Latest Fact-checks in Welfare Kevin McCarthy stated on May 28, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "Every study has shown” that when work requirements are tied to federal safety-net programs, “it puts more people to work.” Elise Stefanik stated on November 17, 2022 in a news release: Proposed rule would limit milk for WIC participants Robin Vos stated on November 22, 2022 in Public statement: “A lot of the programs (that were) started during the pandemic are still going, even though the pandemic is long over.” Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2022 in a Facebook post: The U.S. government’s inaction over buffalo killing that harmed Native American populations in the 1800s shows it is now “is creating food shortages” so that Americans are more “dependent on the government.” Carla Sands stated on January 19, 2022 in an ad: Joe Biden's “$4 trillion” Build Back Better bill is "the largest expansion of welfare programs in 60 years." Facebook posts stated on August 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: "If your employer is mandating any pokes, do not quit. Make them fire you. That way you get unemployment benefits." Mark Walker stated on July 19, 2021 in a tweet: Says he worked to pass the 2018 farm bill “that helped farmers, invest(ed) in rural broadband, and added work requirements for able-bodied adults, Budd voted NO.” Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Mississippi got 10,145 warrants for unemployment fraud!!” Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in a White House speech: Under Joe Biden’s policy, immigrants in the country illegally “get welfare benefits. United States citizens don't get what they're looking to give illegal immigrants.” Facebook posts stated on June 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Maine Gov. Janet Mills is “using taxpayer money to buy cars for those on welfare, without a public hearing on the rules. If someone on welfare sells the car for cash without the state’s approval, the rules don’t allow the state to prosecute them for car theft.” Facebook posts stated on April 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: “President Trump has banned welfare for illegal immigrants which will save $57.4 billion a year.” John Nygren stated on January 22, 2020 in a news release: Says Gov. Tony Evers "proposed raising taxes on the agriculture industry to pay for expanded welfare programs." David DiPietro stated on October 30, 2019 in an interview: When it comes to how many of the 35 different federal welfare benefits each state can offer, "the average in the country is about 12 to 14. Why are we giving every one?" Donald Trump stated on November 4, 2019 in a campaign email to Vermont media: "President Trump has lifted the prospect of voters across Vermont, overseeing a 11,742 decline of Vermont residents on food stamps." Rob Schmitt stated on August 14, 2019 in a "Fox & Friends First" discussion: Says the Trump administration’s new policy for legal immigrants on welfare "has been around for a while. This is not a new thing that the president is trying to implement here, that the United States has been this way." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on June 17, 2019 in a tweet: Says Amazon is "paying full-time employees so little that they require gov food assistance." Brian Kolfage stated on June 10, 2019 in a tweet: Says that in New Mexico, "illegals are issued emergency welfare EBT cards with $1k a month +$200 for each child, for at least 5+ years until they see a judge." Dale Kooyenga stated on April 12, 2019 in a radio interview: "Tony Evers is cutting child support." Congressional Leadership Fund stated on August 8, 2018 in an ad: Says Amy McGrath "wants to fund more welfare for people who can work, but don’t." Congressional Leadership Fund stated on August 27, 2018 in in a TV ad: "In Augusta, (Jared) Golden voted to let welfare recipients use your tax dollars to buy tattoos, tobacco, alcohol, even lottery tickets." Steve Cortes stated on January 23, 2018 in in an interview: "We have right now, … in the state of California, 55 percent of all immigrants are on public assistance." Heartland Institute stated on January 22, 2018 in an op-ed in The Hill: Work requirements "have been proven to help impoverished families move from dependency to self-sufficiency." Paul Ryan stated on August 21, 2017 in a town hall: Says Aaron Rodgers "is not the highest tax rate payer" in Wisconsin, it's "the single mom getting 24 grand in benefits with two kids who will lose 80 cents on the dollar if she goes and takes a job." David Perdue stated on August 8, 2017 in a USA Today op-ed: "Half of all immigrant households receive benefits from our social welfare system." Bryce Reeves stated on December 4, 2016 in a radio interview.: "If you’re a single mom, and you’ve two kids in the city of Richmond, you can almost make $50,000 a year on the public dole." National Republican Congressional Committee stated on October 11, 2016 in a TV ad : Says Colorado congressional candidate Morgan Carroll "voted to allow welfare recipients to use your tax dollars at ATMs at strip clubs and pot dispensaries." Tom DeLay stated on September 1, 2016 in an interview on MSNBC: Says most illegal immigrants draw "welfare benefits, they’re sending their kids to school, they’re using the public services." Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in the 2016 Republican National Convention: "Forty-three million Americans are on food stamps." Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland: "Two million more Latinos are in poverty today than when President Obama took his oath of office less than eight years ago." Catherine Hanaway stated on March 17, 2016 in a Republican gubernatorial debate: "We’re the worst state in the country at moving people from welfare to work."
