Latest Fact-checks on John Boehner John Boehner stated on May 3, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We spend more money on antacids than we do on politics." John Boehner stated on March 1, 2015 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": On immigration, "the president said 22 times, 22 times, that he couldn't do what he eventually did." John Boehner stated on March 1, 2015 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": Says President Barack Obama made "unilateral changes" to Obamacare "38 times." John Boehner stated on January 25, 2015 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes": The Affordable Care Act "basically puts a penalty or a tax on employers for every new job they create." John Boehner stated on June 25, 2014 in an op-ed for "USA Today": "The nearly six-year delay in approving Keystone is costing Americans more than 100,000 jobs." John Boehner stated on June 2, 2014 in a post on his website: New carbon regulations will increase electric bills by "$17 billion every year" and "potentially put an average of 224,000 more people out of work every year." John Boehner stated on March 13, 2014 in a press conference: The United States has seen "a net loss of people with health insurance" because of Obamacare. John Boehner stated on February 4, 2014 in a tweet: Says President Barack Obama’s health care law is "expected to destroy 2.3 million jobs." John Boehner stated on October 6, 2013 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": "This year, the federal government will have more revenue than any year in the history of our country." John Boehner stated on September 12, 2013 in a press conference: According to the most recent jobs report, "we've got more Americans leaving the workforce than we have finding jobs." John Boehner stated on July 22, 2013 in a blog post: President Barack Obama has "announced that he would not sign ANY spending bills this year unless sequestration spending cuts are eliminated." John Boehner stated on July 11, 2013 in a news conference: "This is the same (farm) bill we voted on a few weeks ago, with the exception of one or two sentences." John Boehner stated on June 26, 2013 in a news conference: "About 95 percent of (Ohio’s) electricity comes from burning coal." John Boehner stated on March 3, 2013 in an interview on "Meet the Press.": "There's no plan from Senate Democrats or the White House to replace the sequester." John Boehner stated on November 9, 2012 in a news conference: "The problem with raising tax rates on the wealthiest Americans is that more than half of them are small business owners." John Boehner stated on September 4, 2012 in a news release: "The president went on a stimulus-fueled spending binge that stuck every American man, woman and child with a $50,000 share of this $16 trillion debt." John Boehner stated on July 1, 2012 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation": The United States has "the best health care delivery system in the world." John Boehner stated on April 24, 2012 in a Twitter post: "Student loan rates set to double because a Democratic-controlled Congress voted to double them." John Boehner stated on March 28, 2012 in a video address: "The Democrat-controlled Senate, it hasn't passed a budget in more than 1,000 days." John Boehner stated on March 7, 2012 in a news release: "New business startups are at the lowest levels in 30 years." John Boehner stated on December 1, 2011 in a news conference: "The Social Security trust fund … is already facing imminent bankruptcy." John Boehner stated on December 15, 2011 in a news conference: "We've got a personal tax system that's so complicated it costs Americans about $500 billion a year to comply with the current tax code." John Boehner stated on November 6, 2011 in an ABC interview with Christiane Amanpour: "Over half of the people who would be taxed under (a millionaire surtax) are, in fact, small businesspeople." John Boehner stated on October 7, 2011 in a news release: "Our unemployment rate has been higher than 8 percent for more than two-and-a-half years, far above what the Obama Administration promised with the 'stimulus.' " John Boehner stated on September 19, 2011 in a television interview: "We have 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day." John Boehner stated on July 25, 2011 in a televised speech: The House passed "cut, cap and balance" with "bipartisan support." John Boehner stated on July 5, 2011 in a tweet on Twitter: "POTUS’ economists: ‘Stimulus’ Has Cost $278,000 per job." John Boehner stated on June 24, 2011 in a press conference: "The American people don't want us to raise taxes." John Boehner stated on May 10, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show: The Bush tax cuts "created about 8 million jobs over the first 10 years that they were in existence. We've lost about 5 million of those jobs during this recession." John Boehner stated on April 25, 2011 in an interview with ABC news: President Barack Obama "took exactly none of his own deficit reduction commission’s ideas. Not one."
