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Statement: A planning group said that to meet anticipated traffic demands by 2035, Interstate 35 between Austin and Round Rock will need a dozen additional lanes going north and 14 additional southbound lanes.
Speaker: sid covington
About the speaker: Businessman Sid Covington of Austin chairs the board of the Lone Star Rail District, based in San Marcos, Texas, is a public agency with a focus on developing a regional passenger rail line connecting San Antonio to Georgetown, north of Austin.
Date: October 28, 2013
Location: texas
Topics: transportation
Context: an opinion column by Sid Covington, the district's chairman of the board
Fact-check justification: Covington said that a presentation indicated that to meet anticipated traffic demands by 2035, I-35 between Austin and Round Rock will need a dozen additional lanes going north and 14 additional southbound lanes. Those tallies reflect what a working group was told in May 2012, but the presentation by a Capital Metro official (using a CAMPO modeling system) projected 26 additional lanes on I-35 as well as MoPac; Covington’s column did not mention the second highway and also flipped the predicted number of northbound and southbound lanes. Perhaps more significantly, these lane counts were rooted in the assumption that both highways would have unlimited capacity, presumably including space enough to be widened dramatically despite the existence of major facilities along I-35 and hundreds of homes near both highways. We rate this partly accurate , which leaves out critical details and draws on a projection with an unrealistic assumption, as .  – The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Wisconsin is "run by Democrats right now," so they should address election social distancing concerns.
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: April 7, 2020
Location: wisconsin
Topics: elections;states
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: Asked whether Wisconsin is properly observing national social distancing guidelines in light of the election, Trump said to ask the Democrats who "run" Wisconsin. Trump is right that a Democrat, Evers, holds the state’s highest office. But Republicans control the other two branches. And the pre-election battles illustrated exactly how divided Wisconsin is, as Republicans thwarted two different attempts to alter or delay in-person voting. That makes Trump’s central point — that Democrats are to blame for any social distancing violations — all the more off base. So we are left with a statement that contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. That’s our definition of .
Statement: Worked with Ronald Reagan and helped re-elect him.
Speaker: dan branch
About the speaker: Dan Branch entered the Texas House in 2003. In 2014, he ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for attorney general, giving up his shot at re-election to the House.
Date: February 4, 2014
Location: texas
Topics: candidate biography
Context: a video ad
Fact-check justification: Branch said he "worked with Ronald Reagan and helped re-elect him." This partly holds up in that Branch was an underling for a Texas committee devoted to helping Reagan win re-election and to electing other Republicans. Then again, his  leaves the impression that Branch was right alongside Reagan, perhaps as a White House aide or joining in the president's day-to-day travels. Not so. Mark this statement as .  – The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Boccieri voted to spend a billion dollars an hour, every hour, for his first 50 days in office
Speaker: jim renacci
About the speaker: Jim Renacci, a Republican, is running against U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, in 2018. Renacci is the representative from Ohio's 16th Congressional District. He is a businessman and also the former mayor of Wadsworth. He was first elected to Congress in 2010.
Date: September 1, 2010
Location: ohio
Topics: federal budget
Context: a statement on his campaign website
Fact-check justification: As for the stimulus money, it was projected to be spent over several years, although the bulk has been awarded at this point. As of Aug. 20, $505 billion of the $787 had been awarded in tax benefits, entitlements and contracts, grants and loans. We rate Renacci's statement as . Editor's note: This statement was rated  when it was published. On July 27, 2011, we changed the name for the rating to .
Statement: … if the Agreement goes into effect, the millions of Mexican citizens who will become eligible for Social Security benefits may have a far stronger claim to benefits and protection against cuts than U.S. citizens!
Speaker: senior citizens league
About the speaker: an advocacy group for senior citizens affiliated with the Retired Enlisted Association
Date: September 3, 2012
Location: georgia
Topics: social security
Context: mailer
Fact-check justification: Added Gary Burtless, a senior fellow of economic studies at the Brookings Institution: It’s hard to see how the description of totalization agreements "can be squared with the idea that foreign citizens who receive Social Security would be exempt from a legislated cut in Social Security benefits that applies to U.S. citizens." While it is  that Congress can cut Social Security benefits, the  that the pending totalization agreement would better protect Mexican citizens from benefits cuts is not accurate. The pending agreement has not been approved by the United States or Mexico, but to exclude some citizens from any cuts would require an exemption by Congress that is highly unlikely. We rate the  .
Statement: Shaheen votes with Obama 99 percent of the time.
