Latest Mostly True Fact-checks in Regulation 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 couldn’t shoot guns in city parks." 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." Perry Thurston stated on February 26, 2018 in a Senate committee meeting: "Florida is one of only 10 states that totally prohibit a (firearm) registry." Eric Greitens stated on July 12, 2017 in a Facebook post: "When we came into office, we saw that Missouri had 113,000 regulations. That’s more than 7.5 million words; it’s 40 dictionaries worth of regulations." Kip Kendrick stated on January 20, 2017 in an interview on KMIZ’s “This Week”: "Corporate entities are paying a lot less taxes this year than they have in the past. Part of that is from a loophole in a bill that was passed in 2015." Gina Raimondo stated on September 28, 2016 in a television interview: "In other states (where illegal immigrants have been allowed to get driver's licenses) their insurance premiums for everybody have gone down." Hillary Clinton stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate: Says Donald Trump "was one of the people who rooted for the housing crisis. He said back in 2006, ‘Gee, I hope it does collapse because then I can go in and buy some and make some money.’ " Tom Harkin stated on July 26, 2016 in in a speech at the Democratic National Convention: Says "employers are still allowed to pay people with disabilities below the minimum wage." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on June 18, 2016 in a Medium post: "40% of Americans know someone who has been killed by a gun." 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 Americans.'" 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." 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." Ron Johnson stated on October 7, 2015 in an interview: Some 8.1 million of the estimated 11 million to 12 million people "in this country illegally are working." Hillary Clinton stated on October 5, 2015 in her gun policy platform.: "While 38 percent of (firearms) dealers that were inspected in 2011 were noncompliant with federal law, only 0.05 percent of inspected dealers had their licenses revoked." Dino Baccari stated on April 16, 2015 in testimony before the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services.: A Penn State University study found that "electronic cigarettes . . . are far less addictive than cigarettes." Gina Raimondo stated on March 13, 2015 in a television interview: "Rhode Island has the second highest per enrollee (Medicaid) cost of any state in the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average." Charlie Crist stated on September 4, 2014 in a campaign document: "Under Rick Scott, homeowners are paying higher (home insurance) premiums for less coverage." Linda Finn stated on March 18, 2014 in a speech during a rally at the Rhode Island state house: "By a two-to-one margin, Rhode Islanders want to ban assault weapons and we have a very small percentage of gun owners in this state, less than 13 percent." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 17, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor: "61 percent of non-tea party Republicans actually agree...there is 'solid evidence the earth is warming,' ...[but] 70 percent of tea partiers, contrarily, say there is 'no solid evidence' the earth is warming." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on November 13, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate: In a poll, "53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as 'ignorant,' 'out of touch' or 'crazy.'" Allan Fung stated on November 4, 2013 in a campaign speech: "We have created new jobs here in Cranston -- more than 1,000." Mike Collins stated on August 1, 2013 in an interview: Says federal regulations adopted in 2011 increased the cost of each vehicle for his business by $10,000. National Republican Congressional Committee stated on May 23, 2013 in a press release: Says "With nearly 75 percent of Americans supportive of the construction of the pipeline, Schrader needs to explain to Oregon families why he voted against this needed project." Linda Finn stated on February 26, 2013 in a news release: "Rhode Island could tell you who has a camper, but we couldn't figure out who has a gun." Connie Mack stated on August 11, 2012 in remarks: "A small business in my district" needed "31 different permits and fees just to be able to expand." Barack Obama stated on February 23, 2012 in a speech in Miami: "We supported the first new nuclear power plant in three decades." Rick Scott stated on February 11, 2012 in speech at CPAC: "We are poised to get rid of over 1,000 more regulations in 2012." John Whitmire stated on May 3, 2011 in remarks on the Senate floor: Says the Texas Board of Nursing has a backlog of "3,000 complaints against nurses, many of them sexual assaults, malfeasance." Barack Obama stated on June 15, 2010 in a speech from the Oval Office: "Oil companies showered regulators (at the Minerals Management Service) with gifts and favors, and were essentially allowed to conduct their own safety inspections and write their own regulations." Lawrence Summers stated on April 4, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": On financial reform, there is "a million dollars being spent, per congressman, in lobbying expenses on this issue. (The) industry has four lobbyists per member of the House and Senate working on this."
