Latest Fact-checks in Water Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Friends of Clearwater PAC stated on October 21, 2013 in a flier: Passage of a referendum on an aquarium for Clearwater means "NO future funding for our neighborhoods." Independent Texans stated on September 3, 2013 in a white paper on Proposition 6: $6 billion water bond program voters passed in 2011 "has yet to be tapped." Amardeep Kaleka stated on October 20, 2013 in an interview: Wisconsin sold fresh water to California, helping that state's dairy industry, and "lost a bunch of jobs (and) a bunch of farmland." Nick Fish stated on August 13, 2013 in a statement on the Portland Water Bureau website: Says "we are going to sell this house and use the proceeds to stabilize rates." Portlanders for Water Reform stated on July 18, 2013 in a fundraising letter.: Says the reasoning behind Portland's high water and sewer rates is "all kinds of ’pet projects’ unrelated to the core function of the water and sewer bureaus" Miami-Dade County stated on July 9, 2013 in a county budget document: Miami-Dade has "the nation’s highest-rated tap water." Richard Durbin stated on June 25, 2013 in a Senate floor speech: Recent record-low water levels in Lake Michigan are evidence that global warming is leading to "the evaporation of our Great Lakes." Kris Jordan stated on June 6, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor : Says Delaware County has more waterfront property than any other county in the state of Ohio Dwight Jones stated on March 12, 2013 in a statement.: Says under his utility rate plan, "An estimated 50 percent of our residential households will see a decrease in their water and wastewater bills." Clean Water Portland stated on April 8, 2013 in a campaign flier: Says "If you compare the Portland Metro area to the CDC’s statewide cavity rates ... the Portland Metro area would actually rank as having the 15th lowest cavity rate in the U.S." Sacramento Bee Editorial Board stated on February 6, 2013 in an editorial.: Says Texas ranks first among the states in the amount of carbon dioxide emitted and toxic chemicals released into water. Lee Leffingwell stated on December 13, 2012 in an Austin City Council meeting.: Says Austin’s treated wastewater, put into the Colorado River, is of higher quality than water the city takes from the lake for public use. Kirk Watson stated on December 31, 2012 in an opinion piece in the Austin American-Statesman: Says in "our region," 2011 was worst drought year ever recorded. John Kasich stated on November 29, 2012 in a news conference: Says "Detroit dumping a bunch of sewage" in Lake Erie "causes big problems" for Ohio. Kirk Watson stated on October 21, 2012 in an answer for the League of Women Voters, Austiin Area, Voters Guide.: "Texas’ population is projected to double in the next 50 years or so, but our basic amount of water will remain about where it is now." John Kasich stated on July 25, 2012 in an announcement at the Ohio State Fair: "Ninety percent of the topsoil has inadequate moisture to grow crops." Helio Melo stated on June 7, 2012 in a House floor debate: "People who wash cars at home will use approximately 80 percent more water than they do in a car wash." Jefferson Smith stated on April 30, 2012 in a debate: Says the mayor’s job "is to make sure that if somebody is trying to build a set of water treatment plants to cure us from cryptosporidium we don’t have, we don't say yes even if CH2M Hill wants us to." Eileen Brady stated on April 30, 2012 in a debate : Says we could have saved ourselves the cost of building the Powell Butte water reservoir. Amanda Fritz stated on April 19, 2012 in campaign material : Says she is "saving ratepayers $6 million/year." Ron Oakley stated on April 16, 2012 in a campaign mailer: Ron Oakley's "conservative leadership protected local taxpayers over government bureaucrats" as the Water Management District’s budget decreased by "58 percent in the four years he served on the board." Brigid Shea stated on March 5, 2012 in an op-ed column.: In "the past 10 years, our (Austin) water rates have increased by 100 percent and we now have the highest water cost of the top 10 cities in Texas." Marcy Kaptur stated on February 29, 2012 in a