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All Fact-checks for Welfare

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.”

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stated on November 17, 2022 in a news release

Proposed rule would limit milk for WIC participants

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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.”

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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.”

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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."

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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."

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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.”

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stated on July 26, 2020 in a Facebook post

“Mississippi got 10,145 warrants for unemployment fraud!!”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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."

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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?"

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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."

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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."

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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."

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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."

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stated on April 12, 2019 in a radio interview

"Tony Evers is cutting child support."

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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."

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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."

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