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Search results for "Trump administration fired all 22 current members of the National Science Board"

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Fact-checks (24619)

Rick Perry stated on August 18, 2011 in remarks during a campaign stop in New Hampshire:
"In Texas, we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools."
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby• August 19, 2011
Nancy Pelosi stated on April 16, 2020 in a statement:
“Even President Trump’s own EPA has admitted that this rule (on air pollutants) threatens to cause serious health problems including brain damage and death and to inflict billions of dollars of economic damage on our struggling economy.”
By Miriam Valverde• April 23, 2020
Rickey Padgett stated on September 15, 2018 in :
John Kerry is "now working on the behalf of foreign terrorist governments."
By Bill McCarthy• October 2, 2018
Hillary Clinton stated on April 21, 2016 in a "Good Morning America" town hall:
Marijuana is a Schedule I drug, "which you understand means that you can’t do any research about it."
By Lauren Carroll• April 26, 2016
Paul Ryan stated on August 18, 2012 in a speech in The Villages, Fla.:
Says Obama puts "15 unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats in charge of Medicare, who are required to cut Medicare ... that will lead to denied care for current seniors."
By Becky Bowers• August 23, 2012
Ralph Long stated on July 06, 2011 in a press conference:
"The [Georgia] General Assembly took away the Atlanta Board of Education’s oversight of the superintendent."
By Eric Stirgus• July 13, 2011
Marco Rubio stated on January 22, 2021 in a tweet:
Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.”
By Miriam Valverde• January 27, 2021
Kirsten Gillibrand stated on June 10, 2019 in an interview:
"Even in the last Congress, President Trump signed 18 of my bills."
By Jill Terreri Ramos• June 21, 2019
Mike Dudgeon stated on November 18, 2014 in newspaper article:
Thirty-eight states -- Georgia not included -- have appointed, rather than elected, state school superintendents.
By Nancy Badertscher• December 6, 2014
John McCain stated on October 09, 2008 in a Web ad:
"(Bill) Ayers and Obama ran a radical education foundation together."
By Alexander Lane• October 10, 2008
Liz Cheney stated on March 22, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
The IAEA, or the International Atomic Energy Agency, "last month said the Iranians are not currently living up to their obligations."
By Lauren Carroll• March 22, 2015
Louie Gohmert stated on February 21, 2017 in a press release:
Political activists are "being paid" to protest members of Congress.
By Joshua Gillin• February 27, 2017
Randy Bryce stated on May 06, 2018 in an interview:
Says he’s not a politician.
By Tom Kertscher• May 16, 2018
Barbara Cargill stated on March 11, 2010 in a State Board of Education meeting:
"The Federal Reserve system has presided over about a 95... percent decline in the U.S. dollar."
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 22, 2010
Donald Trump stated on April 06, 2020 in a White House briefing:
The Obama administration left Trump with a “stockpile with a cupboard that was bare.”
By Amy Sherman• April 8, 2020
Viral image stated on December 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Bill Clinton "gave nukes to North Korea," Barack Obama "gave nukes to Iran," and Hillary Clinton "gave uranium to Russia."
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 9, 2020
Donald Trump stated on October 17, 2016 in a speech in Green Bay, Wisconsin:
"It’s possible that non-citizen voters were responsible for Obama’s 2008 victory in North Carolina."
By Will Doran• October 19, 2016
Committee to Defend the President stated on January 31, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Mitt Romney voted against convicting President Donald Trump because Burisma board member Joseph Cofer Black “is Romney’s national security advisor” and because of ties to Obama CIA director John Brennan.
By Louis Jacobson• February 10, 2020
Donald Trump stated on March 12, 2020 in a tweet:
“During the 2009 swine flu outbreak, Biden made reckless comments unsupported by science & the experts. The Obama Admin had to clean up his mess & apologize for his ineptitude.”
By Samantha Putterman• March 13, 2020
Republican Party of Florida stated on September 22, 2014 in a campaign commercial:
Judithanne McLauchlan "was part of a group that supports imposing a state income tax on Floridians."
By Joshua Gillin• October 3, 2014

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