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Statement: Says about NSA data collection: "Every member in both parties who served on the Intelligence Committee voted in favor of this.
Speaker: tom cole
About the speaker: Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., was elected to Congress in 2002. He's a fifth-generation Oklahoman and one of the only Native Americans serving in Congress.
Date: July 30, 2013
Location: national
Topics: civil rights;congress;homeland security;terrorism;privacy issues
Context: an MSNBC interview
Fact-check justification: Cole told Morning Joe that when it comes to the NSA program, he’s going to vote with "the people that actually know." He said his support was shared by every member of the House Intelligence Committee, Republican or Democrat. He was close. One Arizona Democrat disagreed. We find his statement only .
Statement: Exposure to the electromagnetic fields from power lines "has been associated with childhood leukemia and other diseases.
Speaker: patrick lynch
About the speaker: Patrick Lynch served as Rhode Island's attorney general from 2003 to 2010. He was, for a time in 2010, a candidate for governor. He is a big fan of Spider-Man. Divorced, Lynch is the father of two.
Date: November 24, 2014
Location: rhode island
Topics: energy;infrastructure;public health;public safety
Context: a newspaper commentary
Fact-check justification: Lynch said exposure to the electromagnetic fields from power lines "has been associated with childhood leukemia and other diseases." Lynch, when questioned, says he's saying there is just an association, and he's not asserting that EMFs cause cancer and other diseases. We believe the average reader would come away believing that Lynch was saying there is a direct link and a real danger, which would be a striking assertion. When it comes to health effects, the grain of  in Lynch's statement is that there have been some studies suggesting a link. But he's ignoring the fact that other studies and experts have concluded that there is little or no effect, and major health organizations have not found the  to be convincing despite decades of efforts to demonstrate a danger. Because his  ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, we rate it  . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, email us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: Charcoal activated tablets "will counteract most date rape drugs.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: September 4, 2019
Topics: public health;public safety
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Experts said that taking a charcoal tablet to block drugs is misguided and could provide people a  sense of security. Instead, they said, if someone thinks they have been poisoned, they should seek medical help immediately.   A Facebook post claimed that charcoal activated tablets "will counteract most date rape drugs." Although activated charcoal is often given as an emergency poison treatment, medical experts said that it’s unlikely to be effective in detoxifying the gastrointestinal system by the time someone realizes that they may have ingested a drug.   We rate this  .
Statement: In 45 out of 50 states, on average men are seeing their premiums double, going up 99 percent. Women up 62 percent.
Speaker: sean hannity
About the speaker: Sean Hannity is a conservative political commentator and hosts a nationally syndicated radio show, as well as two television shows on the Fox News Channel. In a 2013 interview Hannity said that he is a “registered Conservative” and ”not a Republican, though people often mistake me for one.” Hannity has authored three books.
Date: October 21, 2013
Location: national
Topics: health care;pundits
Context: a broadcast of the Sean Hannity Show on WBAP AM
Fact-check justification: Hannity said premiums are skyrocketing and the average man would pay twice as much, while the increase for the average woman would be 62 percent. That  relies on a study that focused on the individual marketplaces for insurance set up under Obamacare, a  subset of people who purchase insurance. Regardless of the accuracy of the analysis, it spoke to the experience of a small minority of Americans, and it did not factor in the subsidies that will cushion some people from increased premiums. Hannity overreached in his remarks on radio. That said, new rules for insurance plans will tend to push some rates up -- because the plans must provide better coverage. But by how much depends on a host of factors that several leading health policy experts say is too difficult to estimate. We rate this  .
Statement: Says 97 cents of every dollar played "represents over $500 million dollars that is returned to Oregonians every year to help support job creation, schools, state parks and watersheds.
Speaker: oregon lottery
About the speaker: The Oregon Lottery provides money for economic development and schools.
Date: June 17, 2012
Location: oregon
Topics: lottery;state budget
Context: an advertisement
Fact-check justification: We think it’s more than a matter of misconstruing meaning. For nearly two years, the Oregon Lottery has been running a disingenuous ad campaign that tries to paint playing the Lottery as giving back to schools, parks and other economic development projects. Yes, a piece of the revenue goes there -- but not 97 cents of every dollar played.   We think a state agency that deals with money in billions -- and spends nearly $13 million a year on advertising, market research and public information  -- should know better. Return to OregonLive to comment on this ruling.
Statement: I built the last nuclear plant — not only in the state, but in the country.
