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Latest Fact-Checks In Government Regulation

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Asa Hutchinson
stated on December 11, 2023 in comments at Stand with Crypto Alliance at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire:
China is allowed to do crypto mining in the U.S.
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By Louis Jacobson, Rebecca Catalanello • December 15, 2023
Senate Majority PAC
stated on September 12, 2022 in an ad:
Blake Masters does not support abortion exceptions for rape and incest.
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By Tom Kertscher • September 16, 2022
Mark Kelly
stated on August 5, 2022 in an ad:
Blake Masters “wants to pass a national ban on abortion.”
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By Tom Kertscher • August 26, 2022
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on June 14, 2022 in an ad:
Adam Laxalt “wants to restrict” and “worked to limit access to birth control.”
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By Tom Kertscher • June 23, 2022
Andrew Gillum
stated on August 29, 2018 in an MSNBC interview:
Says he was sued by the NRA and the gun lobby “all because in my city we refused to repeal an ordinance which said you…
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By Miriam Valverde • September 5, 2018
Keith Rothfus
stated on May 22, 2018 in a press release:
“Since the end of the financial crisis, we have seen an average of one community bank or credit union disappear every day.”
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By Colin Deppen • May 31, 2018
Evan Jenkins
stated on April 23, 2018 in a U.S. Senate debate:
“I’ve cut a half a billion (dollars) out of the EPA just in the last two years. We’ve cut 3,000 jobs out of the EPA.”
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By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2018
Michael Screnock
stated on March 2, 2018 in a debate:
Says Rebecca Dallet “has talked about her interest in advocating for policies that need to be changed to achieve her political objectives.”
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By Tom Kertscher • March 21, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
stated on February 22, 2018 in an interview :
Says 97 percent of gun owners support universal background checks.  
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By Tom Kertscher • March 2, 2018
Chris Taylor
stated on October 4, 2017 in a news conference:
In Wisconsin, “we have a bill that would allow hidden, deadly weapons — every single person to carry one — no training, no background check,…
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By Tom Kertscher • October 6, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 12, 2017 in a news release:
Imitation dairy products often differ nutritionally from those they mimic, and labeling them “milk” or “cheese” or “yogurt” is “against the law.”
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By Dave Umhoefer • January 27, 2017
Paul Ryan
stated on November 9, 2016 in a news conference:
Obamacare “is not a popular law.”
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By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2016
Robby Mook
stated on October 30, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press":
“There are Justice Department policies against” FBI Director James Comey discussing details of a federal investigation “so close to an election.”
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By Linda Qiu • October 30, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on July 5, 2016 in a tweet:
“Taxpayers are paying a fortune for the use of Air Force One on the campaign trail” by President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 7, 2016
Cory Booker
stated on June 16, 2016 in an interview on MSNBC:
“Al-Qaida operatives, have said, ‘Hey, we want you to use this loophole (for purchasing guns despite being on a watch list) to attack and kill…
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 23, 2016
Charles Schumer
stated on June 14, 2016 in a news conference:
Last year, “244 suspected terrorists walked into gun shops and attempted to purchase a firearm; 223 were able to get the firearm.”
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 15, 2016
Larry Yarborough
stated on June 9, 2016 in a meeting in the legislature about hemp regulations:
Says if you try to hide marijuana in a hemp field, “it becomes worthless. The THC goes away.”
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By Will Doran • June 14, 2016
Safety For All Initiative
stated on June 13, 2016 in a campaign website:
“More than 32,000 Americans lose their lives to gun violence each year.”  
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By Chris Nichols • June 14, 2016
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 4, 2016 in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper:
“The market is making this decision. The market has driven down the cost of coal, so you have companies going bankrupt.”
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By Lauren Carroll • May 10, 2016
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 26, 2016 in a speech:
“Under the federal Controlled Substance Act, marijuana is listed in the same Schedule I as heroin,” even though “marijuana is not a killer drug like…
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By Tom Kertscher • April 22, 2016
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