Claim: Says "today unemployment has been running near 12 percent or more for the last four years" and the Legislature hasn't done much to lower it.
Fact-check: How much is the Oregon Legislature to blame for Deschutes County's 12 percent unemployment rate? 
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Janie Har
Date published: 2012-04-02T00:00:00