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Estimated help for opioids
"Right now in Ohio 200,000 people are getting opioid treatment because they have insurance under the Affordable Care Act."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Friday, April 20th, 2018
Twelve zeros - count 'em
Says Donald Trump "proposes tax cuts, too -- $3 trillion for millionaires like himself and $2 trillion for corporations like his."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Monday, August 1st, 2016
Full speculation impact not settled
Says excessive speculation is pushing up oil prices and a recent report estimates it "adds 56 cents to every gallon of gasoline siphoned from the pump."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Rate is high for all young men
"More than one in five of veterans aged 20 to 24 can’t find a job to support their family or to ease the transition to civilian life."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Monday, January 23rd, 2012
A high percentage, but data is nearly a decade old
"Eighty-seven percent of private insurance plans currently include (abortion) coverage."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Monday, May 16th, 2011
GOP's new rules for the House gave this vote an exception
Says that Republicans "bragged about how every bill was going to be paid for, right from the beginning" and that the first vote, the repeal of health care reform, violated that rule.
— PolitiFact Ohio on Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
With one caveat, he's right on target
Under federal law, Jared Loughner "would not have been able to buy a gun" had he been identified as mentally ill.
— PolitiFact Ohio on Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Generally correct, but extended benefits work differently
"Understand, this is unemployment insurance. It’s not welfare, as a lot of my Republican colleagues like to suggest it is. You pay into it when you’re working. You get help when you’re not."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Recession lessened the daily bill, but it's climbing again
More than 10 years of free trade "has brought a $2 billion per day trade deficit."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Monday, November 22nd, 2010