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Statement: We spend more money on lobbying than we do on campaigns.
Speaker: george will
About the speaker: George Will is a conservative columnist syndicated by the Washington Post.
Date: May 31, 2015
Topics: campaign finance;ethics;punditfact
Context: a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday"
Fact-check justification: Will said that more money is spent on lobbying than on campaigns. In terms of the expenditures reported at the federal level, that is correct. In every election cycle since 2008, more money has gone toward lobbying than elections. The experts we reached said the official lobbying numbers fail to capture a lot of activity. Will’s statement is accurate. We rate it .
Statement: Says Bruce Rauner is "misquoting newspapers to lie about J.B. Pritzker.
Speaker: jb pritzker
About the speaker: J.B. Pritzker is Illinois' 43rd governor and a former Chicago venture capitalist and entrepreneur.
Date: August 24, 2018
Location: illinois
Topics: taxes
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: Pritzker’s ad says Rauner "is misquoting newspapers" to lie about him. Rauner’s ad selectively quotes from newspapers —  editorials — to reinforce a disputed narrative that Pritzker is out to broadly hike taxes on Illinoisans. In doing so, Rauner leaves out a key point acknowledged in the articles that his ad cites: Pritzker says he only wants to raise taxes on wealthier individuals. The Democrat’s campaign argues this means Rauner’s ad is "misquoting" those articles by taking them out of context. But most of the ad’s driving excerpts come from editorials or opinion columns that share Rauner’s dim view of Pritzker’s tax policies. The position advanced by Rauner’s ad clearly matches the harsher editorials that frame it. While Pritzker’s statement contains an element of , it ignores this critical fact. We rate it .
Statement: President Joe Biden threatened to "swoop down with Special Forces folks and gather up every gun in America.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: October 26, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks;guns
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claims that President Joe Biden threatened to "swoop down with Special Forces folks and gather up every gun in America." The  shows a seconds-long clip from a much longer speech that Biden delivered, when he described and debunked claims about proposed gun control legislation. His remark about the government gathering guns was intended to show what kind of misinformation was being spread. The entirety of his speech includes the context that makes that clear. We rate this  .
Statement: Three court rulings since May 2022 "have made it clear that it is unconstitutional to ban someone between the ages of 18 and 20 from being able to buy an AR.
Speaker: greg abbott
About the speaker: Greg Abbott won election as governor of Texas in November 2014, carrying 59 percent of the vote. Abbott was re-elected in 2018. Abbott, a former member of the Texas Supreme Court, served three terms as the state's attorney general before being succeeded by Ken Paxton in early 2015.
Date: August 31, 2022
Location: texas
Topics: legal issues;guns
Context: a campaign event
Fact-check justification: Abbott claimed that three court rulings since May 2022 "have made it clear that it is unconstitutional to ban someone between the ages of 18 and 20 from being able to buy an AR." Only one of the cases Abbott cited directly addressed limiting purchases of semi-automatic rifles. A California judge ruled the age restriction was constitutional and an appeals court disagreed, before vacating the ruling after Abbott’s statement. But Abbott also didn’t mention a case in Florida that is being appealed, in which a judge found the age limit did pass constitutional muster. Furthermore, the Supreme Court hasn’t weighed in on an age limit. We rate Abbott’s  .
Statement: Right now we are at 90 percent health insurance covered. That's the highest we've ever been in our country.
Speaker: hillary clinton
About the speaker: Hillary Clinton was the 2016 Democratic nominee for president. She served as U.S. Secretary of State during the first four years of the Obama administration. She is formerly a U.S. senator from New York, first elected in 2000. She was a candidate for president in 2008. She previously served as first lady when her husband, Bill Clinton, served two terms as president. She was born in Chicago in 1947, graduated from Wellesley College and earned a law degree at Yale Law School. She and her husband have one daughter.
Date: October 9, 2016
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: the second 2016 presidential debate
Fact-check justification: Clinton said, "Right now we are at 90 percent health insurance covered. That's the highest we've ever been in our country." According to Census Bureau data, that’s correct; it was just shy of 91 percent in 2015, the most recent year for which data is available. We rate the statement . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/491fb1b8-ab7c-4372-bd27-f484b5729ea7
Statement: Because of Democratic tax hikes, New Jersey ended a decade with fewer private sector jobs for the first time in recorded history.
