy, Ron Paul’s voting record and his voting record are virtually identical.

By Janel Davis • February 25, 2013

Paul Broun
stated on February 13, 2013 an interview

"There are more people killed with baseball bats and hammers than are killed with guns."

By Eric Stirgus • February 20, 2013

Paul Broun
stated on February 13, 2013 fundraising letter

"I was the first member of Congress to call him (Barack Obama) a socialist..."

By Janel Davis • February 15, 2013

Paul Broun
stated on August 10, 2012 a YouTube video

A United Nations arms treaty would "almost certainly force" the U.S. to "create an international gun registry, setting the stage for full-scale gun confiscation."

By Willoughby Mariano • August 10, 2012

Paul Broun
stated on July 2, 2012 in a radio debate

The U.S. initially had three federal felonies: treason, piracy, and counterfeiting securities and money.

By Willoughby Mariano • July 23, 2012

Paul Broun
stated on May 23, 2012 a television interview

A new manufacturing plant is slated to create about 3,000 jobs in central and northeast Georgia and "create about a $3 billion infusion" into the economy.

By Willoughby Mariano • June 11, 2012

Paul Broun
stated on December 13, 2011 a press release

"The latest unemployment numbers have shown that nearly 315,000 Americans have simply given up hope when it comes to finding a job."

By Willoughby Mariano • December 30, 2011

Paul Broun
stated on September 15, 2011 a tweet

Stimulus money funded a government board that made recommendations that would cost 378,000 jobs and $28.3 billion in sales.

By Willoughby Mariano • September 27, 2011

Paul Broun
stated on April 12, 2011 a speech before Congress

Says President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sent his advisers to study socialism with Soviet dictator Josef Stalin so the president could replicate it in the United States.

By Eric Stirgus, Willoughby Mariano • April 19, 2011

Paul Broun
stated on April 1, 2011 a speech before Congress

Says the federal government borrows "almost $60 billion per week."

By Willoughby Mariano • April 13, 2011

Paul Broun
stated on January 25, 2011 a tweet during the State of the Union address

President Barack Obama supports immigration amnesty.

By Willoughby Mariano • February 1, 2011

Paul Broun
stated on January 25, 2011 a tweet during the State of the Union address

Says government is a barrier to innovation and development.

By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2011

Latest Fact-Checks About Paul Broun

Eugene Yu
stated on December 9, 2013 a website

Says "Harry Reid has a better voting attendance record than these three Congressmen!"

By Eric Stirgus • December 17, 2013

Stephen Simpson
stated on June 6, 2012 an article

U.S. Rep. Paul Broun has not authored any legislation that has been adopted by Congress.

By Eric Stirgus • June 15, 2012