House of Representatives floor speech: Says Lake Erie contains more native fish than all the other Great Lakes combined. Kasim Reed stated on February 23, 2012 in an interview: "We also have, in a park that’s not far from here, an ability to build a reservoir that can hold a 30-day water supply for the city of Atlanta." Penny Bernard Schaber stated on January 27, 2012 in a legislative hearing: A proposed mine in Wisconsin is "about two-thirds the size of Lake Winnebago." DeKalb County stated on November 11, 2011 in a brochure: A DeKalb sewer project "will create up to 4,000 direct jobs per year at peak production, many of which will be set aside exclusively for DeKalb residents." H204TEXAS PAC stated on October 24, 2011 in an email blast.: Proposition 2 on November’s Texas ballot "does not cost state taxpayers any money." Eileen Brady stated on September 8, 2011 in in a speech: Says "Many people I’ve talked to are angry that because of City Hall inaction we may have to spend a needless $500 million to cover and treat our pure drinking water." Amanda Fritz stated on October 3, 2011 in in campaign literature: Says that "In 2009, I saved ratepayers around $500 million by persuading the Council to pursue a less expensive compliance mechanism if the City is required to treat Bull Run drinking water." Critics of water fluoridation stated on October 4, 2011 in a Pinellas County Commission meeting and web comments: Say water fluoridation started in Nazi Germany ghettos and death camps to pacify the Jews.
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Friends of Clearwater PAC stated on October 21, 2013 in a flier: Passage of a referendum on an aquarium for Clearwater means "NO future funding for our neighborhoods." Independent Texans stated on September 3, 2013 in a white paper on Proposition 6: $6 billion water bond program voters passed in 2011 "has yet to be tapped." Amardeep Kaleka stated on October 20, 2013 in an interview: Wisconsin sold fresh water to California, helping that state's dairy industry, and "lost a bunch of jobs (and) a bunch of farmland." Nick Fish stated on August 13, 2013 in a statement on the Portland Water Bureau website: Says "we are going to sell this house and use the proceeds to stabilize rates." Portlanders for Water Reform stated on July 18, 2013 in a fundraising letter.: Says the reasoning behind Portland's high water and sewer rates is "all kinds of ’pet projects’ unrelated to the core function of the water and sewer bureaus" Miami-Dade County stated on July 9, 2013 in a county budget document: Miami-Dade has "the nation’s highest-rated tap water." Richard Durbin stated on June 25, 2013 in a Senate floor speech: Recent record-low water levels in Lake Michigan are evidence that global warming is leading to "the evaporation of our Great Lakes." Kris Jordan stated on June 6, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor : Says Delaware County has more waterfront property than any other county in the state of Ohio Dwight Jones stated on March 12, 2013 in a statement.: Says under his utility rate plan, "An estimated 50 percent of our residential households will see a decrease in their water and wastewater bills." Clean Water Portland stated on April 8, 2013 in a campaign flier: Says "If you compare the Portland Metro area to the CDC’s statewide cavity rates ... the Portland Metro area would actually rank as having the 15th lowest cavity rate in the U.S." Sacramento Bee Editorial Board stated on February 6, 2013 in an editorial.: Says Texas ranks first among the states in the amount of carbon dioxide emitted and toxic chemicals released into water. Lee Leffingwell stated on December 13, 2012 in an Austin City Council meeting.: Says Austin’s treated wastewater, put into the Colorado River, is of higher quality than water the city takes from the lake for public use. Kirk Watson stated on December 31, 2012 in an opinion piece in the Austin American-Statesman: Says in "our region," 2011 was worst drought year ever recorded. John Kasich stated on November 29, 2012 in a news conference: Says "Detroit dumping a bunch of sewage" in Lake Erie "causes big problems" for Ohio. Kirk Watson stated on October 21, 2012 in an answer for the League of Women Voters, Austiin