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Nicholas Mattiello
stated on April 6, 2014 in a television interview:
The Pell bridge “is a tourism bridge essentially and not a commuter bridge.”
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 11, 2014
Dennis Richardson
stated on September 9, 2013 in a newsletter.:
“More than 400 car crashes occur each year on the current, congested Columbia River Bridge.”
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • September 20, 2013
Alan Grayson
stated on May 21, 2013 in a news release:
A bill to advance the Keystone XL Pipeline “is an earmark” under House rules.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 31, 2013
Bob Stacey
stated on November 26, 2012 in in a memo:
Says “If Oregon’s Legislature simply authorizes $450 million for the CRC, it will … leave Oregon holding the bag for a great deal more cost responsibility.”
False
By Christian Gaston • February 20, 2013
David Cicilline
stated on October 16, 2012 in a debate:
“There are more oil rigs in operation in the United States than the rest of the world combined.”
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 22, 2012
David Cicilline
stated on August 28, 2012 in a TV debate:
“We will spend $100 billion in Afghanistan this year, fixing roads, building bridges, training police officers, and more, [and] cutting the same things in our own country.”
False
By Tom Mooney • September 5, 2012
Chuck Fleischmann
stated on July 17, 2012 in in a blog post on his campaign website.:
Says that President Obama said that “Small Businesses Succeed Because of Government.”
False
By Michael Collins • August 6, 2012
Lincoln Chafee
stated on January 11, 2012 in a news conference:
The InterLink at T.F. Green Airport is the closest air-rail link in the country.
False
By Alex Kuffner • January 26, 2012
James Bennett
stated on August 15, 2011 in a news conference:
Providence’s port is “200 miles closer to Europe than any other Eastern port.”
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 21, 2011
Raymond LaHood
stated on September 6, 2010 in a speech at a Labor Day rally in Milwaukee:
“It’s coming. Nobody can stop this train.”
False
By James B. Nelson • October 7, 2010
Scott Walker
stated on September 7, 2010 in campaign TV and radio ads:
Says Mark Neumann = Nancy Pelosi
False
By Dave Umhoefer, Lee Bergquist • September 9, 2010
Rick Perry
stated on July 19, 2010 in a Perry website:
Says Bill White “profiteered in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita.”
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 9, 2010
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