Speaker: tom kean 
About the speaker: Tom Kean is a former governor of New Jersey and a former chairman of the 9/11 Commission.
Date: August 1, 2011
Location: new jersey
Topics: energy;nuclear
Context: The Star-Ledger
Fact-check justification: So he’s right there. But, a spokesman for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Hope Creek isn’t the last nuclear power plant to be built in the United States. Kean would be correct if he had said he built one of the last nuclear power plants of its kind in the United States. But he didn’t specify, so we rate the statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: Our campaign staff was the first to unionize in the history of politics.
Speaker: randy bryce
About the speaker: Democrat Randy Bryce, an Army veteran, union leader and iron worker, lives in Caledonia in Racine County, Wisconsin. In November 2018, he lost a bid for Wisconsin's 1st District congressional seat, which had been held by U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Janesville Republican. Bryce also lost races for the Wisconsin Legislature in 2012 and 2014 and lost a 10-way primary for the Racine County Board of Education in 2013.   
Date: March 14, 2018
Location: wisconsin
Topics: elections;labor;unions;workers
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: The Office and Professional Employees International Union wasn’t able to help us and we didn’t hear back from the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). Our rating Bryce says: "Our campaign staff was the first to unionize in the history of politics." The dozen experts we consulted said they were not aware of any previous campaign staff unionizing, though they could not state flatly that it had never occurred. If new information surfaces, we’ll reconsider this rating. For now, we rate it .
Statement: Says Nevadans will have a "double-digit hike in their Obamacare premiums for the year" and "10 of Nevada's 16 counties will only have one Obamacare...exchange insurer
Speaker: donald trump
About the speaker: Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016.  He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. In November 2022, he announced he would run for president in 2024.
Date: October 30, 2016
Location: nevada
Topics: health care
Context: a campaign speech
Fact-check justification: Trump said Nevadans will see a "double-digit hike in their Obamacare premiums for the year" and "10 of Nevada’s 16 counties will only have one Obamacare...exchange insurer" Trump is  correct, but his rhetoric is a little overstated. Nevadans who get health insurance through the exchange will see their unsubsidized premium costs rise by about 12 percent (although most people in the exchange receive subsidies). Most counties in the state will only have one insurer on the exchange next year, but about 97 percent of enrollees live in a county with at least two insurers. Still, the basic facts are correct. We rate Trump’s statement as .
Statement: Police defunding is to blame for "skyrocketing murder rates" in Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Portland, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 26, 2021
Topics: crime;public safety;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The statement contains an element of : Homicides are up in these cities and police funding is down. But it ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, including the details of numerous other potential contributing factors, such as poverty, joblessness and housing insecurity, all of which have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Most importantly, the  implies that there is a direct link between defunding and homicide rates that has not yet been established. The post oversimplifies a complex issue that requires further study, beyond just looking at the raw numbers. We rate this .
Statement: When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits.
Speaker: rick santorum
About the speaker: Rick Santorum is running for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. He is a former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania and was a Republican presidential candidate in 2012.
Date: February 29, 2012
Location: national
Topics: city budget;county budget;families;federal budget;history;pensions;poverty;retirement;state budget;veterans;welfare;workers
Context: a campaign speech
Fact-check justification: Contrary to what Santorum said, millions of Americans in 1925 would have either qualified for benefits directly, such as payments to veterans, or have been protected by workers' compensation laws that provided benefits to those who became disabled by their jobs. And state and local governments had the longstanding role of paying support to people who were disabled or indigent. This provides a much more complex picture than Santorum is painting. We rate his statement .
Statement: Energy costs are the highest in 15 years.
Speaker: morgan luttrell
About the speaker: Morgan Luttrell was elected in 2022 to serve Texas' 8th Congressional District. The district includes San Jacincto and Polk counties, as well as parts of Motgomery, Walker, and Harris counties.
Date: January 10, 2023
Location: texas
Topics: energy
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Luttrell said, "Energy costs are the highest in 15 years." Luttrell’s statistic — which he pulled from an article citing the National Energy Assistance Directors Association — holds  with the data available and analyzed at the time. EIA data provided to PolitiFact show that average household heating costs are higher now than they were 15 years ago, and these expenditures are higher than any other year during that time span. Luttrell’s statistic, however, didn’t specify that his statistic pertained to predicted household heating costs, so the figure could have been understood to encompass other costs, such as gasoline or household energy costs. We rate this .
