Latest False Fact-checks in Rhode Island Barry Hinckley stated on April 21, 2012 in an interview on State of the State: President Obama gave Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood one and a half billion dollars. Harold Metts stated on March 14, 2012 in a news release: Says when Rhode Island Lottery was proposed, "state residents were enticed to vote for it with the promise that the money would be used for education." Stephen Laffey stated on March 2, 2012 in a radio interview: Giant companies like Toyota will not locate in a state that has not passed a right-to-work law David Silverman stated on February 17, 2012 in a story on TV website: "There are more atheists in the country right now than Jews, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists combined and doubled." Travis Rowley stated on January 21, 2012 in an opinion column: "Martin Luther King was a Republican." Lincoln Chafee stated on January 11, 2012 in a news conference: The InterLink at T.F. Green Airport is the closest air-rail link in the country. Thomas Sgouros Jr. stated on December 30, 2011 in an appearance on Rhode Island PBS's "A Lively Experiment": "[If] you apply for a job, the chances are 1 in 7 that you are going to be denied that job unfairly if everybody is forced to use E-Verify." Barry Hinckley stated on December 4, 2011 in an appearance on WPRI's "Newsmakers" program: "Our tax code is . . . 80,000 pages." Michael Chippendale stated on December 16, 2011 in a public forum: "Hydrogen sulfide . . . [was] used in the genocide of Jews in Germany. " Theresa Price stated on December 10, 2011 in a speech during a rally on homelessness: "Rhode Island is leading our nation in foreclosures." John DePetro stated on November 29, 2011 in a talk-show discussion: "For the past eight years, Gov. Carcieri and Mrs. Carcieri would host the lighting of the State House Christmas tree." Philip Keefe stated on November 13, 2011 in an appearance on 10 News Conference: "If they made no changes whatsoever, the [state employees pension] plan still had enough money to go forward for approximately the next 16 years." David Mellon stated on October 27, 2011 in testimony at a state pension hearing: "The job [of correctional officer] lowers your life expectancy . . . Metropolitan did a study in, I believe it was 1998, and the life expectancy was 58." Kathleen Connell stated on October 26, 2011 in a hearing: "Sixty-percent of the state retirees...don’t get Social Security.’’ Lincoln Chafee stated on October 24, 2011 in in a hearing: "If Rhode Island does a hybrid [retirement] plan we’ll be the first state in the nation to do this.’’ Occupy Providence stated on October 19, 2011 in a protest sign: "Minimum wage = $16,000/year CEO-Goldman Sachs (Lloyd Blankfein) $16,000/Hour." James Langevin stated on September 21, 2011 in a speech: "Foster children are disproportionately victims of identity theft." Jorge Elorza stated on October 2, 2011 in a TV interview: "The reality is that we have roughly 15,000 undocumented immigrants living in the state..." Doreen Costa stated on August 10, 2011 in a radio interview: "The studies have shown us that [drug testing for welfare recipients] will be saving us money" James Bennett stated on August 15, 2011 in a news conference: Providence's port is "200 miles closer to Europe than any other Eastern port." Stephen Lisauskas stated on July 19, 2011 in a public meeting: Thirty-seven percent of Central Falls’ retired police officers and firefighters are out on disability pensions; in most municipalities, about 5 percent of retirees collect disability pensions. Robert Barber stated on July 24, 2011 in a Providence Journal commentary: Statistically, law-enforcement officers die 10 years earlier than the general population. Barry Hinckley stated on July 24, 2011 in an appearance on Channel 6: "There's no money in Social Security." Ocean State Policy Research Institute stated on June 29, 2011 in report: "Dubious taxpayer-funded stimulus projects in Rhode Island include … $250,000 to provide digital television to the state’s inmate population." E.J. Finocchio stated on April 24, 2011 in a television interview: "Most of your serial killers, most of your people who commit domestic violence, they start off by abusing animals." Angel Taveras stated on May 15, 2011 in an interview: The Providence teacher contract "is one of the longest in the country." Robert Watson stated on April 26, 2011 in a speech on the House floor: "I'm well aware that medical marijuana is a recognized, medical, viable treatment for this sort of [pancreas] pain condition." Stephen Ucci stated on March 30, 2011 in a news release: "A [bank] surveillance camera capturing a criminal’s face and other identifiable traits would certainly discourage robbery attempts and serve as a deterrent to robbers." Richard Ferruccio stated on March 8, 2011 in a radio interview: "What we have now is the most generous, in my opinion, 'good time' bill in the entire United States." Ocean State Policy Research Institute stated on January 20, 2011 in a report: "The most significant driver of out-migration [from Rhode Island] is the estate tax."
