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Fact-checks (25775)

Bobby Scott stated on June 12, 2015 in a written statement.:
"The United States ranks second worst in income inequality across developed countries," after taxes and transfers.
By Warren Fiske• July 13, 2015
Donald Trump stated on February 10, 2025 in a Fox News interview:
The United States is “last in education out of 40 states … but we're number one in cost per pupil."
By Caleb McCullough• February 13, 2025
Bernie Sanders stated on February 11, 2016 in comments during the PBS Democratic debate:
The United States has "the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on Earth."  
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• February 12, 2016
Mark Pocan stated on April 30, 2019 in a tweet:
"The United States is the ONLY industrialized country without universal healthcare."    
By D.L. Davis• June 21, 2019
Jennifer Granholm stated on April 04, 2021 in remarks on CNN's "State of the Union":
President Joe Biden’s corporate tax rate increase would "put us in line with other industrial nations."
By Louis Jacobson• April 6, 2021
Barack Obama stated on September 27, 2010 in a TV interview:
"We now have our kids go to school about a month less than most other advanced countries."
By Robert Farley• September 30, 2010
Richard Durbin stated on August 23, 2020 in a radio interview:
"We have a worse economy than any other country in the world that's going through COVID-19 by a factor of three."
By Deborah Wilber• September 27, 2020
Patrick Gaspard stated on February 13, 2022 in remarks on ABC's "This Week":
"Inflation has been caused by the global economies shutting down all at once, reopening all at once. And … the U.S. economy is recovering at a far faster pace than any other country in the OECD."
By Louis Jacobson• February 16, 2022
Roy Blunt stated on April 04, 2021 in remarks on "Fox News Sunday":
The proposal by President Joe Biden would put the U.S. “No. 2 in the world” for the highest corporate tax rate.
By Louis Jacobson• April 6, 2021
Mike Gallagher stated on July 09, 2017 in a TV interview:
"We’re spending 18 percent of our GDP on healthcare while the average among industrialized countries is closer to 8 percent."
By Devi Shastri• August 9, 2017
Kamala Harris stated on July 06, 2024 in a moderated conversation:
Black women in the U.S. are “three to four times more likely to die in connection with childbirth than other women."
By Samantha Putterman• July 11, 2024
Bernie Sanders stated on March 08, 2011 in a C-SPAN interview:
"We now work the longest hours of any people around the world."
By Robert Farley• March 14, 2011
Dan Gecker stated on August 18, 2015 in a candidates' forum.:
"Of the 25 wealthiest nations, we're the only one that doesn't provide basic health coverage."  
By Sean Gorman• September 1, 2015
Joe Biden stated on February 22, 2024 in in a campaign reception:
If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S.
By Samantha Putterman• March 4, 2024
Lincoln Chafee stated on November 03, 2010 in a news conference:
Experts say the property tax "is the most harmful to economic growth and . . . the sales tax is least harmful."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• November 14, 2010
Jonathan Harris stated on December 24, 2013 in a newspaper commentary:
"You don’t see Norway losing population, and its taxes are astronomical."
By John Hill• January 7, 2014
Greg Walden stated on April 18, 2013 in a radio interview:
Says "we allow more people into America legally than all other countries on the planet combined."
By Ian K. Kullgren• May 24, 2013
Cory Booker stated on July 24, 2011 in a round table discussion on Meet the Press:
Says more than eight countries lead the United States in the percentage of college graduates.  
By Bill Wichert• August 3, 2011
Bernie Sanders stated on April 22, 2019 in a CNN town hall:
"You've got millions of families paying 40, 50, 60% of their limited incomes to put a roof over their heads."
By Yanqi Xu• May 2, 2019
Keith Ellison stated on February 09, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
"Americans work way more than an average of industrialized countries around the world."
By Julie Kliegman• February 9, 2014

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