Speaker: new hampshire republican party
About the speaker: The New Hampshire Republican Party is the GOP's office for the Granite State.
Date: March 24, 2014
Location: new hampshire
Topics: bipartisanship;voting record
Context: a web video
Fact-check justification: The New Hampshire Republican Party said that Shaheen votes with Obama 99 percent of the time. Indeed, in 2013, Shaheen took the same position as the president 99 percent of the time when Obama outlined a clear position, based on analysis by Congressional Quarterly . And overall, her votes have aligned with the president’s wishes 98 percent of the time since she took office. We should note that it’s fairly common for a senator to vote in support of a president of the same party and in some cases Shaheen has broken from the President. Still, NHGOP’s  about Shaheen wasn’t far off. If the party had specified it was referring only to votes in 2013, the advertisement would have been right on the money. We rate the  .
Statement: In the last two years, super PACs raised more than $180 million -- with roughly half of it coming from fewer than 200 super-rich people and roughly 20 percent from corporations.
Speaker: hank johnson
About the speaker: Hank Johnson, a Democrat, represents Georgia's 4th Congressional District
Date: February 24, 2012
Location: georgia
Topics: campaign finance
Context: the Huffington Post
Fact-check justification: Johnson wrote that "[i]n the last two years, super PACs raised more than $180 million -- with roughly half of it coming from fewer than 200 super-rich people and roughly 20 percent from corporations." On balance, Johnson’s  reflects the findings of a report by two advocacy groups that are critical of super PACs. The statistics Johnson uses also make sense in light of data published by a separate group. We give Johnson a .
Statement: The "3 red stripes" in Joe Biden's campaign logo refer to a Chinese socialist slogan.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: October 20, 2020
Location: national
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: an image
Fact-check justification: "The three red lines were inspired by the American flag, the red stripes on the American flag," a Biden campaign spokesperson told PolitiFact. The rest of the Biden campaign’s logo is blue and white, alluding to the other colors of the flag. We could find no other  that the three red stripes are intended to pay homage to China. The post makes an  and  . We rate it !
Statement: Deer baiting, planned for Block Island by DEM, is illegal in Rhode Island.
Speaker: richard august
About the speaker: Richard August, aka Sigmund Sauer, is a co-host on WHJJ's weekly radio show “Lock, Stock and Daria,” which discusses firearms-related issues.
Date: January 12, 2014
Location: rhode island
Topics: environment;animals;crime;government regulation;pundits;recreation;regulation;guns
Context: a Providence Journal commentary
Fact-check justification: We'll leave it up to others to debate whether the culling of the island’s deer herd is really a hunt and, if so, whether the state’s hunting laws should apply to the DEM. (We should note, for example, that most of us have no problem with agents of the state, such as police officers, ignoring traffic signals or speed limits when chasing criminals.) But when Richard August asserts that state law makes it illegal for hunters to use bait to lure deer, which is what the DEM plans to do when it stages a mass shooting of deer, he is correct. We rate the   . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, email us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: Says Apple CEO Steve Jobs told President Obama that the company moved factories to China because it needed 30,000 engineers.
Speaker: michele bachmann
About the speaker: Michele Bachmann, first elected to the U.S. Congress in 2006, represents the 6th Congressional District of Minnesota. She was reelected in 2008. Previously, she served in the Minnesota State Senate. Prior to that, she spent five years as a federal tax litigation attorney. Bachmann and her husband, Marcus, who have five children and have opened their home to 23 foster children, live in Stillwater, Minn., and own a mental health care practice.
Date: November 22, 2011
Location: national
Topics: immigration;jobs;foreign policy;government regulation
Context: Washington
Fact-check justification: "'If you could educate these engineers,' he said, 'we could move more manufacturing plants here.'" Isaacson wrote that the argument "made a strong impression on the president. Two or three times over the next month he told his aides, 'We've got to find ways to train those 30,000 manufacturing engineers that Jobs told us about.'" So Bachmann has accurately recounted the conversation. We rate her  .
Statement: In Italy, they have thrown their money on the streets. A clear message to the whole world that money is not enough when health is in danger.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 5, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: (Read more about our partnership with Facebook .)   That’s because the images are from March 2019 and show devalued Venezuelan bolivars in the streets of Venezuela, not Italy. In Italy, the BBC reported on April 8 , people are struggling to feed their families after spending their savings while they were unable to work and earn money during the country’s lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus.   The Facebook post misrepresents by altering the  context of the photos. We rate it .
Statement: In "the fall of 2009, only 21 percent of Texas high school graduates enrolled in a four-year public university.