Area, Voters Guide.: "Texas’ population is projected to double in the next 50 years or so, but our basic amount of water will remain about where it is now." John Kasich stated on July 25, 2012 in an announcement at the Ohio State Fair: "Ninety percent of the topsoil has inadequate moisture to grow crops." Helio Melo stated on June 7, 2012 in a House floor debate: "People who wash cars at home will use approximately 80 percent more water than they do in a car wash." Jefferson Smith stated on April 30, 2012 in a debate: Says the mayor’s job "is to make sure that if somebody is trying to build a set of water treatment plants to cure us from cryptosporidium we don’t have, we don't say yes even if CH2M Hill wants us to." Eileen Brady stated on April 30, 2012 in a debate : Says we could have saved ourselves the cost of building the Powell Butte water reservoir. Amanda Fritz stated on April 19, 2012 in campaign material : Says she is "saving ratepayers $6 million/year." Ron Oakley stated on April 16, 2012 in a campaign mailer: Ron Oakley's "conservative leadership protected local taxpayers over government bureaucrats" as the Water Management District’s budget decreased by "58 percent in the four years he served on the board." Brigid Shea stated on March 5, 2012 in an op-ed column.: In "the past 10 years, our (Austin) water rates have increased by 100 percent and we now have the highest water cost of the top 10 cities in Texas." Marcy Kaptur stated on February 29, 2012 in a House of Representatives floor speech: Says Lake Erie contains more native fish than all the other Great Lakes combined. Kasim Reed stated on February 23, 2012 in an interview: "We also have, in a park that’s not far from here, an ability to build a reservoir that can hold a 30-day water supply for the city of Atlanta." Penny Bernard Schaber stated on January 27, 2012 in a legislative hearing: A proposed mine in Wisconsin is "about two-thirds the size of Lake Winnebago." DeKalb County stated on November 11, 2011 in a brochure: A DeKalb sewer project "will create up to 4,000 direct jobs per year at peak production, many of which will be set aside exclusively for DeKalb residents." H204TEXAS PAC stated on October 24, 2011 in an email blast.: Proposition 2 on November’s Texas ballot "does not cost state taxpayers any money." Eileen Brady stated on September 8, 2011 in in a speech: Says "Many people I’ve talked to are angry that because of City Hall inaction we may have to spend a needless $500 million to cover and treat our pure drinking water." Amanda Fritz stated on October 3, 2011 in in campaign literature: Says that "In 2009, I saved ratepayers around $500 million by persuading the Council to pursue a less expensive compliance mechanism if the City is required to treat Bull Run drinking water." Critics of water fluoridation stated on October 4, 2011 in a Pinellas County Commission meeting and web comments: Say water fluoridation started in Nazi Germany ghettos and death camps to pacify the Jews.
Friends of Clearwater PAC stated on October 21, 2013 in a flier: Passage of a referendum on an aquarium for Clearwater means "NO future funding for our neighborhoods."
Independent Texans stated on September 3, 2013 in a white paper on Proposition 6: $6 billion water bond program voters passed in 2011 "has yet to be tapped."
Amardeep Kaleka stated on October 20, 2013 in an interview: Wisconsin sold fresh water to California, helping that state's dairy industry, and "lost a bunch of jobs (and) a bunch of farmland."
Nick Fish stated on August 13, 2013 in a statement on the Portland Water Bureau website: Says "we are going to sell this house and use the proceeds to stabilize rates."
Portlanders for Water Reform stated on July 18, 2013 in a fundraising letter.: Says the reasoning behind Portland's high water and sewer rates is "all kinds of ’pet projects’ unrelated to the core function of the water and sewer bureaus"
Miami-Dade County stated on July 9, 2013 in a county budget document: Miami-Dade has "the nation’s highest-rated tap water."
Richard Durbin stated on June 25, 2013 in a Senate floor speech: Recent record-low water levels in Lake Michigan are evidence that global warming is leading to "the evaporation of our Great Lakes."
