Claim: "New Jersey alone, my home state, is facing a ten-and-a-half billion dollar shortfall in its 2012 fiscal budget. This means more cuts in state and local spending for education, which means our kids are hurt."
Fact-check: Robert Menendez says New Jersey budget shortfall means education funding cuts
Verdict: false
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Bill Wichert
Date published: 2011-11-03T00:00:00