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 couldn’t shoot guns in city parks." 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." Perry Thurston stated on February 26, 2018 in a Senate committee meeting: "Florida is one of only 10 states that totally prohibit a (firearm) registry." Eric Greitens stated on July 12, 2017 in a Facebook post: "When we came into office, we saw that Missouri had 113,000 regulations. That’s more than 7.5 million words; it’s 40 dictionaries worth of regulations." Kip Kendrick stated on January 20, 2017 in an interview on KMIZ’s “This Week”: "Corporate entities are paying a lot less taxes this year than they have in the past. Part of that is from a loophole in a bill that was passed in 2015." Gina Raimondo stated on September 28, 2016 in a television interview: "In other states (where illegal immigrants have been allowed to get driver's licenses) their insurance premiums for everybody have gone down." Hillary Clinton stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate: Says Donald Trump "was one of the people who rooted for the housing crisis. He said back in 2006, ‘Gee, I hope it does collapse because then I can go in and buy some and make some money.’ " Tom Harkin stated on July 26, 2016 in in a speech at the Democratic National Convention: Says "employers are still allowed to pay people with disabilities below the minimum wage." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on June 18, 2016 in a Medium post: "40% of Americans know someone who has been killed by a gun." 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 Americans.'" 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." 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." Ron Johnson stated on October 7, 2015 in an interview: Some 8.1 million of the estimated 11 million to 12 million people "in this country illegally are working." Hillary Clinton stated on October 5, 2015 in her gun policy platform.: "While 38 percent of (firearms) dealers that were inspected in 2011 were noncompliant with federal law, only 0.05 percent of inspected dealers had their licenses revoked." Dino Baccari stated on April 16, 2015 in testimony before the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services.: A Penn State University study found that "electronic cigarettes . . . are far less addictive than cigarettes." Gina Raimondo stated on March 13, 2015 in a television interview: "Rhode Island has the second highest per enrollee (Medicaid) cost of any state in the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average." Charlie Crist stated on September 4, 2014 in a campaign document: "Under Rick Scott, homeowners are paying higher (home insurance) premiums for less coverage." Linda Finn stated on March 18, 2014 in a speech during a rally at the Rhode Island state house: "By a two-to-one margin, Rhode Islanders want to ban assault weapons and we have a very small percentage of gun owners in this state, less than 13 percent." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 17, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor: "61 percent of non-tea party Republicans actually agree...there is 'solid evidence the earth is warming,' ...[but] 70 percent of tea partiers, contrarily, say there is 'no solid evidence' the earth is warming." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on November 13, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate: In a poll, "53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as 'ignorant,' 'out of touch' or 'crazy.'" Allan Fung stated on November 4, 2013 in a campaign speech: "We have created new jobs here in Cranston -- more than 1,000." Mike Collins stated on August 1, 2013 in an interview: Says federal regulations adopted in 2011 increased the cost of each vehicle for his business by $10,000. National Republican Congressional Committee stated on May 23, 2013 in a press release: Says "With nearly 75 percent of Americans supportive of the construction of the pipeline, Schrader needs to explain to Oregon families why he voted against this needed project." Linda Finn stated on February 26, 2013 in a news release: "Rhode Island could tell you who has a camper, but we couldn't figure out who has a gun." Connie Mack stated on August 11, 2012 in remarks: "A small business in my district" needed "31 different permits and fees just to be able to expand." Barack Obama stated on February 23, 2012 in a speech in Miami: "We supported the first new nuclear power plant in three decades." Rick Scott stated on February 11, 2012 in speech at CPAC: "We are poised to get rid of over 1,000 more regulations in 2012." John Whitmire stated on May 3, 2011 in remarks on the Senate floor: Says the Texas Board of Nursing has a backlog of "3,000 complaints against nurses, many of them sexual assaults, malfeasance." Barack Obama stated on June 15, 2010 in a speech from the Oval Office: "Oil companies showered regulators (at the Minerals Management Service) with gifts and favors, and were essentially allowed to conduct their own safety inspections and write their own regulations." Lawrence Summers stated on April 4, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": On financial reform, there is "a million dollars being spent, per congressman, in lobbying expenses on this issue. (The) industry has four lobbyists per member of the House and Senate working on this."
