Latest Fact-checks on Dennis Kucinich Dennis Kucinich stated on April 19, 2018 in a radio interview: Says of disclosing his $20,000 speech about Syria, "there was no hiding. I released it." Dennis Kucinich stated on January 29, 2018 in on a campaign website: The default rate for college students has grown from 40 percent 10 years ago to about 50 percent today, and "perhaps as many as 800,000 young Ohioans are facing default on their student loans." Dennis Kucinich stated on February 27, 2018 in a speech: Says Richard Cordray directed an Ohio commission to "permit an armed group to have a rally on the statehouse grounds, even taking the extraordinary step of assuming personal responsibility for waiving an insurance requirement in the event of an incident." Dennis Kucinich stated on November 27, 2012 in a speech on the House floor: "Fourteen million Americans' mortgages are greater than the value of their homes." Dennis Kucinich stated on November 2, 2012 in a news release: Says the tax code is effectively subsidizing "the marketing efforts of fast food and junk food companies by as much as $19 billion over 10 years." 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." Dennis Kucinich stated on September 14, 2011 in an email to supporters: "About 57 percent of registered Democrats in the new (9th Congressional) district come from my old district." Dennis Kucinich stated on September 7, 2011 in a television interview: "The Fed created $1.2 trillion out of nothing, gave it to banks, and some of them foreign banks, so that they could stabilize their operations." Dennis Kucinich stated on August 6, 2011 in a television interview: Says that in 2009 ExxonMobil "paid no federal income taxes, received a $156 million rebate." Dennis Kucinich stated on July 15, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "Social Security didn’t cause the debt crisis. Social Security had nothing to do with the debt crisis." Dennis Kucinich stated on June 1, 2011 in a House committee hearing: "Seventy of Ohio's 88 counties now have more than 25 percent of their residents eligible for emergency food." Dennis Kucinich stated on April 13, 2011 in a radio interview: The Bush tax cuts "helped to create a substantial part of the deficit." Dennis Kucinich stated on February 10, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "What we have done with the PATRIOT Act, we've given the government enormous powers. We've given the government the right to reach deeply into people's private lives, into their business affairs, without a court order." Dennis Kucinich stated on February 17, 2011 in a House committee hearing: Says none of the government programs targeted for elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans "appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of waste, fraud and abuse." Dennis Kucinich stated on March 3, 2011 in a House committee hearing: "Due to a flaw in the 1995 Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act numerous oil companies are now drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in federal lands and paying no royalties to the federal government." Dennis Kucinich stated on January 24, 2011: "One of the biggest causes of our soaring debt and economic insecurity ends up being Pentagon spending. The budget for the Pentagon consumes more than half of our discretionary spending." Dennis Kucinich stated on January 6, 2011 in a FoxNews interview: Says the Defense Department shrink-wrapped $10.8 billion in American money, loaded it on 175 pallets and put it on a transport plane to Iraq where they passed out $100 bills and no one has any receipts. Dennis Kucinich stated on December 31, 2010 in a CNN interview: Says that before health care reform, one of every three health care dollars spent -- more than $800 billion a year -- didn't go for health care. Dennis Kucinich stated on November 10, 2010 in a news release: "We are giving almost $2 billion of taxpayer money to the junk food and fast food industries every year to make the (childhood obesity) epidemic worse." Dennis Kucinich stated on August 16, 2010 in a video posted online: "The Great Lakes Compact has a loophole. And the loophole is that while you cannot remove the water in a big transport, you can remove it in containers of 5.7 gallons or less." Dennis Kucinich stated on June 10, 2010 in a statement posted to his website: "The War in Afghanistan is officially the longest war Americans have ever been asked to endure." Dennis Kucinich stated on November 15, 2007 in Las Vegas: "Well, you know, the Teamsters wanted to drill in Alaska. I voted against drilling in Alaska. So it's not like I'm a slam dunk on every issue." Dennis Kucinich stated on October 30, 2007 in a Democratic debate in Philadelphia, Pa.: "More people in this country have seen UFOs than I think approve of George Bush's presidency." Dennis Kucinich stated on September 26, 2007 in Hanover, N.H.: "Social Security ... is solid through about 2040 without any changes whatsoever." Dennis Kucinich stated on August 27, 2007 in a forum on cancer organized by Lance Armstrong.: "Our whole food system in this country...most of it is genetically engineered. And (there is) no testing for the health consequences of this food." Dennis Kucinich stated on September 9, 2007 in a debate in Miami, Fla.: "When NAFTA was passed, there was an acceleration of immigration from Mexico because people were in search of jobs." Dennis Kucinich stated on September 9, 2007 in a debate in Miami, Fla.: "Thirty-four percent of Hispanics don't have any health care at all, don't have any health insurance." Dennis Kucinich stated on June 19, 2007 in Washington, DC: "I'm the first person who really took up the issue of the war. Four years ago I said that there was no proof that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and, actually... did an analysis which disproved the cause for the war."
