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Pete Buttigieg stated on July 28, 2024 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:

“Even before the pandemic, America went into a manufacturing recession.”

By Louis Jacobson• July 31, 2024

Noah Smith stated on March 07, 2018 in a Bloomberg View column:

"Since 1990, production of metals in the U.S. has held roughly constant, but the number of people employed in the industry has fallen steadily."

By Louis Jacobson• March 8, 2018

Donald Trump stated on March 06, 2018 in in a press conference :

Says the U.S. steel and aluminum industry is "a fraction of what it once was."

By John Kruzel• March 13, 2018

Jim Webb stated on February 03, 2011 in a committee hearing.:

The war in Iraq was a major factor in blowing "the top off the price of oil."

By Jacob Geiger• February 14, 2011

Leticia Van de Putte stated on February 16, 2011 in a press release:

"Since 1980, over 145 incidents have been documented of suction entrapment in swimming pools and spas, including 36 deaths of children."

By Ciara O'Rourke• March 23, 2011

Tammy Baldwin stated on September 28, 2012 in debate comments:

On Iran sanctions

By Dave Umhoefer• October 14, 2012

Barack Obama stated on July 06, 2009 in a newspaper interview:

"We import more oil today than ever before."

By Catharine Richert• July 8, 2009

Ted Cruz stated on March 06, 2014 in a speech at the CPAC conference:

Says President Barack Obama "is the first president we've ever had who thinks he can choose which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore."

By Louis Jacobson• March 10, 2014

Virginia Foxx stated on March 09, 2010 in a speech on the House floor:

"The economy began its nose dive when Democrats took control of Congress in January 2007."

By Louis Jacobson• March 15, 2010

Melvin Sickler stated on March 14, 2013 in a U.S. Senate hearing :

Says Oregon’s high minimum wage is the reason why "by 2011, Oregon's restaurants employed an average of only 13.8 workers, or 2.6 fewer employees than they did before the state's minimum wage began rising above the federal level in 1997."

By Christian Gaston• April 13, 2013

Barack Obama stated on June 29, 2016 in remarks in Ottawa, Canada:

"The steel industry is producing as much steel in the United States as it ever was. It’s just (that) it needs one-tenth of the workers that it used to."

By Louis Jacobson• July 5, 2016

Scott Bessent stated on May 18, 2025 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":

“Gasoline prices have collapsed under President Trump."

By Louis Jacobson• May 20, 2025

Stu Burguiere stated on July 15, 2014 in comments on The Glenn Beck Radio Program:

There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time."

By Derek Tsang• July 21, 2014

Leon Panetta stated on October 23, 2011 in congressional testimony:

"After every major conflict ... what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep, across-the-board cuts."

By Louis Jacobson• October 26, 2011

Michael McCaul stated on September 12, 2015 in the Republican weekly radio/TV address:

Iran’s "regime is responsible for more than 1,000 American casualties during the Iraq war" and "has plotted a terrorist attack here in our nation's capital."

By W. Gardner Selby• October 5, 2015

Mark Warner stated on June 27, 2011 in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.:

"If you look at our tax mix, the share of corporate revenues as a percentage of our overall revenue mix has declined by about half over the last 30 years."

By Jacob Geiger• July 2, 2011

Kasim Reed stated on July 17, 2012 in news conference:

The state of Georgia has lost 200,000 total jobs and 50,000 construction jobs since May 2007.

By Eric Stirgus• July 25, 2012

Democratic National Committee stated on September 20, 2019 in a press release:

Says Donald Trump is breaking a campaign pledge to bring manufacturing jobs back to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania since the two states "have lost the most manufacturing jobs in the past year."

By Mica Soellner• October 18, 2019

Donald Trump Jr. stated on January 22, 2021 in a tweet:

“Donald Trump is the first president in modern history (who) did not start a new war.”

By Noah Y. Kim• February 2, 2021

Donald Trump stated on January 14, 2020 in a campaign speech:

Says Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani "was a designated terrorist by President Obama, who didn't do anything about it."

By Tom Kertscher• January 16, 2020

Dissecting the spin on manufacturing numbers

By Eric Litke• November 13, 2019

Fact-checking Trump’s conclusion that Iran war was a ‘total’ US victory

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 8, 2026

9 charts show how consumers, businesses have soured on the economy in Trump’s first 100 days

By Louis Jacobson• April 28, 2025

Has the US ‘destroyed 100% of Iran’s military capability’? Fact-checking President Donald Trump

By Louis Jacobson• March 17, 2026

What is a recession, and is it tied to stock market declines? What to know after Trump’s tariffs

By Louis Jacobson• April 7, 2025

Fact-checking Donald Trump's address to Congress

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• March 1, 2017

Fact-checking the vice presidential debate

By Becky Bowers• October 12, 2012

Does historical precedent justify Donald Trump’s threats against civilian targets in Iran?

By Louis Jacobson• April 7, 2026

Joe Biden and manufacturing jobs: A closer look

By Louis Jacobson• November 1, 2022

Trump said US has a ‘virtually unlimited supply’ of munitions to fight Iran ‘forever.’ Is that true?

By Amy Sherman• March 6, 2026

John Boehner and the state of the economy

By Tom Feran• February 14, 2012

Ask PolitiFact: What does the Iran war mean for US gasoline prices?

By Louis Jacobson• March 4, 2026

How the 2008 and 2020 recessions will be different, and why that matters

By Louis Jacobson• March 20, 2020

Ask PolitiFact: What is the Strait of Hormuz and how does it affect oil prices?

By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand• March 11, 2026

Mailbag: 'I rate your "fact-check" to be Mostly Useless'

By Louis Jacobson• April 8, 2015

Trade and tariffs in 5 charts: A 2018 midterm report

By Manuela Tobias• September 24, 2018

Not just oil: How the Strait of Hormuz blockage affects US consumers, from fertilizer to helium

By Louis Jacobson• April 6, 2026

Did Donald Trump inherit 'a mess' from Barack Obama?

By Louis Jacobson• February 17, 2017

The state of the US economy under Joe Biden, in 15 charts

By Louis Jacobson• February 6, 2023

Is the U.S. economy working for everyone? What the data shows

By Louis Jacobson• July 2, 2019

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