John Boehner stated on May 3, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We spend more money on antacids than we do on politics." John Boehner stated on March 1, 2015 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": On immigration, "the president said 22 times, 22 times, that he couldn't do what he eventually did." John Boehner stated on March 1, 2015 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": Says President Barack Obama made "unilateral changes" to Obamacare "38 times." John Boehner stated on January 25, 2015 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes": The Affordable Care Act "basically puts a penalty or a tax on employers for every new job they create." John Boehner stated on June 25, 2014 in an op-ed for "USA Today": "The nearly six-year delay in approving Keystone is costing Americans more than 100,000 jobs." John Boehner stated on June 2, 2014 in a post on his website: New carbon regulations will increase electric bills by "$17 billion every year" and "potentially put an average of 224,000 more people out of work every year." John Boehner stated on March 13, 2014 in a press conference: The United States has seen "a net loss of people with health insurance" because of Obamacare. John Boehner stated on February 4, 2014 in a tweet: Says President Barack Obama’s health care law is "expected to destroy 2.3 million jobs." John Boehner stated on October 6, 2013 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": "This year, the federal government will have more revenue than any year in the history of our country." John Boehner stated on September 12, 2013 in a press conference: According to the most recent jobs report, "we've got more Americans leaving the workforce than we have finding jobs." John Boehner stated on July 22, 2013 in a blog post: President Barack Obama has "announced that he would not sign ANY spending bills this year unless sequestration spending cuts are eliminated." John Boehner stated on July 11, 2013 in a news conference: "This is the same (farm) bill we voted on a few weeks ago, with the exception of one or two sentences." John Boehner stated on June 26, 2013 in a news conference: "About 95 percent of (Ohio’s) electricity comes from burning coal." John Boehner stated on March 3, 2013 in an interview on "Meet the Press.": "There's no plan from Senate Democrats or the White House to replace the sequester." John Boehner stated on November 9, 2012 in a news conference: "The problem with raising tax rates on the wealthiest Americans is that more than half of them are small business owners." John Boehner stated on September 4, 2012 in a news release: "The president went on a stimulus-fueled spending binge that stuck every American man, woman and child with a $50,000 share of this $16 trillion debt." John Boehner stated on July 1, 2012 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation": The United States has "the best health care delivery system in the world." John Boehner stated on April 24, 2012 in a Twitter post: "Student loan rates set to double because a Democratic-controlled Congress voted to double them." John Boehner stated on March 28, 2012 in a video address: "The Democrat-controlled Senate, it hasn't passed a budget in more than 1,000 days." John Boehner stated on March 7, 2012 in a news release: "New business startups are at the lowest levels in 30 years." John Boehner stated on December 1, 2011 in a news conference: "The Social Security trust fund … is already facing imminent bankruptcy." John Boehner stated on December 15, 2011 in a news conference: "We've got a personal tax system that's so complicated it costs Americans about $500 billion a year to comply with the current tax code." John Boehner stated on November 6, 2011 in an ABC interview with Christiane Amanpour: "Over half of the people who would be taxed under (a millionaire surtax) are, in fact, small businesspeople." John Boehner stated on October 7, 2011 in a news release: "Our unemployment rate has been higher than 8 percent for more than two-and-a-half years, far above what the Obama Administration promised with the 'stimulus.' " John Boehner stated on September 19, 2011 in a television interview: "We have 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day." John Boehner stated on July 25, 2011 in a televised speech: The House passed "cut, cap and balance" with "bipartisan support." John Boehner stated on July 5, 2011 in a tweet on Twitter: "POTUS’ economists: ‘Stimulus’ Has Cost $278,000 per job." John Boehner stated on June 24, 2011 in a press conference: "The American people don't want us to raise taxes." John Boehner stated on May 10, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show: The Bush tax cuts "created about 8 million jobs over the first 10 years that they were in existence. We've lost about 5 million of those jobs during this recession." John Boehner stated on April 25, 2011 in an interview with ABC news: President Barack Obama "took exactly none of his own deficit reduction commission’s ideas. Not one."