Barry Hinckley stated on April 21, 2012 in an interview on State of the State: President Obama gave Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood one and a half billion dollars. Harold Metts stated on March 14, 2012 in a news release: Says when Rhode Island Lottery was proposed, "state residents were enticed to vote for it with the promise that the money would be used for education." Stephen Laffey stated on March 2, 2012 in a radio interview: Giant companies like Toyota will not locate in a state that has not passed a right-to-work law David Silverman stated on February 17, 2012 in a story on TV website: "There are more atheists in the country right now than Jews, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists combined and doubled." Travis Rowley stated on January 21, 2012 in an opinion column: "Martin Luther King was a Republican." Lincoln Chafee stated on January 11, 2012 in a news conference: The InterLink at T.F. Green Airport is the closest air-rail link in the country. Thomas Sgouros Jr. stated on December 30, 2011 in an appearance on Rhode Island PBS's "A Lively Experiment": "[If] you apply for a job, the chances are 1 in 7 that you are going to be denied that job unfairly if everybody is forced to use E-Verify." Barry Hinckley stated on December 4, 2011 in an appearance on WPRI's "Newsmakers" program: "Our tax code is . . . 80,000 pages." Michael Chippendale stated on December 16, 2011 in a public forum: "Hydrogen sulfide . . . [was] used in the genocide of Jews in Germany. " Theresa Price stated on December 10, 2011 in a speech during a rally on homelessness: "Rhode Island is leading our nation in foreclosures." John DePetro stated on November 29, 2011 in a talk-show discussion: "For the past eight years, Gov. Carcieri and Mrs. Carcieri would host the lighting of the State House Christmas tree." Philip Keefe stated on November 13, 2011 in an appearance on 10 News Conference: "If they made no changes whatsoever, the [state employees pension] plan still had enough money to go forward for approximately the next 16 years." David Mellon stated on October 27, 2011 in testimony at a state pension hearing: "The job [of correctional officer] lowers your life expectancy . . . Metropolitan did a study in, I believe it was 1998, and the life expectancy was 58." Kathleen Connell stated on October 26, 2011 in a hearing: "Sixty-percent of the state retirees...don’t get Social Security.’’ Lincoln Chafee stated on October 24, 2011 in in a hearing: "If Rhode Island does a hybrid [retirement] plan we’ll be the first state in the nation to do this.’’ Occupy Providence stated on October 19, 2011 in a protest sign: "Minimum wage = $16,000/year CEO-Goldman Sachs (Lloyd Blankfein) $16,000/Hour." James Langevin stated on September 21, 2011 in a speech: "Foster children are disproportionately victims of identity theft." Jorge Elorza stated on October 2, 2011 in a TV interview: "The reality is that we have roughly 15,000 undocumented immigrants living in the state..." Doreen Costa stated on August 10, 2011 in a radio interview: "The studies have shown us that [drug testing for welfare recipients] will be saving us money" James Bennett stated on August 15, 2011 in a news conference: Providence's port is "200 miles closer to Europe than any other Eastern port." Stephen Lisauskas stated on July 19, 2011 in a public meeting: Thirty-seven percent of Central Falls’ retired police officers and firefighters are out on disability pensions; in most municipalities, about 5 percent of retirees collect disability pensions. Robert Barber stated on July 24, 2011 in a Providence Journal commentary: Statistically, law-enforcement officers die 10 years earlier than the general population. Barry Hinckley stated on July 24, 2011 in an appearance on Channel 6: "There's no money in Social Security." Ocean State Policy Research Institute stated on June 29, 2011 in report: "Dubious taxpayer-funded stimulus projects in Rhode Island include … $250,000 to provide digital television to the state’s inmate population." E.J. Finocchio stated on April 24, 2011 in a television interview: "Most of your serial killers, most of your people who commit domestic violence, they start off by abusing animals." Angel Taveras stated on May 15, 2011 in an interview: The Providence teacher contract "is one of the longest in the country." Robert Watson stated on April 26, 2011 in a speech on the House floor: "I'm well aware that medical marijuana is a recognized, medical, viable treatment for this sort of [pancreas] pain condition." Stephen Ucci stated on March 30, 2011 in a news release: "A [bank] surveillance camera capturing a criminal’s face and other identifiable traits would certainly discourage robbery attempts and serve as a deterrent to robbers." Richard Ferruccio stated on March 8, 2011 in a radio interview: "What we have now is the most generous, in my opinion, 'good time' bill in the entire United States." Ocean State Policy Research Institute stated on January 20, 2011 in a report: "The most significant driver of out-migration [from Rhode Island] is the estate tax."