Speaker: steve oroho
About the speaker: Steve Oroho is a Republican state senator representing Sussex County and parts of Morris and Warren counties.
Date: June 29, 2011
Location: new jersey
Topics: jobs;taxes
Context: a press release from Sen. Steve Oroho (R-Sussex)
Fact-check justification: Let’s review: Pointing to Democratic tax hikes, Oroho said the last decade marked the first time since 1939 that New Jersey ended a decade with fewer private-sector jobs than it started with. He’s right, based on research by Rutgers professors and our own analysis of federal data. But given the impact of the recession on job losses -- and as the senator acknowledges himself -- tax hikes are not the only factors involved. We rate his statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: There's actually been more subpoenas issued by the (U.S. House) majority than bills passed.
Speaker: rob wittman
About the speaker: Rob Wittman, a Republican, represents Virginia's first 1st Congressional District, which stretches from Newport News to some outlying Norther Virginia preincts.
Wittman worked for 20 years at the Virginia Department of Health as an environmental health specialist and as field director for the Division of Shellfish Sanitation.
He served on the Montross Town Council from 1986 to 1996 and on the Westmoreland County Board of Supervisors from 1996 to 2005. He was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2005. Two years later, he won a special election to Congress following the death of Rep. Jo Ann Davis, a Republican.
Wittman holds a B.S. in biology from Virginia Tech, a Master's degree in public health from the University of North Carolina and a Ph.D. in public policy and administration from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Date: November 11, 2019
Location: virginia
Topics: congress;impeachment
Fact-check justification: Wittman said, "There’s actually been more subpoenas issued by the majority than bills passed." That’s , and Wittman’s spokesperson told us the congressman misspoke. But the  the  Wittman’s spokesperson says the congressman was trying to make - that House Democrats are responsible for more subpoenas than bills passed into law - is also , since it compares two very different processes. We rate this statement .
Statement: U.S. Reps. Eric Cantor and Luis Gutierrez were "touring the country last year … joined at the hip, working together in a bipartisan fashion indeed for the goal of immigration reform.
Speaker: laura ingraham
About the speaker: Laura Ingraham is a conservative broadcaster and commentator. On April 13, 2014, she was named an ABC News contributor.
Date: June 3, 2014
Location: virginia
Topics: immigration
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Ingraham said Cantor and Gutierrez were "touring the country last year … joined at the hip, working together in a bipartisan fashion indeed for the goal of immigration reform." Cantor and Gutierrez were among 100 leaders who attended a pilgrimage to the New York City area last July that focused on immigration issues. Aides say that’s the only immigration event Cantor and Gutierrez both happened to attend and that the two lawmakers have never met to discuss immigration. One event in New York does not make a national tour. Ingraham can’t point to another immigration gig Cantor and Gutierrez both attended. Her likening the two politicians to Simon and Garfunkel "joined at the hip" on a tour to promote immigration reform is not only , it’s . We rate Ingraham’s statement .
Statement: The immigration visa lottery "randomly hands out green cards without any regard for skill, merit, or the safety of American people.
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 30, 2018
Location: national
Topics: immigration;homeland security
Context: State of the Union address
Fact-check justification: Trump said the visa lottery program "randomly hands out green cards without any regard for skill, merit, or the safety of our people." While lottery applicants are randomly selected, they must meet education and work experience requirements. They must also be vetted by the United States government before being allowed to come to the United States. We rate Trump’s  .
Statement: There is a federal criminal law that says it's a crime to transport dentures across state lines.
Speaker: bob goodlatte
About the speaker: Bob Goodlatte, a Republican, was first elected to Congress in 1993. He represents Virginia's 6th District, centered in Roanoke.
He is currently the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and the vice chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.
Goodlatte earned a law degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, in 1977. His undergraduate degree in government was earned at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, in 1974.
Date: November 24, 2015
Location: virginia
Topics: public health
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: Goodlatte said it’s a federal crime "to transport dentures across state lines." He made the statement while promoting a bill that would repeal what he considers to be unnecessary laws. A 73-year-old federal law does make it a crime for non-dentists who make  teeth to ship their wares out of state. But it doesn’t restrict citizens from wearing their dentures wherever they go. The congressman didn’t mention that. So Goodlatte’s  is accurate but needs a clarification. We rate it .
