Claim: The state budget proposal has been submitted "on time and  the earliest that a governor has done so in over two decades."
Fact-check: Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee says he submitted his state budget proposal earlier than any governor in the past two decades
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: C. Eugene Emery Jr.
Date published: 2013-01-18T00:00:00