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 couldn’t shoot guns in city parks."
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."
Perry Thurston stated on February 26, 2018 in a Senate committee meeting: "Florida is one of only 10 states that totally prohibit a (firearm) registry."
Eric Greitens stated on July 12, 2017 in a Facebook post: "When we came into office, we saw that Missouri had 113,000 regulations. That’s more than 7.5 million words; it’s 40 dictionaries worth of regulations."
Kip Kendrick stated on January 20, 2017 in an interview on KMIZ’s “This Week”: "Corporate entities are paying a lot less taxes this year than they have in the past. Part of that is from a loophole in a bill that was passed in 2015."
Gina Raimondo stated on September 28, 2016 in a television interview: "In other states (where illegal immigrants have been allowed to get driver's licenses) their insurance premiums for everybody have gone down."
Hillary Clinton stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate: Says Donald Trump "was one of the people who rooted for the housing crisis. He said back in 2006, ‘Gee, I hope it does collapse because then I can go in and buy some and make some money.’ "
Tom Harkin stated on July 26, 2016 in in a speech at the Democratic National Convention: Says "employers are still allowed to pay people with disabilities below the minimum wage."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on June 18, 2016 in a Medium post: "40% of Americans know someone who has been killed by a gun."
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 Americans.'"
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."
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."
Ron Johnson stated on October 7, 2015 in an interview: Some 8.1 million of the estimated 11 million to 12 million people "in this country illegally are working."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 5, 2015 in her gun policy platform.: "While 38 percent of (firearms) dealers that were inspected in 2011 were noncompliant with federal law, only 0.05 percent of inspected dealers had their licenses revoked."
Dino Baccari stated on April 16, 2015 in testimony before the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services.: A Penn State University study found that "electronic cigarettes . . . are far less addictive than cigarettes."
Gina Raimondo stated on March 13, 2015 in a television interview: "Rhode Island has the second highest per enrollee (Medicaid) cost of any state in the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average."
Charlie Crist stated on September 4, 2014 in a campaign document: "Under Rick Scott, homeowners are paying higher (home insurance) premiums for less coverage."
Linda Finn stated on March 18, 2014 in a speech during a rally at the Rhode Island state house: "By a two-to-one margin, Rhode Islanders want to ban assault weapons and we have a very small percentage of gun owners in this state, less than 13 percent."
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 17, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor: "61 percent of non-tea party Republicans actually agree...there is 'solid evidence the earth is warming,' ...[but] 70 percent of tea partiers, contrarily, say there is 'no solid evidence' the earth is warming."
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on November 13, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate: In a poll, "53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as 'ignorant,' 'out of touch' or 'crazy.'"
Allan Fung stated on November 4, 2013 in a campaign speech: "We have created new jobs here in Cranston -- more than 1,000."
Mike Collins stated on August 1, 2013 in an interview: Says federal regulations adopted in 2011 increased the cost of each vehicle for his business by $10,000.
National Republican Congressional Committee stated on May 23, 2013 in a press release: Says "With nearly 75 percent of Americans supportive of the construction of the pipeline, Schrader needs to explain to Oregon families why he voted against this needed project."
Linda Finn stated on February 26, 2013 in a news release: "Rhode Island could tell you who has a camper, but we couldn't figure out who has a gun."
Connie Mack stated on August 11, 2012 in remarks: "A small business in my district" needed "31 different permits and fees just to be able to expand."
Barack Obama stated on February 23, 2012 in a speech in Miami: "We supported the first new nuclear power plant in three decades."
Rick Scott stated on February 11, 2012 in speech at CPAC: "We are poised to get rid of over 1,000 more regulations in 2012."
John Whitmire stated on May 3, 2011 in remarks on the Senate floor: Says the Texas Board of Nursing has a backlog of "3,000 complaints against nurses, many of them sexual assaults, malfeasance."
Barack Obama stated on June 15, 2010 in a speech from the Oval Office: "Oil companies showered regulators (at the Minerals Management Service) with gifts and favors, and were essentially allowed to conduct their own safety inspections and write their own regulations."
Lawrence Summers stated on April 4, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": On financial reform, there is "a million dollars being spent, per congressman, in lobbying expenses on this issue. (The) industry has four lobbyists per member of the House and Senate working on this."