Statement: Planned Parenthood clinics are "closing down all over the country" because Roe v. Wade was overturned.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: June 27, 2022
Topics: abortion;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post said that Planned Parenthood clinics are "closing down all over the country" because Roe v. Wade was overturned. Planned Parenthood says it has more than 600 health centers. We found some examples of Planned Parenthood clinics shuttering before the ruling. In some cases, news reports noted that the closures were in anticipation of the ruling and that Planned Parenthood was shifting resources to prepare for a post-Roe reality — merging some clinics and opening at least one near the border of a state where abortion will be illegal. But the suggestion that there’s a widespread closure of Planned Parenthood clinics across the country because they can no longer perform abortions in some states is . And none have closed since the Supreme Court’s ruling. We rate this  .
Statement: Says fewer than 30 percent of Texas college students graduate in four years and only 58 percent graduate within six years.
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: October 1, 2012
Location: texas
Topics: education
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: Perry said fewer than 30 percent of Texas college students graduate in four years and only 58 percent graduate within six years. That information is drawn from the state’s higher education oversight agency. We rate the  as .
Statement: Says Dan Sullivan approved a "light sentence" for a sex offender who got out of prison and is now charged with a gruesome murder and sexual assault.
Speaker: mark begich
About the speaker: U.S. Sen. Mark Begich is a Democrat from Alaska. He was elected in November 2008.
Date: August 29, 2014
Location: national
Topics: criminal justice;crime;message machine 2014
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: Begich said Sullivan approved a "light sentence" to a sex offender who is now charged with "murdering a senior couple and sexually assaulting their two-year-old granddaughter." Active, who is awaiting trial, received a shorter sentence than he was supposed to, but the  that led to this sentence happened before Sullivan became attorney general. So to pin the error on Sullivan is , and to suggest that he actively approved the sentence is a fabrication.  The ad is not only , it makes an inflammatory accusation. We rate this  .
Statement: Nancy Pelosi ordered a 220-seat Boeing 757 to fly to her home state, costing taxpayers nearly $5.8 million annually.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 25, 2020
Topics: congress;corrections and updates;federal budget;facebook fact-checks
Context: on social media
Fact-check justification: We rate this statement .  Correction (July 1, 2020): Pelosi had access to a 12-seat Gulfstream V aircraft during her first term as speaker. An earlier version of this story incorrectly suggested she had access to and occassionally flew on a larger plane. This story has been updated to reflect that change. The ruling stands.
Statement: The New York City Police Department arrested a 9-year-old "because she didn't have a vaccine card in the museum.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: January 22, 2022
Location: new york
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: An Instagram post said the New York City Police Department arrested a 9-year-old "because she didn’t have a vaccine card in the museum." The child was not arrested. She was escorted to the police station and cared for by officers until a group of adults who had been arrested — including her mother — was released. The adults were arrested for trespassing because they refused to leave the museum after it closed, not because they failed to show proof of vaccination. We rate this  .
Statement: Live Nation scheduled the 50,000-person Astroworld music festival at a venue that has a capacity of 20,000.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: November 8, 2021
Location: texas
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: Live Nation, which reported $2.7 billion in revenue for its third quarter, is the world's largest live-event company. A viral Facebook post said event organizer Live Nation scheduled the 50,000-person Astroworld festival at a venue that has a capacity of 20,000. The venue has a capacity of 200,000, based on fire codes, and attendance was capped at 50,000.   The  also said that the event lacked sufficient water stations and medical personnel, but those reports are anecdotal and have not been substantiated by city officials. We rate this  .
Statement: In Rhode Island, "only 5 percent of ozone pollution is from local or in-state sources. . . Ninety-five percent comes from outside of our borders, particularly the Midwest.
Speaker: jack reed
About the speaker: Jack Reed, a former attorney and army officer, is Rhode Island's senior. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 until 1996, when he was elected to the U.S. Senate.
Date: November 10, 2011
Location: rhode island
Topics: environment;energy;public health;states
Context: a speech on the Senate floor
Fact-check justification: Jack Reed said 95 percent of Rhode Island's ozone pollution comes from outside the state, and most of it is imported from the Midwest. The percentages come from a 13-year-old EPA report -- the most recent available -- that looks at, not ozone directly, but the pollutants that generate ozone under the right conditions. But the pollution sent into the air by smokestacks in the Midwest makes up only a small fraction of the pollution coming into Rhode Island, an amount overwhelmed by the dirty air coming from New York and New Jersey. Because the first part of Reed’s statement is accurate and the second part is not, we’ll split the difference and rate his   . (Get updates from PolitiFactRI on Twitter . To comment or offer your ruling, visit us on our PolitiFact Rhode Island Facebook page.)
