Latest True Fact-checks in Families Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 in a campaign event in North Carolina: Project 2025 would “end Head Start.” Lisa Subeck stated on February 16, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: “The United States is an outlier, one of only about half a dozen countries, without any guarantee of paid leave for new parents and/or other health care needs.” Kelda Helen Roys stated on April 26, 2023 in Twitter: Infertility is treated differently than other issues and "often excluded from insurance coverage" Mark Pocan stated on August 27, 2021 in Twitter: End of eviction moratorium means “millions of Americans” could lose their housing in the middle of a pandemic. Jennifer Boysko stated on January 18, 2021 in a committee debate.: “The United States is the only industrialized, modernized country that does not already have a paid family medical leave program in place.” Shelia Stubbs stated on March 12, 2019 in a public forum: "Wisconsin (has) the highest infant mortality rate for black babies nationwide." Andrew Cuomo stated on December 17, 2018 in a speech: New York has passed "the best paid family leave" program in the United States of America. David Lewis stated on June 1, 2017 in a tweet: "The waiting list for Pre-K is over in the House budget." Hillary Clinton stated on September 15, 2016 in a speech: "Latinos are 17 percent of our country's population but hold only 2 percent of its wealth." Donna Howard stated on August 23, 2016 in a press conference by Austin Democrats: Child care costs "in some states now exceed the average price tag for college tuition." Hillary Clinton stated on September 1, 2016 in x: Says Alex Jones "said that the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there." Paul Ryan stated on January 9, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: "Today, if you were raised poor, you’re just as likely to stay poor as you were 50 years ago." Julián Castro stated on July 27, 2015 in his year-in-review speech: "Less than half of the poorest American households have a home Internet subscription." Don Beyer stated on June 15, 2015 in a website post: "More than half of women under 30 who give birth do so outside of marriage..." Elizabeth Roberts stated on March 2, 2015 in a presentation to the Reinventing Medicaid Working Group: "More than 30 cents of every state tax dollar goes to Medicaid." The Associated Press stated on March 9, 2015 in article: Under legislation that has cleared the Georgia House, some children who are "legal refugees" could obtain state scholarships to attend private schools. Seth Magaziner stated on April 13, 2014 in an appearance on “10 News Conference”: "In Rhode Island today, 25 percent of our households either don't have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and they're still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on." National Partnership for Women & Families stated on April 8, 2014 in a news release: "Women in Oregon are paid 79 cents for every dollar paid to men. If the wage gap was eliminated, a working woman in Oregon would have enough money for 2,877 gallons of gas, 72 more weeks of food for her family or nearly 12 more months of rent." Rob Portman stated on March 8, 2014 in a Republican weekly address: "The average family (is) now bringing home $4,000 less than they did just five years ago." Terry McAuliffe stated on January 13, 2014 in a speech.: "Seventy percent of all uninsured live in households in which at least one person is working." City of Austin stated on November 8, 2013 in a press release: "Nearly 20% of our residents" are born abroad. John Scocos stated on September 20, 2013 in a statement: "There are still tens of thousands of missing service members from previous and current conflicts that our nation is working to find and repatriate." David Cicilline stated on July 21, 2013 in an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers" program: "The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan office, did an analysis and said that passing comprehensive immigration reform will reduce the federal deficit by $200 billion over the next decade." Don Lemon stated on July 27, 2013 in a commentary on CNN: "More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock." Tom Cole stated on July 16, 2013 in an MSNBC interview: Food stamp spending "doubled under President Bush, doubled again under President Obama." Mike DeWine stated on November 20, 2012 in a news release: Says Fran DeWine’s made-from-scratch dinner rolls are a delicious favorite in a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Brendan Doherty stated on October 9, 2012 in a news release: "David Cicilline was the state representative who opposed tough mandatory sentences for those convicted of domestic violence and child abuse." Marcy Kaptur stated on March 12, 2012 in an interview on PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton on MSNBC: "The poorest in this country are women." Glenn Grothman stated on March 2, 2012 in an interview: Says a study shows that children who live with a biological parent and the parent's boyfriend or girlfriend "have a 20 times greater chance of being sexually abused." Dennis Kucinich stated on December 15, 2011 in a news release: "The top 10 most well-paid CEOs in America received a combined $770 million in 2010, while the average American worker’s wage rose just 2 percent."
Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 in a campaign event in North Carolina: Project 2025 would “end Head Start.” Lisa Subeck stated on February 16, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: “The United States is an outlier, one of only about half a dozen countries, without any guarantee of paid leave for new parents and/or other health care needs.” Kelda Helen Roys stated on April 26, 2023 in Twitter: Infertility is treated differently than other issues and "often excluded from insurance coverage" Mark Pocan stated on August 27, 2021 in Twitter: End of eviction moratorium means “millions of Americans” could lose their housing in the middle of a pandemic. Jennifer Boysko stated on January 18, 2021 in a committee debate.: “The United States is the only industrialized, modernized country that does not already have a paid family medical leave program in place.” Shelia Stubbs stated on March 12, 2019 in a public forum: "Wisconsin (has) the highest infant mortality rate for black babies nationwide." Andrew Cuomo stated on December 17, 2018 in a speech: New York has passed "the best paid family leave" program in the United States of America. David Lewis stated on June 1, 2017 in a tweet: "The waiting list for Pre-K is over in the House budget." Hillary Clinton stated on September 15, 2016 in a speech: "Latinos are 17 percent of our country's population but hold only 2 percent of its wealth." Donna Howard stated on August 23, 2016 in a press conference by Austin Democrats: Child care costs "in some states now exceed the average price tag for college tuition." Hillary Clinton stated on September 1, 2016 in x: Says Alex Jones "said that the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there." Paul Ryan stated on January 9, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: "Today, if you were raised poor, you’re just as likely to stay poor as you were 50 years ago." Julián Castro stated on July 27, 2015 in his year-in-review speech: "Less than half of the poorest American households have a home Internet subscription." Don Beyer stated on June 15, 2015 in a website post: "More than half of women under 30 who give birth do so outside of marriage..." Elizabeth Roberts stated on March 2, 2015 in a presentation to the Reinventing Medicaid Working Group: "More than 30 cents of every state tax dollar goes to Medicaid." The Associated Press stated on March 9, 2015 in article: Under legislation that has cleared the Georgia House, some children who are "legal refugees" could obtain state scholarships to attend private schools. Seth Magaziner stated on April 13, 2014 in an appearance on “10 News Conference”: "In Rhode Island today, 25 percent of our households either don't have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and they're still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on." National Partnership for Women & Families stated on April 8, 2014 in a news release: "Women in Oregon are paid 79 cents for every dollar paid to men. If the wage gap was eliminated, a working woman in Oregon would have enough money for 2,877 gallons of gas, 72 more weeks of food for her family or nearly 12 more months of rent." Rob Portman stated on March 8, 2014 in a Republican weekly address: "The average family (is) now bringing home $4,000 less than they did just five years ago." Terry McAuliffe stated on January 13, 2014 in a speech.: "Seventy percent of all uninsured live in households in which at least one person is working." City of Austin stated on November 8, 2013 in a press release: "Nearly 20% of our residents" are born abroad. John Scocos stated on September 20, 2013 in a statement: "There are still tens of thousands of missing service members from previous and current conflicts that our nation is working to find and repatriate." David Cicilline stated on July 21, 2013 in an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers" program: "The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan office, did an analysis and said that passing comprehensive immigration reform will reduce the federal deficit by $200 billion over the next decade." Don Lemon stated on July 27, 2013 in a commentary on CNN: "More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock." Tom Cole stated on July 16, 2013 in an MSNBC interview: Food stamp spending "doubled under President Bush, doubled again under President Obama." Mike DeWine stated on November 20, 2012 in a news release: Says Fran DeWine’s made-from-scratch dinner rolls are a delicious favorite in a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Brendan Doherty stated on October 9, 2012 in a news release: "David Cicilline was the state representative who opposed tough mandatory sentences for those convicted of domestic violence and child abuse." Marcy Kaptur stated on March 12, 2012 in an interview on PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton on MSNBC: "The poorest in this country are women." Glenn Grothman stated on March 2, 2012 in an interview: Says a study shows that children who live with a biological parent and the parent's boyfriend or girlfriend "have a 20 times greater chance of being sexually abused." Dennis Kucinich stated on December 15, 2011 in a news release: "The top 10 most well-paid CEOs in America received a combined $770 million in 2010, while the average American worker’s wage rose just 2 percent."
Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 in a campaign event in North Carolina: Project 2025 would “end Head Start.”