Dennis Kucinich stated on April 19, 2018 in a radio interview: Says of disclosing his $20,000 speech about Syria, "there was no hiding. I released it." Dennis Kucinich stated on January 29, 2018 in on a campaign website: The default rate for college students has grown from 40 percent 10 years ago to about 50 percent today, and "perhaps as many as 800,000 young Ohioans are facing default on their student loans." Dennis Kucinich stated on February 27, 2018 in a speech: Says Richard Cordray directed an Ohio commission to "permit an armed group to have a rally on the statehouse grounds, even taking the extraordinary step of assuming personal responsibility for waiving an insurance requirement in the event of an incident." Dennis Kucinich stated on November 27, 2012 in a speech on the House floor: "Fourteen million Americans' mortgages are greater than the value of their homes." Dennis Kucinich stated on November 2, 2012 in a news release: Says the tax code is effectively subsidizing "the marketing efforts of fast food and junk food companies by as much as $19 billion over 10 years." 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." Dennis Kucinich stated on September 14, 2011 in an email to supporters: "About 57 percent of registered Democrats in the new (9th Congressional) district come from my old district." Dennis Kucinich stated on September 7, 2011 in a television interview: "The Fed created $1.2 trillion out of nothing, gave it to banks, and some of them foreign banks, so that they could stabilize their operations." Dennis Kucinich stated on August 6, 2011 in a television interview: Says that in 2009 ExxonMobil "paid no federal income taxes, received a $156 million rebate." Dennis Kucinich stated on July 15, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "Social Security didn’t cause the debt crisis. Social Security had nothing to do with the debt crisis." Dennis Kucinich stated on June 1, 2011 in a House committee hearing: "Seventy of Ohio's 88 counties now have more than 25 percent of their residents eligible for emergency food." Dennis Kucinich stated on April 13, 2011 in a radio interview: The Bush tax cuts "helped to create a substantial part of the deficit." Dennis Kucinich stated on February 10, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "What we have done with the PATRIOT Act, we've given the government enormous powers. We've given the government the right to reach deeply into people's private lives, into their business affairs, without a court order." Dennis Kucinich stated on February 17, 2011 in a House committee hearing: Says none of the government programs targeted for elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans "appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of waste, fraud and abuse." Dennis Kucinich stated on March 3, 2011 in a House committee hearing: "Due to a flaw in the 1995 Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act numerous oil companies are now drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in federal lands and paying no royalties to the federal government." Dennis Kucinich stated on January 24, 2011: "One of the biggest causes of our soaring debt and economic insecurity ends up being Pentagon spending. The budget for the Pentagon consumes more than half of our discretionary spending." Dennis Kucinich stated on January 6, 2011 in a FoxNews interview: Says the Defense Department shrink-wrapped $10.8 billion in American money, loaded it on 175 pallets and put it on a transport plane to Iraq where they passed out $100 bills and no one has any receipts. Dennis Kucinich stated on December 31, 2010 in a CNN interview: Says that before health care reform, one of every three health care dollars spent -- more than $800 billion a year -- didn't go for health care. Dennis Kucinich stated on November 10, 2010 in a news release: "We are giving almost $2 billion of taxpayer money to the junk food and fast food industries every year to make the (childhood obesity) epidemic worse." Dennis Kucinich stated on August 16, 2010 in a video posted online: "The Great Lakes Compact has a loophole. And the loophole is that while you cannot remove the water in a big transport, you can remove it in containers of 5.7 gallons or less." Dennis Kucinich stated on June 10, 2010 in a statement posted to his website: "The War in Afghanistan is officially the longest war Americans have ever been asked to endure." Dennis Kucinich stated on November 15, 2007 in Las Vegas: "Well, you know, the Teamsters wanted to drill in Alaska. I voted against drilling in Alaska. So it's not like I'm a slam dunk on every issue." Dennis Kucinich stated on October 30, 2007 in a Democratic debate in Philadelphia, Pa.: "More people in this country have seen UFOs than I think approve of George Bush's presidency." Dennis Kucinich stated on September 26, 2007 in Hanover, N.H.: "Social Security ... is solid through about 2040 without any changes whatsoever." Dennis Kucinich stated on August 27, 2007 in a forum on cancer organized by Lance Armstrong.: "Our whole food system in this country...most of it is genetically engineered. And (there is) no testing for the health consequences of this food." Dennis Kucinich stated on September 9, 2007 in a debate in Miami, Fla.: "When NAFTA was passed, there was an acceleration of immigration from Mexico because people were in search of jobs." Dennis Kucinich stated on September 9, 2007 in a debate in Miami, Fla.: "Thirty-four percent of Hispanics don't have any health care at all, don't have any health insurance." Dennis Kucinich stated on June 19, 2007 in Washington, DC: "I'm the first person who really took up the issue of the war. Four years ago I said that there was no proof that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and, actually... did an analysis which disproved the cause for the war."
