Statements we say are True
"The Social Security disability fund is going belly up in 2016."
"Within the three miles surrounding the University Circle area, infant mortality exceeds some Third World countries."
"Right now, Texas doesn’t have an income tax and Oklahoma’s lowering their income tax rates, and guess what their severance tax is? Sky high."
"It is legal in Ohio to fire an employee or evict a tenant just for being gay."
"There have been literally hundreds of new tax preferences and loopholes added to the code since 1986, last time we did this."
"Ohio companies export more goods and services globally than 41 other states."
"Three in four low-income workers don’t have any paid sick days available."
Says out-of-state abortion clinics "have marketed their services to minors" in states with parental consent laws.
"It is ironic that (First Energy Corp. is) going to have a name on our (football stadium) where we (Cleveland Public Power) supply the electricity."
Abraham Lincoln "visited and some say even danced in (the Ohio Senate) chamber."
"I am now the No. 2 member of this House in terms of length of service."
"Unlike the gridlock in Washington, more than 80 percent of the bills we passed during this General Assembly had bipartisan support."
Seven of America’s 10 wealthiest counties are in the Washington, D.C., area.
"Individuals with mental illnesses die an average of 25 years earlier than those without a mental illness."
"Fourteen million Americans' mortgages are greater than the value of their homes."
"A man using bath salts reported that raccoons had set fire inside his home and stolen his cell phone."
Says food stamp growth, while high, lagged the rise in unemployment.
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