Lisa Subeck stated on February 16, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: “The United States is an outlier, one of only about half a dozen countries, without any guarantee of paid leave for new parents and/or other health care needs.”
Kelda Helen Roys stated on April 26, 2023 in Twitter: Infertility is treated differently than other issues and "often excluded from insurance coverage"
Mark Pocan stated on August 27, 2021 in Twitter: End of eviction moratorium means “millions of Americans” could lose their housing in the middle of a pandemic.
Jennifer Boysko stated on January 18, 2021 in a committee debate.: “The United States is the only industrialized, modernized country that does not already have a paid family medical leave program in place.”
Shelia Stubbs stated on March 12, 2019 in a public forum: "Wisconsin (has) the highest infant mortality rate for black babies nationwide."
Andrew Cuomo stated on December 17, 2018 in a speech: New York has passed "the best paid family leave" program in the United States of America.
David Lewis stated on June 1, 2017 in a tweet: "The waiting list for Pre-K is over in the House budget."
Hillary Clinton stated on September 15, 2016 in a speech: "Latinos are 17 percent of our country's population but hold only 2 percent of its wealth."
Donna Howard stated on August 23, 2016 in a press conference by Austin Democrats: Child care costs "in some states now exceed the average price tag for college tuition."
Hillary Clinton stated on September 1, 2016 in x: Says Alex Jones "said that the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there."
Paul Ryan stated on January 9, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: "Today, if you were raised poor, you’re just as likely to stay poor as you were 50 years ago."
Julián Castro stated on July 27, 2015 in his year-in-review speech: "Less than half of the poorest American households have a home Internet subscription."
Don Beyer stated on June 15, 2015 in a website post: "More than half of women under 30 who give birth do so outside of marriage..."
Elizabeth Roberts stated on March 2, 2015 in a presentation to the Reinventing Medicaid Working Group: "More than 30 cents of every state tax dollar goes to Medicaid."
The Associated Press stated on March 9, 2015 in article: Under legislation that has cleared the Georgia House, some children who are "legal refugees" could obtain state scholarships to attend private schools.
Seth Magaziner stated on April 13, 2014 in an appearance on “10 News Conference”: "In Rhode Island today, 25 percent of our households either don't have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and they're still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on."
National Partnership for Women & Families stated on April 8, 2014 in a news release: "Women in Oregon are paid 79 cents for every dollar paid to men. If the wage gap was eliminated, a working woman in Oregon would have enough money for 2,877 gallons of gas, 72 more weeks of food for her family or nearly 12 more months of rent."
Rob Portman stated on March 8, 2014 in a Republican weekly address: "The average family (is) now bringing home $4,000 less than they did just five years ago."
Terry McAuliffe stated on January 13, 2014 in a speech.: "Seventy percent of all uninsured live in households in which at least one person is working."
City of Austin stated on November 8, 2013 in a press release: "Nearly 20% of our residents" are born abroad.
John Scocos stated on September 20, 2013 in a statement: "There are still tens of thousands of missing service members from previous and current conflicts that our nation is working to find and repatriate."
David Cicilline stated on July 21, 2013 in an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers" program: "The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan office, did an analysis and said that passing comprehensive immigration reform will reduce the federal deficit by $200 billion over the next decade."
Don Lemon stated on July 27, 2013 in a commentary on CNN: "More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock."
Tom Cole stated on July 16, 2013 in an MSNBC interview: Food stamp spending "doubled under President Bush, doubled again under President Obama."
Mike DeWine stated on November 20, 2012 in a news release: Says Fran DeWine’s made-from-scratch dinner rolls are a delicious favorite in a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.
Brendan Doherty stated on October 9, 2012 in a news release: "David Cicilline was the state representative who opposed tough mandatory sentences for those convicted of domestic violence and child abuse."
Marcy Kaptur stated on March 12, 2012 in an interview on PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton on MSNBC: "The poorest in this country are women."
Glenn Grothman stated on March 2, 2012 in an interview: Says a study shows that children who live with a biological parent and the parent's boyfriend or girlfriend "have a 20 times greater chance of being sexually abused."
Dennis Kucinich stated on December 15, 2011 in a news release: "The top 10 most well-paid CEOs in America received a combined $770 million in 2010, while the average American worker’s wage rose just 2 percent."