Kevin McCarthy stated on May 28, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "Every study has shown” that when work requirements are tied to federal safety-net programs, “it puts more people to work.” Elise Stefanik stated on November 17, 2022 in a news release: Proposed rule would limit milk for WIC participants Robin Vos stated on November 22, 2022 in Public statement: “A lot of the programs (that were) started during the pandemic are still going, even though the pandemic is long over.” Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2022 in a Facebook post: The U.S. government’s inaction over buffalo killing that harmed Native American populations in the 1800s shows it is now “is creating food shortages” so that Americans are more “dependent on the government.” Carla Sands stated on January 19, 2022 in an ad: Joe Biden's “$4 trillion” Build Back Better bill is "the largest expansion of welfare programs in 60 years." Facebook posts stated on August 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: "If your employer is mandating any pokes, do not quit. Make them fire you. That way you get unemployment benefits." Mark Walker stated on July 19, 2021 in a tweet: Says he worked to pass the 2018 farm bill “that helped farmers, invest(ed) in rural broadband, and added work requirements for able-bodied adults, Budd voted NO.” Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Mississippi got 10,145 warrants for unemployment fraud!!” Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in a White House speech: Under Joe Biden’s policy, immigrants in the country illegally “get welfare benefits. United States citizens don't get what they're looking to give illegal immigrants.” Facebook posts stated on June 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Maine Gov. Janet Mills is “using taxpayer money to buy cars for those on welfare, without a public hearing on the rules. If someone on welfare sells the car for cash without the state’s approval, the rules don’t allow the state to prosecute them for car theft.” Facebook posts stated on April 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: “President Trump has banned welfare for illegal immigrants which will save $57.4 billion a year.” John Nygren stated on January 22, 2020 in a news release: Says Gov. Tony Evers "proposed raising taxes on the agriculture industry to pay for expanded welfare programs." David DiPietro stated on October 30, 2019 in an interview: When it comes to how many of the 35 different federal welfare benefits each state can offer, "the average in the country is about 12 to 14. Why are we giving every one?" Donald Trump stated on November 4, 2019 in a campaign email to Vermont media: "President Trump has lifted the prospect of voters across Vermont, overseeing a 11,742 decline of Vermont residents on food stamps." Rob Schmitt stated on August 14, 2019 in a "Fox & Friends First" discussion: Says the Trump administration’s new policy for legal immigrants on welfare "has been around for a while. This is not a new thing that the president is trying to implement here, that the United States has been this way." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on June 17, 2019 in a tweet: Says Amazon is "paying full-time employees so little that they require gov food assistance." Brian Kolfage stated on June 10, 2019 in a tweet: Says that in New Mexico, "illegals are issued emergency welfare EBT cards with $1k a month +$200 for each child, for at least 5+ years until they see a judge." Dale Kooyenga stated on April 12, 2019 in a radio interview: "Tony Evers is cutting child support." Congressional Leadership Fund stated on August 8, 2018 in an ad: Says Amy McGrath "wants to fund more welfare for people who can work, but don’t." Congressional Leadership Fund stated on August 27, 2018 in in a TV ad: "In Augusta, (Jared) Golden voted to let welfare recipients use your tax dollars to buy tattoos, tobacco, alcohol, even lottery tickets." Steve Cortes stated on January 23, 2018 in in an interview: "We have right now, … in the state of California, 55 percent of all immigrants are on public assistance." Heartland Institute stated on January 22, 2018 in an op-ed in The Hill: Work requirements "have been proven to help impoverished families move from dependency to self-sufficiency." Paul Ryan stated on August 21, 2017 in a town hall: Says Aaron Rodgers "is not the highest tax rate payer" in Wisconsin, it's "the single mom getting 24 grand in benefits with two kids who will lose 80 cents on the dollar if she goes and takes a job." David Perdue stated on August 8, 2017 in a USA Today op-ed: "Half of all immigrant households receive benefits from our social welfare system." Bryce Reeves stated on December 4, 2016 in a radio interview.: "If you’re a single mom, and you’ve two kids in the city of Richmond, you can almost make $50,000 a year on the public dole." National Republican Congressional Committee stated on October 11, 2016 in a TV ad : Says Colorado congressional candidate Morgan Carroll "voted to allow welfare recipients to use your tax dollars at ATMs at strip clubs and pot dispensaries." Tom DeLay stated on September 1, 2016 in an interview on MSNBC: Says most illegal immigrants draw "welfare benefits, they’re sending their kids to school, they’re using the public services." Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in the 2016 Republican National Convention: "Forty-three million Americans are on food stamps." Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland: "Two million more Latinos are in poverty today than when President Obama took his oath of office less than eight years ago." Catherine Hanaway stated on March 17, 2016 in a Republican gubernatorial debate: "We’re the worst state in the country at moving people from welfare to work."