Statement: The economy added more jobs during four years under Obama than it did in the entire eight years under George W. Bush.
Speaker: gilberto hinojosa
About the speaker: Gilberto Hinojosa, a former elected judge for Cameron County in the Rio Grande Valley, won election as chairman of the Texas Democratic Party in June 2012.
Date: May 8, 2013
Location: texas
Topics: economy;jobs
Context: an email blast
Fact-check justification: Hinojosa said the economy gained more jobs in Obama’s first term than it did through Bush’s two terms. This statement depends on cherry-picking information for particular months--obscuring the fact that at one point during Bush’s presidency, the economy had gained more jobs than the country picked up in Obama’s first term. It’s also a stretch to pin, or associate, job gains or losses on any president. The economy is influenced by many additional factors. These clarifications aside, the nation had net job gains during Obama’s first term outpacing net job gains through Bush’s two terms, which ended with a downturn that was the worst since the Great Depression. We rate this  as .
Statement: There are parts of I-80 near Joliet that school buses are not allowed to cross because of the fragile nature of a bridge.
Speaker: jim durkin
About the speaker: Jim Durkin is the Illinois State Representative for the 82nd District and the House Republican Leader.
Date: June 3, 2019
Location: illinois
Topics: infrastructure;public safety;taxes
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: Durkin said, "There are parts of I-80 near Joliet that school buses are not allowed to cross because of the fragile nature of a bridge." Neither state transportation officials nor any of the Joliet-area school district officials we spoke with could identify such a policy and Durkin’s office couldn’t point us to one. Some districts do try to avoid taking the interstate whenever possible, though, not just because of the bridges but also because of traffic congestion through Joliet and heavy trucks often barrelling at high speeds away from town. So Durkin’s on firm ground when it comes to his broader point about the critical need for infrastructure investment in the area following years of neglect. However, he underscored that argument with a sloppy example that does not match up with the facts. We rate his  .  – The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: John Boehner has called for "repealing the rest of the stimulus, which would raise taxes on 110 million middle class people.
Speaker: austan goolsbee
About the speaker: Austan Goolsbee is the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. He also serves as chief economist of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board. Goolsbee is the Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. He was an economic adviser to Obama’s 2008 Presidential campaign.
Date: September 12, 2010
Location: national
Topics: stimulus;this week - abc news;taxes
Context: ABC's "This Week"
Fact-check justification: And Democrats want to remind that it does. But in this case, we think Goolsbee is overreaching to make his point. Yes, Boehner and other Republicans have talked about putting a halt to all unspent stimulus -- and without being more specific, one might wonder if that includes money not yet spent on tax credits. But when you dig into the nitty-gritty of the Republicans' plan, it specifically notes that it does not include repeal of Making Work Pay. And so we rule Goolsbee's  .
Statement: Under my administration, 7 million Americans have come off of food stamps, and 10 million people have been lifted off of welfare.
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: February 4, 2020
Location: national
Context: the State of the Union
Fact-check justification: Trump said, "Under my administration, 7 million Americans have come off of food stamps, and 10 million people have been lifted off of welfare." Trump’s  that 7 million Americans have come off food stamps since he took office isn’t too far off, although some discrepancies in reporting show slightly skewed data. The decline is also likely due to both the growing economy and the administration’s policy changes that have affected eligibility for some groups.  But his broad welfare  overshoots actual caseloads and appears to include programs that provide benefits to children and seniors as well as working adults.  We rate this .
Statement: Says he "invested over $100 million in worker training.
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: August 13, 2014
Location: wisconsin
Topics: education;jobs;state budget
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: For example, $12 million is allocated for "WorkKeys," a job skills assessment that is intended "to help high school pupils identify necessary coursework and provide another indicator for career readiness." Our rating Walker said he has "invested over $100 million into worker training." The governor has directed more than $100 million into a variety of new worker training programs. But his statement needs clarification in that he also cut general aid to technical colleges, some of which is used for worker training.    Our rating is .