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Harry Reid
stated on May 6, 2014 in a news conference:

Congress used earmarks "for more than 200 years."

By Tim Ryan • May 13, 2014
Matt Bevin
stated on April 3, 2014 in a radio interview:

"Many" of the founding fathers were "very actively involved" in cockfighting.

By Tim Ryan • May 1, 2014
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on April 14, 2014 in in a press release:

"Obama has proposed 442 tax hikes since taking office."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 22, 2014
Virginia Foxx
stated on April 15, 2014 in in a comment on Twitter:

Americans spend "6.1 billion hours a year" on tax preparation.

By Tim Ryan • April 15, 2014
Cory Gardner
stated on March 31, 2014 in an interview on Fox News:

Says Mark Udall "decided Obamacare. ... He passed Obamacare with his vote."

By Tim Ryan • April 15, 2014
Charles Koch
stated on April 2, 2014 in an op-ed for the "Wall Street Journal.":

"EPA officials have commended (Koch Industries) for our ‘commitment to a cleaner environment’ and called us ‘a model for other companies.’ "

By Steve Contorno • April 4, 2014
Facebook posts
stated on March 10, 2014 in a post from Being Liberal:

Says Marco Rubio believes the earth is 9,000 years old and that humans hunted dinosaurs to extinction; says Rand Paul believes the earth is 10,000 years old and God removed dinosaurs "to make space for humans."

By Tim Ryan • March 25, 2014

Fact-checking primary contests in Kentucky, Oregon and Idaho

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 20, 2014
PolitiFact's Top 5 fact-checks for March

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 1, 2014
Facebook meme wrongly accuses GOP 2016 hopefuls on dinosaurs

By Tim Ryan • March 26, 2014
In context: What Obama said about "fundamentally transforming" the nation

By Tim Ryan • February 6, 2014