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Statement: The State of Texas does not even use the E-Verify system to determine if someone is legally in our country when they apply for a job.
Speaker: kay bailey hutchison
About the speaker: Kay Bailey Hutchison, initially elected to the U.S. Senate in 1993, did not seek re-election in 2012. She ran for governor in 2010, losing the Republican nomination to incumbent Rick Perry.
Date: January 14, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: immigration
Context: a debate
Fact-check justification: Ten states require their state agencies to participate in E-Verify; three more — South Carolina, Arizona and Mississippi — require all employers to use it, too. In 2008, though, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour aired these misgivings: "I am concerned about mandating the E-Verify system as the sole source from which an employer in Mississippi can verify a potential employee’s eligibility, especially since the federal government itself has said E-Verify is not a reliable system." The bottom line: Texas uses the same method of checking legal residency that most states use. But Hutchison correctly said the state doesn't use E-Verify. We find her statement .
Statement: Because Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a 30-bill job creation package, "New Jersey ranks 50th in the nation in job creation.
Speaker: lou greenwald
About the speaker: Lou Greenwald is a Democratic state Assemblyman representing parts of Burlington and Camden counties. He also serves as the Assembly Majority Leader.
Date: May 12, 2011
Location: new jersey
Topics: jobs
Context: a message on Facebook
Fact-check justification: Yet when we look at three- and six-month periods, the Garden State is faring a little bit better. But Greenwald’s biggest  here is to blame Christie’s vetoes from February and March for employment changes that occurred several months earlier. That makes the  not just , but  . ! To comment on this ruling, join the conversation at NJ.com .
Statement: Patrick Rose "voted to explore a state income tax.
Speaker: jason isaac
About the speaker: Jason Isaac was initially elected in 2010 to represent District 45 in the Texas House. He's a 2018 candidate for the U.S. House seat to be vacated by Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio.
Date: October 17, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: message machine 2010;voting record;taxes
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: Can't get any plainer than that." Our take: Isaac would have had a legitimate point if he'd limited himself to saying Rose voted to study a property tax mechanism that's related to income. But his statement grossly overstates things. Indeed, we'd suggest, if Watson's proposal had even been judged the back door to an income tax, it would never have drawn legislative backing. !
Statement: The Supreme Court ruled today NO VOTING BY MAIL !!!
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: June 26, 2020
Location: california
Topics: corrections and updates;elections;public health;supreme court;coronavirus;texas
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post suggested the U.S. Supreme Court had struck down voting by mail nationwide.  That’s far from the . The high court rejected an expansion of mail-in voting in Texas in late June. It also voted down an effort to make the practice easier in three counties in Alabama in early July.  But those rulings in no way take away existing rights to vote-by-mail in dozens of states across the nation.  We rate the  .   – The statement is not accurate. Update: This article has been updated to show the U.S. Supreme Court denied an emergency motion to expand mail-in voting in Texas. A decision on the merits of the case is still pending.  CapRadio's PolitiFact California will continue answering questions about vote-by-mail and similar topics through the November 2020 election. Email us your questions at [email protected] , or contact us on Twitter or Facebook .
Statement: If you make the average amount of people in Wisconsin, $50,000, you got $1.60 less a week in taxes" under the state income-tax cut, but "it didn't show up in your paycheck.
Speaker: kathleen vinehout
About the speaker: Democrat Kathleen Vinehout is a Wisconsin state senator from Alma, in western Wisconsin. The former university professor and dairy farmer was elected to the Senate in 2006 and re-elected in 2010. She ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination to run against Gov. Scott Walker in the gubernatorial recall election in 2012.
Date: December 5, 2013
Location: wisconsin
Topics: state budget;taxes
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: The average income she cites is slightly high but within reasonable rounding range. She uses a reliable source for her tax-change numbers, and they are on target or very close, with the caveat that the analysis is set up for income ranges rather than a precise income. She’s right that the tax cut did not just show up in workers’ paychecks, due to inaction by the state. With the clarifications noted, we rate her  . If you wish to comment on this item, please click here to go to JSOnline.com.
Statement: A recent Obama executive order could "lead to a number of investigations by Interpol in the United States, potentially aimed at American officials.
Speaker: newt gingrich
About the speaker: Newt Gingrich is a political adviser and author. A former Georgia congressman, Gingrich served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. Gingrich sought the GOP nomination for president in 2012.