Speaker: todd staples
About the speaker: Staples was first elected agriculture commissioner of Texas in 2006 after previously serving in the Texas Senate and House. He unsuccessfully sought the 2014 Republican nomination for lieutenant governor, afterward resigning for another job.
Date: November 11, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: economy;education
Context: a Web post
Fact-check justification: We don't see that clarity. Upshot: Staples said that only 21 percent of Texas high school graduates in 2009 went on to a four-year public university, without noting that the statistic only applies to public universities in Texas. While the state has no data on the number of 2009 graduates who enrolled in out-of-state colleges, it stands to reason that more than 21 percent of graduates went to four-year public universities across the country. We rate the statement .
Statement: The projected revenue from the Mayweather/Pacquiao fight is "larger than the annual GDP of 29 different countries.
Speaker: jim lampley
About the speaker: Jim Lampley is a boxing announcer for HBO.
Date: May 2, 2015
Topics: economy;sports;punditfact
Context: comments before the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight
Fact-check justification: Lampley said the revenue brought in by the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight was "larger than the annual GDP of 29 different countries." The match was estimated to generate about $400 million, which is a lot of money, to be sure. But only six out of the world’s nearly 200 countries have GDPs smaller than that, according to World Bank data. We’re KO’ing this . ! Correction: All 50 U.S. states have a gross state product in excess of $400 million. An earlier version of this fact-check was  on this point.
Statement: Joe Biden "inherited inflation of 1.7%. Now we're well over 8% and growing.
Speaker: kathy barnette
About the speaker: Kathy Barnette is a conservative activist who is running for a U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania.
Date: May 12, 2022
Location: pennsylvania
Topics: economy
Context: an interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham
Fact-check justification: Barnette said Biden "inherited inflation of 1.7%. Now we're well over 8% and growing." She is right on the numbers: Inflation has spiked significantly on Biden’s watch, partially though not entirely due to his policies, according to analysts. However, the year-over-year increase in inflation dropped slightly between March 2022 and April 2022, so to say it’s still "growing" is premature. We rate the statement .
Statement: Cass Sunstein, President Obama's nominee for regulatory czar, "wants to give legal standing to animals so they can sue you for eating meat.
Speaker: wayne lapierre
About the speaker: Wayne LaPierre is executive vice president of the National Rifle Association.
Date: February 27, 2009
Location: national
Topics: legal issues
Context: a CPAC conference
Fact-check justification: But we think LaPierre has twisted Sunstein's words. Sunstein wasn't saying you — the meat eater — could be sued by Porky Pig for eating bacon. But he was saying that if the pig that winds up on your breakfast plate was raised or killed in a way that violates existing animal cruelty laws, then someone ought to be able to sue the processor on the pig's behalf. That's all, folks. We rate LaPierre's statement .
Statement: Providence's port is "200 miles closer to Europe than any other Eastern port.
Speaker: james bennett
About the speaker: James Bennett is chairman of the  board of the Rhode Island Convention Center and director of Providence's Department of Economic Development.
Date: August 15, 2011
Location: rhode island
Topics: economy;infrastructure;trade;transportation
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: So, whether you're looking east or looking west, Bennett's statement is plain . His spokesman may call it a "narrow error of fact," but we hope that when he gives a pitch to a developer in his new role, he avoids such errors, narrow or otherwise. Our compass, the -O-Meter, points to . (Get updates from PolitiFactRI on Twitter . To comment or offer your ruling, visit us on our PolitiFact Rhode Island Facebook page.)
Statement: Last year, American oil production reached its highest level since 2003.
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: March 11, 2011
Location: national
Topics: economy;energy;history
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: The agency makes that projection based on expected production declines in Alaska due to maturing oil fields. Production in the Gulf of Mexico is also projected to decline. Both are partially offset by projected increases in the Lower 48 states, but on balance, EIA sees the numbers falling.      So Obama is right that American oil production is at its highest level since 2003, but we’re taking the statement down a notch on our rating scale because the amount is projected to fall during each of the next two years, making it somewhat problematic to use the number as  that domestic oil production is on a healthy trendline. On balance, we rate the statement .
Statement: Says Donald Trump's abortion rule "puts at risk 15 times more funding and millions more women and families ... than previous similar policies by Republican presidents.
Speaker: jeanne shaheen
About the speaker: Jeanne Shaheen is a Senator from New Hampshire.
