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Jerry Brown stated on December 14, 2016 in a speech:

"California is growing a hell of a lot faster than Texas."

By Chris Nichols• December 19, 2016

Josh Mandel stated on June 28, 2012 in a news release:

The Affordable Care Act "will likely go down as the biggest tax increase in history."

By Tom Feran• July 20, 2012

Charlotte Bergmann stated on July 04, 2012 in an email newsletter.:

"Obamacare" represents "the largest tax increase in the history of the world."

By Bartholomew Sullivan• July 22, 2012

Nancy Pelosi stated on March 18, 2010 in a press release:

The Congressional Budget Office analysis of the health insurance reform legislation says the bill "cuts the deficit by $1.2 trillion in the second 10 years."

By Robert Farley• March 18, 2010

Donald Trump stated on October 25, 2017 in a tweet:

Says the GOP plan he supports is "the biggest tax cut in U.S. history."

By Louis Jacobson• October 26, 2017

Social Media stated on July 06, 2025 in a TikTok video:

The Trump administration “has defunded not only the National Weather Service but also what’s known as NOAA.”

By Louis Jacobson, Ella Moore, Amy Sherman• July 8, 2025

Bob Casey stated on July 05, 2017 in a tweet:

The GOP health care proposal would slash more than $135 million in federal funding available to PA schools.

By Anna Orso• July 11, 2017

Donald Trump stated on October 29, 2020 in a rally in Tampa, Fla.:

“Nobody's ever seen a number like this… (33.1%) economic growth is four times greater than what the experts expected.”

By Jon Greenberg• October 30, 2020

Judd Gregg stated on March 25, 2009 in a Fox News interview:

Obama's budget plan would "take national debt up to about 80 percent of gross national product. ... Historically, it's been about 40 percent."

By Robert Farley• March 26, 2009

JD Vance stated on August 21, 2025 in a speech in Peachtree City, Georgia:

“We had the biggest tax cut for families that this country has ever seen.”

By Louis Jacobson• August 22, 2025

Phil Gingrey stated on June 28, 2012 in a radio interview:

The health care law is "the largest tax [increase] in the history of our country"

By Willoughby Mariano• July 11, 2012

Larry Kudlow stated on July 29, 2018 in an interview on CBS's Face the Nation:

"Even the CBO numbers show now that the entire $1.5 trillion tax cut is virtually paid for by higher revenues and better nominal GDP."

By Jon Greenberg• July 31, 2018

Bob McDonnell stated on April 21, 2012 in a TV interview.:

The U.S. economy is "recovering slower than Europe "

By Sean Gorman• May 7, 2012

Mitch McConnell stated on January 07, 2015 in a Senate floor speech:

A recent economic uptick appears to "coincide" with "the expectation of a new Republican Congress."

By Louis Jacobson• January 8, 2015

Kevin McCarthy stated on November 18, 2021 in a House floor speech:

“Never in American history has so much been spent at one time. Never in American history will so many taxes be raised and so much borrowing be needed to pay for this reckless spending.”

By Louis Jacobson• November 19, 2021

Hakeem Jeffries stated on July 02, 2025 in a House floor speech:

President Donald Trump’s tax law has “tax breaks for billionaires, permanent; tax breaks for everybody else, expire.”

By Louis Jacobson• July 8, 2025

Saxby Chambliss stated on September 25, 2013 in a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":

With Obamacare, "we're fixing to get hit with the biggest entitlement program the American taxpayers have ever seen."

By Louis Jacobson• September 27, 2013

Julián Castro stated on June 17, 2016 in comments at Texas Democratic Party convention:

"Today California is kicking our butt, creating more jobs and more economic growth than Texas."

By Emma Hinchliffe, W. Gardner Selby• August 17, 2016

Doonesbury stated on December 01, 2013 in a Doonesbury strip in the Sunday comics:

"The economy bled $24 billion" due to the government shutdown.

By Jon Greenberg• December 3, 2013

Jeanne Shaheen stated on July 20, 2010 in an MSNBC interview:

"For every dollar we put in unemployment, it pays back about $1.60."

By Lukas Pleva• July 27, 2010

What exactly is a recession? Sorting out a confusing topic

By Louis Jacobson• July 26, 2022

Will you pay $500 more for gas this year because of the Iran war? Fact-checking Democrat Ed Markey

By Amy Sherman• March 26, 2026

Booker vs. the Truth-O-Meter

By Caryn Shinske• December 20, 2012

Ask PolitiFact: Is the State Department about to pay Tesla $400 million for Cybertrucks? No

By Louis Jacobson• February 13, 2025

Medicare in 5 charts: A 2018 midterm report

By Jon Greenberg• September 11, 2018

NOAA firings came just before a U.S. tornado outbreak. Did public warning systems work?

By Loreben Tuquero• March 26, 2025

State of the Union fact-check: Trump exaggerates on economy, immigration

By PolitiFact Staff • February 25, 2026

Why economists are skeptical that U.S. can grow by 3 percent

By Louis Jacobson• May 26, 2017

Could $1,000 seed money in a Trump account multiply to $243,000? That’s without inflation and taxes

By Louis Jacobson• February 3, 2026

Fact-checking Joe Biden’s first White House press conference

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• March 25, 2021

Fact-check: President Trump’s speech on inflation, wages, military dividend

By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson• December 18, 2025

President Trump wants to slash voting by mail. About 1 in 4 Republicans voted that way in 2024

By Amy Sherman• March 11, 2026

Voter suppression or little step? How the SAVE America Act affects married women who change names

By Amy Sherman• March 19, 2026

Fact-checking Trump White House health care claims

By Allison Graves, Aaron Sharockman• March 12, 2017

The CDC changed the childhood vaccine schedule. How will that affect families, insurance coverage?

By Madison Czopek• January 16, 2026

Fact-checking Trump’s claims about tax cuts, job numbers and inflation in Wisconsin, Michigan

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 2, 2024

How long will the Iran war last? See Trump’s timeline shift

By Amy Sherman, Zoe Weyand• March 30, 2026

Trump says North Carolina’s economy is the ‘best’ in state history

By Elizabeth Thompson• July 27, 2019

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s statements on the economy in insult-laden Pennsylvania speech

By Louis Jacobson• December 10, 2025

Fact-checking Joe Biden's 2023 State of the Union address

By PolitiFact Staff • February 8, 2023

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