Date: January 4, 2010
Location: national
Topics: homeland security;foreign policy
Context: an interview on 'The O'Reilly Factor'
Fact-check justification: While the Times did report on the executive order, the story debunked many of the claims being made about it. Charlie Savage, the reporter who wrote the story, wrote in a Twitter message : "Debunking hysterical conspiracy theories about Obama's Interpol executive order." That's exactly what Gingrich's claims are: conspiracy theories, based on wild conjecture, not reality. For fanning the flames of paranoia, Gringrich's claims earn a . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/7c646785-156a-4922-b957-12ef24ec4fb9
Statement: Hackers broke into Virginia's prescription-drug database (and) ... obtained more than 8.2 million patient records and a total of nearly 36 million prescriptions.
Speaker: rick scott
About the speaker: Rick Scott, a wealthy Florida businessman, was first elected Florida's 45th governor on Nov. 2, 2010 and re-elected Nov. 4, 2014. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018 and is running for re-election in 2024.
Date: April 14, 2011
Location: florida
Topics: drugs
Context: testimony before Congress
Fact-check justification: The Virginia Department of Health Professions did send a notification letter to all persons whose prescription records in the database contained a nine-digit number that could have been a Social Security number. None of the database information was lost, Powers said, and the PMP continues to operate. So a hacker did break into the database and posted a ransom note claiming to have obtained the records Scott referenced. But it's not clear whether the hacker really obtained access to the records. We rate Scott's  .
Statement: We have more natural gas in this country than Saudi Arabia has oil.
Speaker: jon huntsman
About the speaker: Jon Huntsman was the governor of Utah from 2005 to 2009. He served as ambassador to China from 2009 to 2011. He is a Republican candidate for president in 2012. 
Date: November 16, 2011
Location: national
Topics: energy;new hampshire 2012
Context: an editorial board meeting with the Nashua Telegraph
Fact-check justification: We don't know whether Huntsman meant "proved" resources, estimates of technically recoverable resources or production totals when comparing U.S. gas to Saudi oil. Using the first two measures, his numbers fall short. If he was talking about production, he is correct, although Huntsman used the word "has," and not "produces." We rule his  .
Statement: Says he made "a record investment in schools.
Speaker: scott walker
About the speaker: Scott Walker, a Republican, is the former governor of Wisconsin. He was first elected in November 2010. He survived a recall election in 2012, defeating Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett after igniting controversy with a bill curtailing public-employee union collective-bargaining rights.  He won re-election to a four-year term in November 2014 and was a 2016 presidential candidate before dropping out in September of 2015. He was defeated by Tony Evers in the 2018 gubernatorial election. Walker is a former Milwaukee County executive and former member of the state Assembly.
Date: June 19, 2018
Location: wisconsin
Topics: education;state budget
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: He refers to the $11.5 billion being spent on kindergarten-through-12th grade schools in his 2017-’19 state budget. In raw dollars, that is a record in Wisconsin. But inflation, of course, is crucial in measuring dollars over time. On that score, seven state budgets spent more on schools than Walker’s current budget does. The governor’s statement contains an element of , but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, making it .
Statement: Senator McCain has been talking tough about earmarks, and that's good, but earmarks account for about $18-billion of our budget.
Speaker: barack obama
About the speaker: Barack Obama is the former president of the United States. Obama also served as a U.S. senator from Illinois. He was born in 1961 in Hawaii, where his parents met as students at the University of Hawaii. Obama's father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas. He graduated from Columbia University and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. Obama previously served in the Illinois state Senate and was an instructor at the University of Chicago Law School. He and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
Date: October 7, 2008
Location: national
Topics: federal budget
Context: Nashville, Tenn
Fact-check justification: Another report found that appropriations bills in fiscal year 2008 included $16.5 billion for earmarks. Those numbers are lower than previous years because earmarking dropped considerably following the congressional lobbying scandals of 2005 and 2006. But even at their peak in 2005, when earmarks hit $52-billion, according to the Congressional Research Service and the OMB, that was only 16 percent of that year’s deficit of $318-billion. The numbers show Obama gets his earmark number correct. We rate his statement .
Statement: Says Washington's reach extends to "even telling us what kind of light bulb we can use.
Speaker: rick perry
About the speaker: Rick Perry is the U.S. Energy Secretary and was governor of Texas from late December 2000 through 2014. He was re-elected in 2002, 2006 and 2010. He unsucessfully ran for president in 2012 and 2016.
Date: November 2, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: legal issues;regulation;technology
Context: a book
Fact-check justification: Not yet, though the 2007 law steps up efficiency requirements and that's expected to result in consumers purchasing and using different bulbs. These factors give Perry's statement an element of . We rate it .    Editor's note: This statement was rated  when it was published. On July 27, 2011, we changed the name for the rating to .