Statement: Being exposed to the sun for two hours" kills the 2019 coronavirus.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 9, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: an image
Fact-check justification: In the United States, there have been 938  confirmed cases and 31 deaths . According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the best ways to prevent the 2019 coronavirus are to wash your hands with soap and water, avoid touching your face, avoid close contact with sick people, cover your coughs and sneezes, and disinfect surfaces in your home daily. As of now, there is no specific treatment for the virus. The Facebook post is . We rate it .
Statement: The Human Rights Campaign is "more powerful than the NRA.
Speaker: pat mccrory
About the speaker: Pat McCrory, a Republican, was governor of North Carolina from 2013 to 2017. Previously, he served as mayor of Charlotte.
Date: April 17, 2016
Location: north carolina
Topics: campaign finance;lgbtq;sexuality
Context: interview on Meet The Press with Chuck Todd
Fact-check justification: McCrory said the main group against HB2, the Human Rights Campaign, is "more powerful than the NRA." It’s a strong , given the NRA’s reputation for power and influence, and even the HRC spokesman was unwilling to embrace it. That’s not to say the HRC isn’t powerful. It’s a multimillion-dollar organization and the country’s largest gay rights group. But it doesn’t have the resources, adherents or success rate that the NRA does. In every way we tried to define influence, the HRC doesn’t even come close to the NRA’s level of power. We rate this  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/a1af1e68-c8d1-4ecb-a7d5-36cb928ae38a
Statement: Abortion in the U.S. "is at an all time legal low.
Speaker: kevin cahill
About the speaker: Kevin Cahill is a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly from Kingston.
Date: October 11, 2017
Location: new york
Topics: abortion;women
Context: a radio interview on The Capitol Pressroom
Fact-check justification: The 14.6 abortions for every 1,000 women in 2014 is an all-time low. But his statement is  when counting the number.  The number of abortions has gone down since its peak in 1988, but has not dropped below the 1973 count. The statement is partially accurate. We rate it .
Statement: The Obama administration estimates the number of children at the border is "going to increase to 150,000 to 200,000 next year.
Speaker: raul labrador
About the speaker: Raul Labrador, a Republican, was elected in 2010 to represent a district in Idaho in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Date: July 6, 2014
Location: national
Topics: immigration;children
Context: an interview on "Meet the Press"
Fact-check justification: Labrador said the administration’s own estimates predicted that 150,000 to 200,000 unaccompanied children would show up at the southern border. Labrador’s spokesman pointed to an internal memo that suggested 142,000 children might arrive in 2015. But that’s a smaller amount than 150,000 and much smaller than 200,000, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection says that memo was a working document and not an official estimate. A preliminary budget request was based on the assumption that past increases would continue, but it did not state a particular figure for the number of children and noted that the money needed would change depending on the shifting situation on the ground. Labrador’s numerical range could be right if you add the percentage of people who cross the border without getting caught. But even if you do, that is not the administration’s "own estimate." And experts we interviewed cast doubt on Labrador’s figure. On balance, we rate the  .
Statement: When Moammar Gadhafi was set to visit the United Nations, and no one would let him stay in New York, Trump allowed Gadhafi to set up an elaborate tent at his Westchester County (New York) estate.
Speaker: tim kaine
About the speaker: Tim Kaine is a U.S. senator representing Virginia, elected to the Senate in 2012. He was the 2016 Democratic nominee for vice president.
Kaine was governor from 2006 to 2010, lieutenant governor from 2002 to 2006, mayor of Richmond from 1998 to 2001, and city councilman of Richmond beginning in 1994. He was also the chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2009 to 2011.
Kaine was born in St. Paul, Minn. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1979 from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and a law degree from Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., in 1983. He took a year-long break during law school to work with the Jesuit order as a Catholic missionary in Honduras, becoming fluent in Spanish.
 
Date: September 6, 2016
Location: virginia
Topics: history
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Kaine said, "When Moammar Gadhafi was set to visit the United Nations, and no one would let him stay in New York, Trump allowed Gadhafi to set up an elaborate tent at his Westchester County (New York) estate." There’s no doubt Gadhafi rented space at Trump’s estate to put up his tent. Trump acknowledges now that he leased land to Gadhafi, although he couches it as a boast to show he snookered the Libyan leader out of a lot of money. We rate Kaine’s statement . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/206bb9f0-024b-44e5-b95b-c34ae90096d5
Statement: The Tony Evers administration is wrong to blame old computer software being used to process unemployment claims; it "has nothing to do with" the backlog.
