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Lena Taylor stated on November 20, 2019 in news release:
Lead levels in Milwaukee's water "are higher than Flint, MI." 
By D.L. Davis• January 10, 2020
Morgan Griffith stated on February 18, 2011 in an e-mail newsletter and House floor speech.:
"Not even expensive bottled water, like Perrier and Evian, are of good enough quality to pump out of mines in Southwest Virginia, according to the EPA regulation."
By Jacob Geiger• March 22, 2011
Bloggers stated on June 01, 2016 in Internet posts:
Say video "shows massive alligator strolling across Florida golf course."
By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• June 1, 2016
Scott Manley stated on January 31, 2021 in TV interview:
“Nobody’s health is at risk right now” from PFAS contamination, as long as they are receiving bottled drinking water
By Laura Schulte• February 19, 2021
Alexander Strenger stated on October 01, 2018 in response cited in an interactive voter guide:
Says 60 percent of Austin’s "waterways are found to be contaminated with fecal matter and deemed unsafe to swim."
By W. Gardner Selby• October 16, 2018
Facebook posts stated on September 08, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says aquatic life near Alaska, Canada and Australia have been found with cancer and mutations as a result of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
By Daniel Funke• September 11, 2019
Newt Gingrich stated on September 07, 2011 in a debate:
Ben Bernanke has been the most "inflationary" chairman in the history of the Federal Reserve.
By Eric Stirgus• September 12, 2011
Facebook posts stated on April 12, 2024 in a video:
Filmmaker Mike deGruy died for "exposing the truth."
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• April 17, 2024
Georgia Gun Owners stated on August 10, 2013 in a flier:
Says "Nathan Deal killed pro-gun bills in 2013."  
By Eric Stirgus• October 1, 2013
Bruce Rauner stated on January 03, 2018 in an interview with the editorial board of the Herald-News of Joliet:
"The Legionella bacteria is in most water systems in Illinois."
By Brett Chase• January 16, 2018
City of Austin stated on November 06, 2013 in a press release:
"Onion Creek’s highest flow rate" on a recent night of flooding "was 120,000 cubic feet per second, which is nearly double the average flow rate of Niagara Falls."
By W. Gardner Selby• November 14, 2013
Charles Schumer stated on March 08, 2015 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"The State Department asked all secretaries of state to send their emails over." Hillary Clinton's "the only one who’s done it."  
By Steve Contorno• March 8, 2015
Maxine Lipeles stated on February 24, 2019 in a newspaper article:
"All the ponds in Missouri for which we have data are causing groundwater contamination. … This is a statewide issue."
By Kennedy Simone• April 26, 2019
Patrick Burke stated on March 02, 2024 in a press release:
The Great Lakes account for “over 20% of the world’s freshwater and over 80% of North America’s freshwater.”
By David Scibilia• March 20, 2024
Chris Coons stated on July 30, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“Consumer confidence is the highest it’s been in years.”
By Louis Jacobson• August 3, 2023
Richard Franklin III stated on November 29, 2011 in an address to the Central Texas Democratic Forum:
Says a trash mound on U.S. 290 is 800 feet tall.
By Sue Owen• December 22, 2011
Lee Leffingwell stated on December 13, 2012 in an Austin City Council meeting.:
Says Austin’s treated wastewater, put into the Colorado River, is of higher quality than water the city takes from the lake for public use.
By W. Gardner Selby• January 21, 2013
Richard Durbin stated on June 25, 2013 in a Senate floor speech:
Recent record-low water levels in Lake Michigan are evidence that global warming is leading to "the evaporation of our Great Lakes."
By Louis Jacobson• June 28, 2013
Ruben Gallego stated on October 09, 2024 in a debate:
Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake “was against” the child tax credit expansion “when the bill was on the floor.”
By Mia Osmonbekov• October 18, 2024
Jenny Wilson stated on April 20, 2018 in in a press release:
Says Mitt Romney is using "a million of his presidential campaign dollars to finance his Utah Senate race."
By John Kruzel• April 27, 2018

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By Luiz Romero• March 4, 2022

Is Chappelle-Nadal right when she says 'radioactive waste is killing our residents?'

By Tateanna McCaskill, Riley Newton• November 12, 2017

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By Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno, Aaron Sharockman• March 8, 2015

Fact-checking the March 8 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno, Aaron Sharockman• March 8, 2015

Why the ‘stop the steal’ Arizona Republicans are wrong about 2020

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• August 3, 2022

Fact-check: Donald Trump’s defense of Scott Pruitt’s rent, security, EPA record

By Jon Greenberg• April 11, 2018

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s economic speech in Michigan

By PolitiFact Staff • January 13, 2026

GOP health care reform: A simple explanation

By Louis Jacobson• November 5, 2009

Donald Trump’s executive order on preexisting conditions lacks teeth, experts say

By Jon Greenberg• September 25, 2020

Lisa Cook is fighting President Donald Trump’s plan to fire her. What comes next?

By Louis Jacobson• August 26, 2025

President Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi: How she helped his agenda, and shaded the truth

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Zoe Weyand• April 2, 2026

What Gen. Colin Powell’s death tells us about COVID-19 and people who are immunocompromised

By Gabrielle Settles• October 19, 2021

Tracking Republican promises with our new GOP Pledge-O-Meter

By Robert Farley, Louis Jacobson• January 2, 2011

Donald Trump appointed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Can he fire him?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 17, 2025

Ron Paul's flawed count No. 10 among reader favorites

By W. Gardner Selby• December 18, 2012

5 ways Senate candidates in toss-up races tried to mislead voters, fact-checked

By Caleb McCullough• October 31, 2024

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By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu, Amy Sherman• March 10, 2016

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