Statement: Sen. Raphael Warnock "voted for welfare for politicians plan. Up to $25 million of government money for Warnock's own political campaign.
Speaker: national republican senatorial committee
About the speaker: The National Republican Senatorial Committee helps elect Republicans to the U.S. Senate.
Date: June 22, 2021
Location: georgia
Topics: national;campaign finance;congress;elections
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: The NRSC ad says Warnock "voted for welfare for politicians plan. Up to $25 million of government money for Warnock’s own political campaign." It’s  to call the public financing for political campaigns "welfare." The goal of public campaign finance is to reduce the influence of rich donors and give more power to average Americans who want to donate to campaigns. That’s not comparable to "welfare" programs designed to help poor people with basic living expenses. Also, unlike programs associated with welfare, the public financing program would not come from tax dollars but surcharges on legal cases and settlements.  The  is also speculative. Warnock hasn’t said if he would choose to opt into the program, which wouldn’t go into effect until a 2028 campaign cycle. Warnock first has to win re-election in 2022 under existing campaign finance rules.  We rate this statement . RELATED: SC Rep. Cunningham did not vote for $5M in tax funds to go to campaign coffers RELATED: Fact-checking Mark Walker's video on HR 1’s campaign-finance provisions RELATED: Did Spanberger, other House Democrats, vote to use public money for their campaigns?
Statement: January through November 2014, the year so far, were the hottest first 11 months of any year recorded.
Speaker: sheldon whitehouse
About the speaker: Sheldon Whitehouse is a Democratic U.S. Senator from Rhode Island.
Date: December 17, 2014
Location: rhode island
Topics: environment;climate change;energy;history;science;weather
Context: a Senate floor speech
Fact-check justification: It may not feel like global warming is a problem when below average cold is sending a collective shiver through much of the United States. But the U.S. makes up only 6 percent of Earth's land mass and less than 2 percent of its surface area. Whitehouse reported the data accurately. We rate his  as  . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, email us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: As a youth, "I got arrested" protesting for civil rights.
Speaker: joe biden
About the speaker: Joe Biden is the president of the United States. A Democrat, Biden served as a Delaware senator from 1973 (elected at the age of 29) until 2009. During his time in the Senate, he served as chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, chair of the International Narcotics Control Caucus and chair of the Judiciary Committee. He subsequently served as Barack Obama’s vice president from 2009 to 2016. Biden launched unsuccessful presidential campaigns in 1988 and 2008. He received a degree in history and political science from the University of Delaware and his J.D. from Syracuse School of Law. 
Date: January 11, 2022
Topics: candidate biography;race and ethnicity
Context: Atlanta
Fact-check justification: Biden said that as a youth, "I got arrested" protesting for civil rights.  Biden may have participated in one of two flare-ups over racial discrimination in housing that occurred near his home in Delaware when he was in a teenager. However, there is no  that Biden was actually arrested in the sense of being booked at a police station and facing any consequences in the criminal justice system. At times, Biden himself has described the police’s actions as driving him home, rather than putting him under arrest. We rate the statement .  Caryn Baird contributed to this article.
Statement: New Mexico moved "up to" sixth in the nation in job growth.
Speaker: bill richardson
About the speaker: Bill Richardson is the former governor of New Mexico, having served two terms in that position from 2003-2011. Richardson is also a former congressman, U.S. secretary of energy, and ambassador to the United Nations. He unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for president in 2008, and was President Barack Obama’s initial nominee for secretary of commerce in 2009.
Date: May 10, 2007
Location: national
Context: a TV Ad
Fact-check justification: Richardson is correct, but doesn't mention the fine print. In touting his economic record as New Mexico's governor, Richardson's campaign produced a TV ad noting the pace of the state's job growth while he's been in office. Although the state was ranked sixth in August 2006 for job growth, it most recently ranked 15th. A more accurate statement would be to say that the state "ranked as high as sixth in the nation."
Statement: I never once asked that (Megyn Kelly) be removed" as a debate moderator.
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: January 28, 2016
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography;debates
Context: an interview on CNN
Fact-check justification: Trump said, "I never once asked that (Megyn Kelly) be removed" as a debate moderator. This statement greatly downplays Trump’s comments ahead of the debate, even if his absence really had more to do with a mocking Fox News release in the end. Trump mused about skipping the debate because of Kelly for a couple days before that news release. He went so far as to say Kelly "should not be allowed" to moderate, that she "should recuse herself," and she "shouldn’t be in the debate." We rate Trump’s  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/01d87b8c-fc53-4442-ab4a-fa192a82d35f
Statement: We have over 25 million people who live in Texas and less than 2 percent of them have" concealed handgun licenses.