Kris Jordan stated on June 6, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor : Says Delaware County has more waterfront property than any other county in the state of Ohio
Dwight Jones stated on March 12, 2013 in a statement.: Says under his utility rate plan, "An estimated 50 percent of our residential households will see a decrease in their water and wastewater bills."
Clean Water Portland stated on April 8, 2013 in a campaign flier: Says "If you compare the Portland Metro area to the CDC’s statewide cavity rates ... the Portland Metro area would actually rank as having the 15th lowest cavity rate in the U.S."
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board stated on February 6, 2013 in an editorial.: Says Texas ranks first among the states in the amount of carbon dioxide emitted and toxic chemicals released into water.
Lee Leffingwell stated on December 13, 2012 in an Austin City Council meeting.: Says Austin’s treated wastewater, put into the Colorado River, is of higher quality than water the city takes from the lake for public use.
Kirk Watson stated on December 31, 2012 in an opinion piece in the Austin American-Statesman: Says in "our region," 2011 was worst drought year ever recorded.
John Kasich stated on November 29, 2012 in a news conference: Says "Detroit dumping a bunch of sewage" in Lake Erie "causes big problems" for Ohio.
Kirk Watson stated on October 21, 2012 in an answer for the League of Women Voters, Austiin Area, Voters Guide.: "Texas’ population is projected to double in the next 50 years or so, but our basic amount of water will remain about where it is now."
John Kasich stated on July 25, 2012 in an announcement at the Ohio State Fair: "Ninety percent of the topsoil has inadequate moisture to grow crops."
Helio Melo stated on June 7, 2012 in a House floor debate: "People who wash cars at home will use approximately 80 percent more water than they do in a car wash."
Jefferson Smith stated on April 30, 2012 in a debate: Says the mayor’s job "is to make sure that if somebody is trying to build a set of water treatment plants to cure us from cryptosporidium we don’t have, we don't say yes even if CH2M Hill wants us to."
Eileen Brady stated on April 30, 2012 in a debate : Says we could have saved ourselves the cost of building the Powell Butte water reservoir.
Amanda Fritz stated on April 19, 2012 in campaign material : Says she is "saving ratepayers $6 million/year."
Ron Oakley stated on April 16, 2012 in a campaign mailer: Ron Oakley's "conservative leadership protected local taxpayers over government bureaucrats" as the Water Management District’s budget decreased by "58 percent in the four years he served on the board."
Brigid Shea stated on March 5, 2012 in an op-ed column.: In "the past 10 years, our (Austin) water rates have increased by 100 percent and we now have the highest water cost of the top 10 cities in Texas."
Marcy Kaptur stated on February 29, 2012 in a House of Representatives floor speech: Says Lake Erie contains more native fish than all the other Great Lakes combined.
Kasim Reed stated on February 23, 2012 in an interview: "We also have, in a park that’s not far from here, an ability to build a reservoir that can hold a 30-day water supply for the city of Atlanta."
Penny Bernard Schaber stated on January 27, 2012 in a legislative hearing: A proposed mine in Wisconsin is "about two-thirds the size of Lake Winnebago."
DeKalb County stated on November 11, 2011 in a brochure: A DeKalb sewer project "will create up to 4,000 direct jobs per year at peak production, many of which will be set aside exclusively for DeKalb residents."
H204TEXAS PAC stated on October 24, 2011 in an email blast.: Proposition 2 on November’s Texas ballot "does not cost state taxpayers any money."
Eileen Brady stated on September 8, 2011 in in a speech: Says "Many people I’ve talked to are angry that because of City Hall inaction we may have to spend a needless $500 million to cover and treat our pure drinking water."
Amanda Fritz stated on October 3, 2011 in in campaign literature: Says that "In 2009, I saved ratepayers around $500 million by persuading the Council to pursue a less expensive compliance mechanism if the City is required to treat Bull Run drinking water."
Critics of water fluoridation stated on October 4, 2011 in a Pinellas County Commission meeting and web comments: Say water fluoridation started in Nazi Germany ghettos and death camps to pacify the Jews.