John Boehner stated on May 3, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We spend more money on antacids than we do on politics."
John Boehner stated on March 1, 2015 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": On immigration, "the president said 22 times, 22 times, that he couldn't do what he eventually did."
John Boehner stated on March 1, 2015 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": Says President Barack Obama made "unilateral changes" to Obamacare "38 times."
John Boehner stated on January 25, 2015 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes": The Affordable Care Act "basically puts a penalty or a tax on employers for every new job they create."
John Boehner stated on June 25, 2014 in an op-ed for "USA Today": "The nearly six-year delay in approving Keystone is costing Americans more than 100,000 jobs."
John Boehner stated on June 2, 2014 in a post on his website: New carbon regulations will increase electric bills by "$17 billion every year" and "potentially put an average of 224,000 more people out of work every year."
John Boehner stated on March 13, 2014 in a press conference: The United States has seen "a net loss of people with health insurance" because of Obamacare.
John Boehner stated on February 4, 2014 in a tweet: Says President Barack Obama’s health care law is "expected to destroy 2.3 million jobs."
John Boehner stated on October 6, 2013 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": "This year, the federal government will have more revenue than any year in the history of our country."
John Boehner stated on September 12, 2013 in a press conference: According to the most recent jobs report, "we've got more Americans leaving the workforce than we have finding jobs."
John Boehner stated on July 22, 2013 in a blog post: President Barack Obama has "announced that he would not sign ANY spending bills this year unless sequestration spending cuts are eliminated."
John Boehner stated on July 11, 2013 in a news conference: "This is the same (farm) bill we voted on a few weeks ago, with the exception of one or two sentences."
John Boehner stated on June 26, 2013 in a news conference: "About 95 percent of (Ohio’s) electricity comes from burning coal."
John Boehner stated on March 3, 2013 in an interview on "Meet the Press.": "There's no plan from Senate Democrats or the White House to replace the sequester."
John Boehner stated on November 9, 2012 in a news conference: "The problem with raising tax rates on the wealthiest Americans is that more than half of them are small business owners."
John Boehner stated on September 4, 2012 in a news release: "The president went on a stimulus-fueled spending binge that stuck every American man, woman and child with a $50,000 share of this $16 trillion debt."
John Boehner stated on July 1, 2012 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation": The United States has "the best health care delivery system in the world."
John Boehner stated on April 24, 2012 in a Twitter post: "Student loan rates set to double because a Democratic-controlled Congress voted to double them."
John Boehner stated on March 28, 2012 in a video address: "The Democrat-controlled Senate, it hasn't passed a budget in more than 1,000 days."
John Boehner stated on March 7, 2012 in a news release: "New business startups are at the lowest levels in 30 years."
John Boehner stated on December 1, 2011 in a news conference: "The Social Security trust fund … is already facing imminent bankruptcy."
John Boehner stated on December 15, 2011 in a news conference: "We've got a personal tax system that's so complicated it costs Americans about $500 billion a year to comply with the current tax code."
John Boehner stated on November 6, 2011 in an ABC interview with Christiane Amanpour: "Over half of the people who would be taxed under (a millionaire surtax) are, in fact, small businesspeople."
John Boehner stated on October 7, 2011 in a news release: "Our unemployment rate has been higher than 8 percent for more than two-and-a-half years, far above what the Obama Administration promised with the 'stimulus.' "
John Boehner stated on September 19, 2011 in a television interview: "We have 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day."
John Boehner stated on July 25, 2011 in a televised speech: The House passed "cut, cap and balance" with "bipartisan support."
John Boehner stated on July 5, 2011 in a tweet on Twitter: "POTUS’ economists: ‘Stimulus’ Has Cost $278,000 per job."
John Boehner stated on June 24, 2011 in a press conference: "The American people don't want us to raise taxes."
John Boehner stated on May 10, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show: The Bush tax cuts "created about 8 million jobs over the first 10 years that they were in existence. We've lost about 5 million of those jobs during this recession."
John Boehner stated on April 25, 2011 in an interview with ABC news: President Barack Obama "took exactly none of his own deficit reduction commission’s ideas. Not one."