Speaker: jeff wentworth
About the speaker: Jeff Wentworth, a state senator from San Antonio, lost his bid for the 2012 Republican nomination for the seat.
Date: February 22, 2011
Location: texas
Topics: guns
Context: a TV interview
Fact-check justification: We also wondered whether other states had a similarly low percentage of concealed handgun-license holders. According to a fact-sheet posted on the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action’s website in April, 40 states have laws allowing individuals to carry handguns, with Florida issuing more carry permits than any other state — 1.7 million. That’s about 9 percent of Florida’s 18.5 million-large population, according to a 2009 estimate by the Census Bureau. So, 1.8 percent of the Texas population is licensed to carry a concealed handgun. We rate Wentworth’s statement as .
Statement: The Russians are violating all of the rules, treaties, understandings that they committed to that actually kept the peace in Europe for nearly 70 years.
Speaker: william taylor
About the speaker: Ambassador William Taylor is the top American diplomat in Ukraine. A career diplomat and U.S. Army veteran, he has worked in every presidential administration of both parties since 1985.
Date: November 13, 2019
Location: national
Topics: foreign policy;military;nuclear
Context: impeachment inquiry testimony
Fact-check justification: Taylor said, "The Russians are violating all of the rules, treaties, understandings that they committed to that actually kept the peace in Europe for nearly 70 years." Experts told us that "all" is an exaggeration, but that Russia has violated numerous treaties and agreements, including by its invasion and armed aggressions against parts of Ukraine. We rate the statement .
Statement: A McDonald's restaurant in Elkton, Md., was permanently closed "due to a sex trafficking investigation.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 26, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "It has been brought to our attention of a fictitious Town of Elkton MD Facebook page circulating a story regarding the closure of the McDonald’s Restaurant located at Routes 213/40," the post said. "We thank everyone for their calls and concerns regarding this account and have made the appropriate notifications to FB. "   No one answered when we called the McDonald’s but the location appears on the company’s website and it’s possible to order delivery from that restaurant.   We rate this  !
Statement: Abortion pills are dangerous and "1 in 5 women will suffer a complication.
Speaker: alliance defending freedom
About the speaker: Alliance Defending Freedom is a conservative Christian legal organization.
Date: March 27, 2023
Location: national
Topics: abortion;public health;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A video from Alliance Defending Freedom claimed abortion pills are dangerous and that "1 in 5 women will have a complication." The statistic appears to be based on a flawed study that experts said misclassified complications. The study’s lead author said the  misconstrues the research. More than 100 studies spanning multiple decades have found that medication abortion is safe and effective. We rate this  . RELATED: The top claims about abortion, fact-checked
Statement: Says Nancy Pelosi "made millions in coronavirus insider trading.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 2, 2020
Location: california
Topics: financial regulation;government regulation;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: An article widely shared on Facebook claimed Nancy Pelosi "made millions in coronavirus insider trading" over the course of 10 weeks. Her husband, Paul Pelosi, used call options to purchase Amazon stock, and investment that gained about $1.1 million in 10 weeks. The gain on his Facebook investment was about $100,000. But those are paper gains, not actual earnings. Moreover, Paul Pelosi made his purchase roughly two weeks before House members were briefed about the coronavirus outbreak. Lacking any  that Nancy Pelosi received inside information about the coronavirus prior to Jan. 29, we rate the statement .
Statement: The Baucus health care bill "would drastically restrict the use of flexible spending accounts (FSAs) in order to help pay for health care reform.
Speaker: save flexible spending plans
About the speaker: Save Flexible Spending Plans is an advocacy organization that opposes restrictions on flexible spending accounts in health care reform efforts. It is sponsored by the Employers Council on Flexible Compensation, a group that promotes the accounts.
Date: October 14, 2009
Location: national
Topics: taxes
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: Getting back to our statement, the organization Save Flexible Spending Plans said the Senate Finance Committee "would drastically restrict the use of flexible spending accounts (FSAs) in order to help pay for health care reform." Yes, it would restrict them, but even Save Flexible Spending Plans says the new restriction would affect only "one in five" beneficiaries. So this means by the group's own accounting that 80 percent of the people with FSAs would not be affected. That hardly seems drastic. We rate the group's statement .