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Caleb Rowden stated on August 21, 2015 in a tweet:

"#GradInsurance debacle is a DIRECT result of #ObamaCare. #MIZZOU has to break the law to do the right thing."

By Daniela Sirtori-Cortina• September 25, 2015

Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“The Biden administration has decided to cancel $0 in student debt.”

By Tom Kertscher• May 28, 2021

Dale Kooyenga stated on January 20, 2016 in a radio interview:

"A lot of student loans are already refinanced by the federal government."

By Tom Kertscher• January 27, 2016

Pete Gallego stated on May 14, 2014 in an email blast:

"The average student loan debt in Texas is over $22,000...the cost of an average size pickup truck." But unlike car owners, "students are not allowed to refinance their loans at lower rates."

By W. Gardner Selby• June 9, 2014

Ron DeSantis stated on April 29, 2022 in a press conference:

“The student debt that is out there, almost 60% of it is graduate school debt.”

By Yacob Reyes• May 5, 2022

Rick Perry stated on October 01, 2012 in a press conference.:

Says fewer than 30 percent of Texas college students graduate in four years and only 58 percent graduate within six years.

By W. Gardner Selby• October 19, 2012

Mark Emmert stated on August 10, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

"More (student-athletes) graduate than the students who aren't student-athletes."

By Lauren Carroll• August 10, 2014

Tim Ryan stated on August 24, 2022 in statements to the media:

On supporting student debt relief.

By Amy Sherman• October 7, 2022

Beaverton stated on November 17, 2010 in a press release:

Last year, Beaverton School District had the highest number of homeless students ever recorded in Oregon.

By Janie Har• December 4, 2010

Viral image stated on March 01, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Video shows Oklahoma students “sucking on the toes of adults.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• March 7, 2024

Bill Clinton stated on April 03, 2016 in a campaign speech:

"A college loan is the only loan in the United States that you cannot refinance when interest rates go down."

By Chris Nichols• April 6, 2016

Greg Abbott stated on December 12, 2013 in as quoted during a school visit:

Says 85 percent of IDEA charter-school students come from low-income families and about 99 percent of its graduates go to college.

By W. Gardner Selby• February 5, 2014

Donald Trump stated on May 25, 2025 in a press gaggle:

Harvard University “refuse(s) to tell us” who its international students are.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 28, 2025

Russ Feingold stated on June 03, 2016 in a speech:

The average student debt "coming out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is something like 28,000 dollars."

By Sarah Hauer• June 17, 2016

Russ Feingold stated on June 05, 2015 in a speech:

Says U.S. Senate opponent Ron Johnson "is opposed to all government-assisted student loans."

By Tom Kertscher• June 19, 2015

Rose Mary Grant stated on March 29, 2015 in a Providence Journal commentary.:

Rhode Island "charter schools are nationally recognized as outperforming their counterparts across the country."

By Mark Reynolds• April 30, 2015

Ruben Hinojosa stated on July 16, 2016 in a tweet:

"50% of Hispanic students count on Pell Grants to pay for college."

By Rye Druzin• August 15, 2016

Lindsey Graham stated on March 24, 2010 in an appearance on the Fox News show "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren:

"The average student will be spending $1,700 to $1,800 more during the life of their loan because of this surcharge."

By Catharine Richert• March 30, 2010

Donna Howard stated on April 03, 2011 in remarks on the House floor:

"Fifty percent of our students who enter higher education need to take remedial courses because they are not prepared for college-level work."

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 9, 2011

Bloggers stated on March 16, 2018 in a headline:

"Ohio student suspended for staying in class during National Walkout Day"

By Amy Sherman• March 28, 2018

Is Biden’s student loan forgiveness affecting Black Americans the most? What we know

By Matthew Crowley, Samantha Putterman• May 28, 2024

Sen. Ted Cruz at Liberty U.: Students fill in the details

By Jon Greenberg• March 26, 2015

Doing the math on the new student loan law

By Catharine Richert• March 30, 2010

Donald Trump’s executive action on student loans, explained

By Sophie Austin• August 11, 2020

Can student loan debt be canceled by a president’s executive order?

By Cassidey Kavathas• June 14, 2021

Do up to 80 percent of Texas high school graduates (still) flail afterward?

By W. Gardner Selby• June 8, 2016

5 fact-checks about the high cost of college tuition

By Louis Jacobson• September 1, 2014

Checking up on Gov. Bob McDonnell’s claims on higher education

By Jacob Geiger• January 31, 2011

What is GLSEN and why is its partnership with Target being scrutinized?

By Madison Czopek• June 7, 2023

PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year: Online smear machine tries to take down Parkland students

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman• December 11, 2018

Half True: Greg Abbott claim about Dallas minority students outscoring peers everywhere in America

By W. Gardner Selby• March 26, 2015

Contrary to reports, Virginia's student-to-teacher ratios are stable

By Nancy Madsen• March 13, 2012

Key questions for reopening schools under COVID-19

By Jon Greenberg, Emily Venezky• July 10, 2020

Fact-checking statistics about Biden's student loan forgiveness plan

By Jeff Cercone, Jon Greenberg, Sara Swann• August 26, 2022

PunditFact fact-checks the Aug. 10 shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• August 10, 2014

Public vs. Private: Sorting out the truth in the debate over school choice

By Dave Umhoefer• April 28, 2013

Is Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan legal?

By Louis Jacobson• August 30, 2022

Free tuition and fees for UT students with family incomes of up to $80,000?

By W. Gardner Selby• March 21, 2018

Fact-checking the Aug. 10 news shows