Speaker: chris kapenga
About the speaker: Republican Chris Kapenga, a certified public accountant and small-business owner, was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly in 2010. He represents the Delafield area west of Milwaukee.
Date: June 21, 2020
Location: wisconsin
Topics: jobs;states
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: What’s more, there were several changes made to the system, including new payments and the waiver of a one-week waiting period. That’s where Kapenga is  to say the computer system had no role in delays. The decades-old system had to be reprogrammed to accommodate those changes -- and news reports note only coders familiar with the programs could get the job done. We rate the  .   window.gciAnalyticsUAID = 'PMJS-TEALIUM-COBRAND';
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Statement: The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years.
Speaker: kathleen sullivan
About the speaker: Kathleen Sullivan is the town of Warren’s substance abuse coordinator. She is also program director for The BAY Team, Barrington’s Prevention Coalition.
Date: April 29, 2015
Location: rhode island
Topics: consumer safety;criminal justice;drugs;economy;history;crime;government regulation;public health;public safety;recreation;regulation;small business;taxes;marijuana
Context: testimony before the House Judiciary Committee
Fact-check justification: Kathleen Sullivan said the proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment, primarily for marijuana, has reached its highest point in 20 years. Her documentation shows a peak in 2009, but then admissions decline through 2011. More recent data show the decline has continued. Further, our trend analysis shows no increase since 1999. And a federal statistician at the agency that compiled the data said admission rates have been "relatively stable" over the past 20 years. We rate her statement .
Statement: Household income among Hispanic Americans has just set a new record high.
Speaker: donald trump
About the speaker: Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016.  He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. In November 2022, he announced he would run for president in 2024.
Date: September 29, 2018
Location: west virginia
Topics: economy;race and ethnicity
Context: Wheeling, W.Va
Fact-check justification: Trump said that "household income among Hispanic Americans has just set a new record high." Census Bureau data confirms a new record high for inflation-adjusted, Hispanic household income in 2017, the most recent year for which data is available. This continues a rise that began under Obama, but Trump did not specifically  credit, so we rate the statement .
Statement: Says state Rep. Diana Maldonado of Round Rock uses Craigslist to hire campaign block walkers.
Speaker: larry gonzales
About the speaker: Larry Gonzales was initially elected in 2010 to represent Texas House District 52 in the Texas House.
Date: August 31, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: campaign finance;workers
Context: an e-mail to supporters
Fact-check justification: "When it is even more rare is 60 days out." Using Craigslist to recruit campaign workers is "unconventional," said Wilbanks, but Young had a different take. "In these big cities, with all the high-tech stuff, people are using all kinds of high-tech techniques," Young said. Maldonado's campaign confirmed using Craigslist to hire block walkers. We rate Gonzales' statement .
Statement: The top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent.
Speaker: bernie sanders
About the speaker: Bernie Sanders is a senator from Vermont. Sanders was first elected to the Senate in 2007 and was re-elected in 2012 and 2018. The senator also ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2016, losing the Democratic primary to Hillary Clinton. From 1991 until 2007, he was the representative of Vermont’s At-Large District of the House of Representatives. Sanders was the mayor of Burlington from 1981 to 1989. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Chicago. In 2019, he announced he was running for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out in April 2020.
Date: July 25, 2016
Location: national
Topics: economy;income;wealth;taxes
Context: Philadelphia
Fact-check justification: Sanders said, "The top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent." His  repeats a finding from a study by two internationally respected economists, and others back up the study’s results. But the study has been criticized, for example, for not including Social Security in the wealth calculations. Sanders’  is accurate but needs additional context, so we rate it .
Statement: In Houston, Texas, today, there are no homeless veterans.
Speaker: jeb bush
About the speaker: Jeb Bush was a Republican candidate for president of the United States in 2016. He served two terms as the governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. He is also the brother of former President George W. Bush and the son of former President George H.W. Bush. 
Date: December 28, 2015
Location: texas
Topics: homeless
Context: remarks at a Florida campaign stop
Fact-check justification: Bush said that "In Houston, Texas today, there are no homeless veterans." Houston is one of a handful of cities nationwide that have "effectively" ended veteran homelessness by revamping their resources and systems to handle all veterans who seek support. The city’s success in that regard has been measured by benchmarks set by national and local initiatives on homelessness.   Being equipped to provide housing for all homeless veterans doesn’t mean that every veteran is housed. Some remain homeless in Houston, whether by choice, a lack of awareness of housing resources or eligibility. We rate Bush's statement . :  The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression.