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Larry Yarborough stated on June 09, 2016 in a meeting in the legislature about hemp regulations:

Says if you try to hide marijuana in a hemp field, "it becomes worthless. The THC goes away."

By Will Doran• June 14, 2016

Nikki Fried stated on October 12, 2019 in a speech to the Florida Democratic Party:

"Hemp has 25,000-35,000 known usages. That means it is going to be something that will replace plastics, and styrofoam and concrete."

By Amy Sherman• October 22, 2019

Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2014 in a graphic on the Internet:

"In 1916, the U.S. government predicted that by the 1940s all paper would come from hemp and that no more trees would need to be cut down."

By Louis Jacobson• January 17, 2014

William Devereaux stated on May 10, 2016 in a legislative hearing :

"You can import as many hemp products into this country as you want...but we can’t grow it."

By Jacqueline Tempera• May 22, 2016

Facebook posts stated on March 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper, grew and smoked marijuana, and said "hemp is of first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country."

By Samantha Putterman• March 13, 2019

Suzanne Bonamici stated on January 10, 2012 in a debate:

Federal law prohibits the growing of industrial hemp in the United States.

By Janie Har• January 14, 2012

Julie Mayfield stated on June 02, 2022 in a speech:

“A quarter of the entire acreage in the country that is under hemp production is here in North Carolina.”

By Paul Specht• June 13, 2022

Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2016 in a speech:

"Hillary Clinton wants to shut down family farms" using "radical regulation," by raising business tax "rates as high as nearly 50 percent" and by taxing "family farms again at death by as much as 45 percent."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• August 31, 2016

Kai Degner stated on October 17, 2016 in a debate.:

"The Declaration of Independence was written on paper made out of hemp."

By Sean Gorman• November 7, 2016

Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2020 in remarks at a public event in Des Moines:

"Under three years of my administration, net farm income has already gone up nearly 50%."

By Julia Shanahan• May 22, 2020

Viral image stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:

The US government is trying to create food shortages by telling farmers to destroy their crops.

By Andy Nguyen• September 7, 2021

Charlie Flemming stated on May 11, 2012 in a speech:

Georgia crackdown on illegal immigration costs state farmers $400 million last year.

By Chris Joyner• May 11, 2012

Ted Yoho stated on March 28, 2017 in a House hearing:

"Afghanistan has more hectares (of opium poppies) planted today than they had before we started this war."

By Jon Greenberg• April 4, 2017

Facebook posts stated on July 06, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Drought is a lie” designed to limit farming, reduce the food supply and ultimately control Americans.

By Madison Czopek• July 19, 2022

Facebook posts stated on October 01, 2020 in a text post:

Says Joe Biden “wants American farmers to put their farmland into Gvt ‘land banks.’ Gvt would then tell farmers what ‘sustainable’ plants they could grow.”

By Monique Curet• October 6, 2020

John Thune stated on August 29, 2012 in at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:

The Obama administration "even proposed banning farm kids from doing basic chores!"

By Amy Sherman• August 30, 2012

Elizabeth Warren stated on February 04, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"By rubber-stamping the Bayer-Monsanto merger, the Justice Department is handing control over one quarter of the world's seeds and pesticides market to one ginormous agribusiness."

By Jon Greenberg• February 14, 2019

Facebook posts stated on May 04, 2020 in a Facebook post:

"Bill Gates worked to end livestock production, and is pushing lab grown meat."

By Bill McCarthy• May 18, 2020

Facebook posts stated on January 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Soybeans dropped 70 cents and corn 50 cents per bushel in two days, causing farmers to lose big money, “thanks to Biden’s executive orders.”

By Tom Kertscher• January 28, 2021

National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on July 23, 2020 in a TV aad:

The estate tax "would punish family farms and small businesses, forcing them to be sold off instead of passed on to the next generation.”

By Caleb McCullough• July 23, 2020

Year of the Lies: Farmer says some Trump tariff statements ‘as far from the truth as you can get’

By Amy Sherman• December 16, 2025

Checking up on Obama's campaign promises

By Louis Jacobson• June 12, 2012

How bad off will soybean farmers be this year?

By Andrew Withers• October 29, 2018

In Tanzania, Clinton Foundation trades on maize and beans, not name

By Jon Greenberg• September 6, 2016

US soybean farmers criticize Argentina ‘bailout.’ How are the issues linked?

By Louis Jacobson• October 21, 2025

Campaign cash in Oregon: Will GOP candidates outspend Democrats?

By Dana Tims• September 4, 2014

Mailbag: 'What's wrong with you people?'

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 28, 2010

Fact-checking the Georgia runoff election for Senate between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker

By Tom Kertscher• December 2, 2022

United Facts of America to feature top-flight voices on elections, AI, vaccines

By Matthew Crowley• November 1, 2023

'Illegal Alien Facts' vs. the Truth-O-Meter

By Louis Jacobson• June 20, 2012

Fact-checking the final U.S. Senate debate between Joni Ernst and Theresa Greenfield

By Caleb McCullough, Julia Shanahan• October 16, 2020

Noncitizen voting is already rare in local elections, but 8 states want to ban it

By Sara Swann• October 31, 2024

Ask PolitiFact: What are Donald Trump’s second-term plans for the economy, immigration, abortion?

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• November 13, 2024

PunditFact fact-checks the Sept. 14 news shows

By Steve Contorno, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• September 14, 2014

Fact-checking the Sept. 14 news shows

By Steve Contorno, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• September 14, 2014

Was Silicon Valley Bank demise caused by Trump easing regulation, 'woke' efforts, or something else?

By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Yacob Reyes• March 13, 2023

Election officials want safe voting. Here’s how they boosted security since 2020’s threats.

By Amy Sherman• October 23, 2024

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By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2010

The story behind Rand Paul's son, Medicaid and Kentucky's marketplace

By Steve Contorno• January 9, 2014

How political ambitions could support, or sink, pushes to protect abortion rights

By Rachana Pradhan, Bram Sable-Smith• March 20, 2024

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