Will Weatherford's file

Republican from Florida

State Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, is Florida's Speaker of the House for 2013-14.

The PolitiFact scorecard

True0(0)
Mostly True3 (%)(3)
Half True4 (%)(4)
Mostly False2 (%)(2)
False3 (%)(3)
Pants on Fire0(0)

Will Weatherford's website

Our Will Weatherford feeds

Recent statements made by Will Weatherford

Cheap plans are available, but not that many

Will Weatherford

About half the people who would qualify for Medicaid expansion in Florida "can buy a health care plan for $30 a month" on the federal health care exchange.

— PolitiFact Florida on Friday, March 7th, 2014

He flubbed the stat

Will Weatherford

"One out of every three students currently today is ready for college before they go there."

— PolitiFact Florida on Wednesday, September 11th, 2013

Schools would get 20 days to test everyone

Will Weatherford

New school testing standards "will consume approximately twenty days of testing for elementary, middle and high school students."

— PolitiFact Florida on Monday, July 22nd, 2013

A lot of dough, but doesn't drive deficit

Will Weatherford

"Expanding Medicaid would require borrowing more money, drastically expanding our deficit."

— PolitiFact Florida on Thursday, May 16th, 2013

Because cellphones aren't cheap

Will Weatherford

"The average student in Florida, what they actually pay out of pocket at our major universities" for tuition is as much or less than what they spend on cellphones.

— PolitiFact Florida on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

Recent stories featuring Will Weatherford

Will Weatherford weighs education and health care funding

The Florida State House speaker said, "As a society, we spend more money on people's health care in the last six or 12 months of their life than we spend in the first 18 years of their life educating them." We take a closer look at the data.

Tracking the top 2013 legislative issues

What will happen in Tallahassee this legislative session? Here's the low-down on the issues we're tracking.