Barry Hinckley stated on April 21, 2012 in an interview on State of the State: President Obama gave Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood one and a half billion dollars.
Harold Metts stated on March 14, 2012 in a news release: Says when Rhode Island Lottery was proposed, "state residents were enticed to vote for it with the promise that the money would be used for education."
Stephen Laffey stated on March 2, 2012 in a radio interview: Giant companies like Toyota will not locate in a state that has not passed a right-to-work law
David Silverman stated on February 17, 2012 in a story on TV website: "There are more atheists in the country right now than Jews, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists combined and doubled."
Travis Rowley stated on January 21, 2012 in an opinion column: "Martin Luther King was a Republican."
Lincoln Chafee stated on January 11, 2012 in a news conference: The InterLink at T.F. Green Airport is the closest air-rail link in the country.
Thomas Sgouros Jr. stated on December 30, 2011 in an appearance on Rhode Island PBS's "A Lively Experiment": "[If] you apply for a job, the chances are 1 in 7 that you are going to be denied that job unfairly if everybody is forced to use E-Verify."
Barry Hinckley stated on December 4, 2011 in an appearance on WPRI's "Newsmakers" program: "Our tax code is . . . 80,000 pages."
Michael Chippendale stated on December 16, 2011 in a public forum: "Hydrogen sulfide . . . [was] used in the genocide of Jews in Germany. "
Theresa Price stated on December 10, 2011 in a speech during a rally on homelessness: "Rhode Island is leading our nation in foreclosures."
John DePetro stated on November 29, 2011 in a talk-show discussion: "For the past eight years, Gov. Carcieri and Mrs. Carcieri would host the lighting of the State House Christmas tree."
Philip Keefe stated on November 13, 2011 in an appearance on 10 News Conference: "If they made no changes whatsoever, the [state employees pension] plan still had enough money to go forward for approximately the next 16 years."
David Mellon stated on October 27, 2011 in testimony at a state pension hearing: "The job [of correctional officer] lowers your life expectancy . . . Metropolitan did a study in, I believe it was 1998, and the life expectancy was 58."
Kathleen Connell stated on October 26, 2011 in a hearing: "Sixty-percent of the state retirees...don’t get Social Security.’’
Lincoln Chafee stated on October 24, 2011 in in a hearing: "If Rhode Island does a hybrid [retirement] plan we’ll be the first state in the nation to do this.’’
Occupy Providence stated on October 19, 2011 in a protest sign: "Minimum wage = $16,000/year CEO-Goldman Sachs (Lloyd Blankfein) $16,000/Hour."
James Langevin stated on September 21, 2011 in a speech: "Foster children are disproportionately victims of identity theft."
Jorge Elorza stated on October 2, 2011 in a TV interview: "The reality is that we have roughly 15,000 undocumented immigrants living in the state..."
Doreen Costa stated on August 10, 2011 in a radio interview: "The studies have shown us that [drug testing for welfare recipients] will be saving us money"
James Bennett stated on August 15, 2011 in a news conference: Providence's port is "200 miles closer to Europe than any other Eastern port."
Stephen Lisauskas stated on July 19, 2011 in a public meeting: Thirty-seven percent of Central Falls’ retired police officers and firefighters are out on disability pensions; in most municipalities, about 5 percent of retirees collect disability pensions.
Robert Barber stated on July 24, 2011 in a Providence Journal commentary: Statistically, law-enforcement officers die 10 years earlier than the general population.
Barry Hinckley stated on July 24, 2011 in an appearance on Channel 6: "There's no money in Social Security."
Ocean State Policy Research Institute stated on June 29, 2011 in report: "Dubious taxpayer-funded stimulus projects in Rhode Island include … $250,000 to provide digital television to the state’s inmate population."
E.J. Finocchio stated on April 24, 2011 in a television interview: "Most of your serial killers, most of your people who commit domestic violence, they start off by abusing animals."
Angel Taveras stated on May 15, 2011 in an interview: The Providence teacher contract "is one of the longest in the country."
Robert Watson stated on April 26, 2011 in a speech on the House floor: "I'm well aware that medical marijuana is a recognized, medical, viable treatment for this sort of [pancreas] pain condition."
Stephen Ucci stated on March 30, 2011 in a news release: "A [bank] surveillance camera capturing a criminal’s face and other identifiable traits would certainly discourage robbery attempts and serve as a deterrent to robbers."
Richard Ferruccio stated on March 8, 2011 in a radio interview: "What we have now is the most generous, in my opinion, 'good time' bill in the entire United States."
Ocean State Policy Research Institute stated on January 20, 2011 in a report: "The most significant driver of out-migration [from Rhode Island] is the estate tax."