Dennis Kucinich stated on April 19, 2018 in a radio interview: Says of disclosing his $20,000 speech about Syria, "there was no hiding. I released it."
Dennis Kucinich stated on January 29, 2018 in on a campaign website: The default rate for college students has grown from 40 percent 10 years ago to about 50 percent today, and "perhaps as many as 800,000 young Ohioans are facing default on their student loans."
Dennis Kucinich stated on February 27, 2018 in a speech: Says Richard Cordray directed an Ohio commission to "permit an armed group to have a rally on the statehouse grounds, even taking the extraordinary step of assuming personal responsibility for waiving an insurance requirement in the event of an incident."
Dennis Kucinich stated on November 27, 2012 in a speech on the House floor: "Fourteen million Americans' mortgages are greater than the value of their homes."
Dennis Kucinich stated on November 2, 2012 in a news release: Says the tax code is effectively subsidizing "the marketing efforts of fast food and junk food companies by as much as $19 billion over 10 years."
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."
Dennis Kucinich stated on September 14, 2011 in an email to supporters: "About 57 percent of registered Democrats in the new (9th Congressional) district come from my old district."
Dennis Kucinich stated on September 7, 2011 in a television interview: "The Fed created $1.2 trillion out of nothing, gave it to banks, and some of them foreign banks, so that they could stabilize their operations."
Dennis Kucinich stated on August 6, 2011 in a television interview: Says that in 2009 ExxonMobil "paid no federal income taxes, received a $156 million rebate."
Dennis Kucinich stated on July 15, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "Social Security didn’t cause the debt crisis. Social Security had nothing to do with the debt crisis."
Dennis Kucinich stated on June 1, 2011 in a House committee hearing: "Seventy of Ohio's 88 counties now have more than 25 percent of their residents eligible for emergency food."
Dennis Kucinich stated on April 13, 2011 in a radio interview: The Bush tax cuts "helped to create a substantial part of the deficit."
Dennis Kucinich stated on February 10, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "What we have done with the PATRIOT Act, we've given the government enormous powers. We've given the government the right to reach deeply into people's private lives, into their business affairs, without a court order."
Dennis Kucinich stated on February 17, 2011 in a House committee hearing: Says none of the government programs targeted for elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans "appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of waste, fraud and abuse."
Dennis Kucinich stated on March 3, 2011 in a House committee hearing: "Due to a flaw in the 1995 Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act numerous oil companies are now drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in federal lands and paying no royalties to the federal government."
Dennis Kucinich stated on January 24, 2011: "One of the biggest causes of our soaring debt and economic insecurity ends up being Pentagon spending. The budget for the Pentagon consumes more than half of our discretionary spending."
Dennis Kucinich stated on January 6, 2011 in a FoxNews interview: Says the Defense Department shrink-wrapped $10.8 billion in American money, loaded it on 175 pallets and put it on a transport plane to Iraq where they passed out $100 bills and no one has any receipts.
Dennis Kucinich stated on December 31, 2010 in a CNN interview: Says that before health care reform, one of every three health care dollars spent -- more than $800 billion a year -- didn't go for health care.
Dennis Kucinich stated on November 10, 2010 in a news release: "We are giving almost $2 billion of taxpayer money to the junk food and fast food industries every year to make the (childhood obesity) epidemic worse."
Dennis Kucinich stated on August 16, 2010 in a video posted online: "The Great Lakes Compact has a loophole. And the loophole is that while you cannot remove the water in a big transport, you can remove it in containers of 5.7 gallons or less."
Dennis Kucinich stated on June 10, 2010 in a statement posted to his website: "The War in Afghanistan is officially the longest war Americans have ever been asked to endure."
Dennis Kucinich stated on November 15, 2007 in Las Vegas: "Well, you know, the Teamsters wanted to drill in Alaska. I voted against drilling in Alaska. So it's not like I'm a slam dunk on every issue."
Dennis Kucinich stated on October 30, 2007 in a Democratic debate in Philadelphia, Pa.: "More people in this country have seen UFOs than I think approve of George Bush's presidency."
Dennis Kucinich stated on September 26, 2007 in Hanover, N.H.: "Social Security ... is solid through about 2040 without any changes whatsoever."
Dennis Kucinich stated on August 27, 2007 in a forum on cancer organized by Lance Armstrong.: "Our whole food system in this country...most of it is genetically engineered. And (there is) no testing for the health consequences of this food."
Dennis Kucinich stated on September 9, 2007 in a debate in Miami, Fla.: "When NAFTA was passed, there was an acceleration of immigration from Mexico because people were in search of jobs."
Dennis Kucinich stated on September 9, 2007 in a debate in Miami, Fla.: "Thirty-four percent of Hispanics don't have any health care at all, don't have any health insurance."
Dennis Kucinich stated on June 19, 2007 in Washington, DC: "I'm the first person who really took up the issue of the war. Four years ago I said that there was no proof that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and, actually... did an analysis which disproved the cause for the war."