Date: January 24, 2017
Topics: global news service;foreign policy;public health
Context: a Senate floor speech
Fact-check justification: Shaheen said Trump’s Mexico City policy has a much broader reach compared to past Republican presidents, putting 15 times as much money "at risk," as well as millions of women and families. On paper, the numbers support that comparison. Previous Republican administrations applied the abortion funding policy to family planning programs, which amount today to about $600 million. Trump included all global health spending, which is nearly $10 billion. There is no question Trump’s approach is broader and that millions more people could be affected. The White House has not clarified how it will interpret the policy. Its reach could be much narrower than the full scope of global programs, but Shaheen included the caveat that certain dollars were "at risk," not that they definitely would be affected. It’s also  that organizations facing funding cuts could drop activities related to abortion and the funds would continue to flow. Given what we know so far, we rate this  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/d02c95c8-3f03-49cc-992e-bff8ad2d0a45
Statement: The voting bill known as H.R. 1 "would force states to adopt universal mail-in ballots.
Speaker: mike pence
About the speaker: Mike Pence is the former vice president of the United States. A Republican, Pence was elected governor of Indiana in 2012. Pence previously served for 12 years as a congressman from Indiana representing the Sixth Congressional District; he was first elected in 2000. During his time in the U.S. House of Represenatives, he served as House Republican Conference chairman and chairman of the House Republican Study Committee. Pence was born in Columbus, Ind. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1981 from Hanover College and a law degree in 1986 from Indiana University. After accepting Donald Trump's offer to be running mate, Pence ended his 2016 campaign to be re-elected as Indiana governor. 
Date: March 3, 2021
Topics: elections
Context: the Daily Signal
Fact-check justification: Pence said H.R. 1 "would force states to adopt universal mail-in ballots." This is . H.R. 1 would not force every state to conduct elections almost entirely by mail, as several do now by sending ballots automatically to every registered voter.  Rather, the bill would ease the process of voting by mail for those who want to use it, by lifting rules that require an excuse to vote absentee and mandating proof of identification beyond a signature. It would not require anyone to stop using either early in-person voting or in-person voting on Election Day. We rate the statement . PolitiFact reporter Amy Sherman contributed to this report.
Statement: Our state transportation department already has a heavy debt load and has paid more than $700 million in debt payments in just the last two years.
Speaker: cody smith
About the speaker: Cody Smith is a Republican state representative in Missouri.
Date: March 6, 2019
Location: missouri
Topics: state budget;transportation
Context: a capitol report
Fact-check justification: Smith said, "Our state transportation department already has a heavy debt load and has paid more than $700 million in debt payments in just the last two years." His numbers match MoDOT’s records. They need clarification, however, because MoDOT paid off a big chunk of debt early, in order to avoid more interest accumulation. Because the statement is accurate and needs clarification, we rate the statement .
Statement: Jorge Elorza "wants to impose a municipal income tax.
Speaker: vincent "buddy" cianci
About the speaker: Vincent "Buddy" Cianci is a talk-radio host and ex-convict who spent more time serving as mayor of Providence (21 years from 1975 to 2002) than anyone in the city's history. He is the author of "Politics and Pasta: How I Prosecuted Mobsters, Rebuilt a Dying City, Advised a President, Dined with Sinatra, Spent Five Years in a Federally Funded Gated Community, and Lived to Tell the Tale." He was defeated in the 2014 mayoral election when he ran as an independent.
Date: September 10, 2014
Location: rhode island
Topics: city budget;deficit;economy;taxes
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: Vincent "Buddy" Cianci said Jorge Elorza "wants to impose a municipal income tax." Elorza has said he favors the tax in the context of using it to replace other taxes that he regards as less fair. But he has also made it clear that raising taxes in the city is not an option and has said it would not be part of his agenda. We found no  that Elorza wants to impose a municipal income tax. We rate Cianci’s   . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, email us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: Every 1 percent increase in the number of Ohioans with bachelor's degrees "means economic activity growing the next year and for each year thereafter (by) $2.5 billion dollars.
Speaker: jim petro
About the speaker: Jim Petro was appointed chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents in March 2011. He leads the University System of Ohio which is one of the largest comprehensive systems of public higher education in the nation.
Petro was Ohio Attorney General from 2003 to 2007 and Ohio Auditor of State from 1995 to 2003. He previously was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives and a Cuyahoga County commissioner.
Date: August 11, 2011
Location: ohio
Topics: economy;education;income
Context: a speech at Ohio State University
Fact-check justification: $4 billion? $8.8 billion?   Something in between? That’s a point that needs clarification. On the -O-Meter the  rates as .