Kevin McCarthy stated on May 28, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "Every study has shown” that when work requirements are tied to federal safety-net programs, “it puts more people to work.”
Elise Stefanik stated on November 17, 2022 in a news release: Proposed rule would limit milk for WIC participants
Robin Vos stated on November 22, 2022 in Public statement: “A lot of the programs (that were) started during the pandemic are still going, even though the pandemic is long over.”
Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2022 in a Facebook post: The U.S. government’s inaction over buffalo killing that harmed Native American populations in the 1800s shows it is now “is creating food shortages” so that Americans are more “dependent on the government.”
Carla Sands stated on January 19, 2022 in an ad: Joe Biden's “$4 trillion” Build Back Better bill is "the largest expansion of welfare programs in 60 years."
Facebook posts stated on August 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: "If your employer is mandating any pokes, do not quit. Make them fire you. That way you get unemployment benefits."
Mark Walker stated on July 19, 2021 in a tweet: Says he worked to pass the 2018 farm bill “that helped farmers, invest(ed) in rural broadband, and added work requirements for able-bodied adults, Budd voted NO.”
Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Mississippi got 10,145 warrants for unemployment fraud!!”
Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in a White House speech: Under Joe Biden’s policy, immigrants in the country illegally “get welfare benefits. United States citizens don't get what they're looking to give illegal immigrants.”
Facebook posts stated on June 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Maine Gov. Janet Mills is “using taxpayer money to buy cars for those on welfare, without a public hearing on the rules. If someone on welfare sells the car for cash without the state’s approval, the rules don’t allow the state to prosecute them for car theft.”
Facebook posts stated on April 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: “President Trump has banned welfare for illegal immigrants which will save $57.4 billion a year.”
John Nygren stated on January 22, 2020 in a news release: Says Gov. Tony Evers "proposed raising taxes on the agriculture industry to pay for expanded welfare programs."
David DiPietro stated on October 30, 2019 in an interview: When it comes to how many of the 35 different federal welfare benefits each state can offer, "the average in the country is about 12 to 14. Why are we giving every one?"
Donald Trump stated on November 4, 2019 in a campaign email to Vermont media: "President Trump has lifted the prospect of voters across Vermont, overseeing a 11,742 decline of Vermont residents on food stamps."
Rob Schmitt stated on August 14, 2019 in a "Fox & Friends First" discussion: Says the Trump administration’s new policy for legal immigrants on welfare "has been around for a while. This is not a new thing that the president is trying to implement here, that the United States has been this way."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on June 17, 2019 in a tweet: Says Amazon is "paying full-time employees so little that they require gov food assistance."
Brian Kolfage stated on June 10, 2019 in a tweet: Says that in New Mexico, "illegals are issued emergency welfare EBT cards with $1k a month +$200 for each child, for at least 5+ years until they see a judge."
Congressional Leadership Fund stated on August 8, 2018 in an ad: Says Amy McGrath "wants to fund more welfare for people who can work, but don’t."
Congressional Leadership Fund stated on August 27, 2018 in in a TV ad: "In Augusta, (Jared) Golden voted to let welfare recipients use your tax dollars to buy tattoos, tobacco, alcohol, even lottery tickets."
Steve Cortes stated on January 23, 2018 in in an interview: "We have right now, … in the state of California, 55 percent of all immigrants are on public assistance."
Heartland Institute stated on January 22, 2018 in an op-ed in The Hill: Work requirements "have been proven to help impoverished families move from dependency to self-sufficiency."
Paul Ryan stated on August 21, 2017 in a town hall: Says Aaron Rodgers "is not the highest tax rate payer" in Wisconsin, it's "the single mom getting 24 grand in benefits with two kids who will lose 80 cents on the dollar if she goes and takes a job."
David Perdue stated on August 8, 2017 in a USA Today op-ed: "Half of all immigrant households receive benefits from our social welfare system."
Bryce Reeves stated on December 4, 2016 in a radio interview.: "If you’re a single mom, and you’ve two kids in the city of Richmond, you can almost make $50,000 a year on the public dole."
National Republican Congressional Committee stated on October 11, 2016 in a TV ad : Says Colorado congressional candidate Morgan Carroll "voted to allow welfare recipients to use your tax dollars at ATMs at strip clubs and pot dispensaries."
Tom DeLay stated on September 1, 2016 in an interview on MSNBC: Says most illegal immigrants draw "welfare benefits, they’re sending their kids to school, they’re using the public services."
Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in the 2016 Republican National Convention: "Forty-three million Americans are on food stamps."
Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland: "Two million more Latinos are in poverty today than when President Obama took his oath of office less than eight years ago."
Catherine Hanaway stated on March 17, 2016 in a Republican gubernatorial debate: "We’re the worst state in the country at moving people from welfare to work."