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Gabrielle Healy is a PolitiFact intern for spring 2017 and a student at Kenyon College.

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Donald Trump
stated on April 30, 2017 in an interview:

Says of the GOP health care proposal, "pre-existing conditions are in the bill."

By Amy Sherman • May 1, 2017
Jackie Speier
stated on April 13, 2017 in an interview:

Says President Donald Trump as a candidate mentioned WikiLeaks "over 160 times in speeches" in the last month of the campaign.

By Gabrielle Healy • April 21, 2017
Sean Spicer
stated on March 21, 2017 in a press conference:

"Global food demand is expected to increase by 50 to 97 percent by 2050."

By Gabrielle Healy • March 30, 2017
Luis Gutierrez
stated on March 12, 2017 in CNN's State of the Union:

"2009-2010, let's remember, hundreds of Republican amendments were adopted in the ACA."

By Gabrielle Healy • March 16, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
stated on March 5, 2017 in an interview with CNN's "State of the Union":

Says 70 percent of benefits in Donald Trump’s proposal for child care "go to the people making over $100,000 a year."

By Gabrielle Healy • March 8, 2017
Rand Paul
stated on March 2, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"We've repealed regulations for the first time in 20 years using the Congressional Review Act -- three regulations that were going to cost the economy hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs."

By Gabrielle Healy • March 2, 2017
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2017 in a speech before a joint session of Congress:

"According to data provided by the Department of Justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted of terrorism and terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came here from outside of our country."

By Miriam Valverde • March 2, 2017
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 5, 2017 in an interview on CNN:

Says former President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominations "required 60 votes."

By Gabrielle Healy • February 9, 2017