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Rick Scott stated on June 08, 2010 in a campaign mail piece.:
"Bill McCollum holds the same position on (embryonic stem cell research) as Barack Obama."
By Aaron Sharockman• June 11, 2010
Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in a radio ad:
McCain "has opposed stem cell research."
By Robert Farley• September 24, 2008
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
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 21, 2024 in a post on X:
“Congress prohibits the NIH from researching the cause of mass shootings.”
By Louis Jacobson• April 23, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on November 17, 2025 in remarks at George Washington University:
“We’re not cutting science. We’re not cutting research.”
By Madison Czopek• November 20, 2025
Saxby Chambliss stated on November 07, 2013 in a hearing:
The U.S. Department of Defense spends $80 million a year on prostate cancer research, $25 million a year on ovarian cancer research and $150 million a year on breast cancer research.
By Eric Stirgus• November 19, 2013
Steve Israel stated on October 02, 2017 in an op-ed in the "New York Times":
Says the Dickey Amendment "prevents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from even researching the relationship between gun violence and public health. ... The government can’t study gun violence but is spending $400,000 analyzing the effects of Swedish massages on rabbits."  
By Jon Greenberg• October 5, 2017
Jim Bridenstine stated on June 11, 2013 in a House floor speech:
"This president spends 30 times as much money on global warming research as he does on weather forecasting and warning."
By Louis Jacobson• June 14, 2013
Instagram posts stated on October 17, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“Boston University CREATES a new COVID strain that has an 80% kill rate.”
By Jeff Cercone• October 20, 2022
Instagram posts stated on January 29, 2023 in an image shared on Instagram:
“Pfizer just got caught doing gain of function to mutate covid intentionally for vaccines.”
By Madison Czopek• February 6, 2023
Tammy Baldwin stated on September 14, 2018 in a radio interview:
Says as a Schedule 1 drug, marijuana carries a designation that means it "should not be researched"  
By Eric Litke• November 21, 2018
John Boehner stated on August 18, 2009 in a press release:
The health bill's plan for comparative effectiveness research "would be used by the government to ration care."
By Robert Farley• August 25, 2009
Tom Barrett stated on October 01, 2010 in a campaign TV ad:
Says "Scott Walker says he would ban stem cell research" 
By Tom Kertscher• October 10, 2010
Dave Weldon stated on July 23, 2012 in a mock debate:
Embryonic stem cell research is at a "dead end, with no one good example of a successful treatment."
By Katie Sanders• July 31, 2012
Peter Barca stated on March 12, 2015 in a televised interview:
"The average faculty member at UW-Madison brings in close to a quarter million dollars a year" in grant money.
By Dave Umhoefer• March 23, 2015
Ben Carson stated on November 29, 2015 in an interview on CNN:
"The Family Research Council, according to some government agencies, is a terrorist group."
By Louis Jacobson• December 1, 2015
Tony Perkins stated on October 12, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"We know from the social science that children do best with a mom and a dad."
By Jon Greenberg• October 12, 2014
Scott Walker stated on October 12, 2010 in a news conference with reporters:
"Scientists have shown us (that) the greater possibilities, the real science movement, has been with adult stem cell research. It has not been with embryonic."
By Tom Kertscher• October 21, 2010
Reince Priebus stated on July 17, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press":
"What the facts say" is ... "the best scenario for kids is a loving mom and dad."
By Lauren Carroll• July 17, 2016
Dick Armey stated on April 17, 2011 in an oped column.:
"At Texas A&M University, only 49 out of 3,000 faculty members brought in enough money to pay for their salaries and overhead over the past five years."
By W. Gardner Selby• May 4, 2011

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Special report: Examining the state of gun research

By Becky Bowers, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• April 29, 2013

Special report: Examining the state of gun research

By Becky Bowers, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• April 26, 2013

NIH helped fund research involving donated fetal tissue, but Fauci was not directly involved

By Madison Czopek• June 17, 2021

Spending bill's gun research line: Does it nullify Dickey amendment?

By Jon Greenberg• March 27, 2018

Ebola vaccine research and NIH funding cuts: reviewing the numbers

By Lauren Carroll• October 17, 2014

Ask PolitiFact: What's going on with EcoHealth Alliance, the NIH and coronavirus research?

By Noah Y. Kim• October 28, 2021

'Transgender monkeys'? Musk highlights misleading posts in push for new Government Efficiency group

By Caleb McCullough, Mia Osmonbekov, Amy Sherman• November 18, 2024

New research on politics fact-checking shows growth and influence

By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 22, 2015

World Health Day: Who's leading the charge on TB research?

By Jon Greenberg• April 7, 2016

Research counters Nicki Minaj’s tweet about COVID-19 vaccines and impotency

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 14, 2021

Debating the origins of the COVID-19 virus: What we know, what we don’t know

By Tom Kertscher, Noah Y. Kim• May 17, 2021

Ask PolitiFact: Can dogs detect COVID-19?

By Miriam Valverde• January 26, 2021

Is Obama spending 30 times more on climate change research than weather forecasting?

By Louis Jacobson• June 17, 2013

PunditFact fact-checks the Oct. 12 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• October 12, 2014

Fact-checking the Oct. 12 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• October 12, 2014

United Facts of America: Dr. Anthony Fauci disputes Sen. Rand Paul on Wuhan lab

By Angela Fu• May 11, 2021

Austin volunteer’s research holds up

By W. Gardner Selby• August 17, 2012

What role do septic tanks play in the algae bloom crisis in Florida?

By Amy Sherman• August 20, 2018

RFK Jr.’s Wi-Fi claim about human blood-brain barriers isn’t backed by definitive research

By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann• July 10, 2023

Texas organizers battle misinformation on encrypted messaging apps

By Nusaiba Mizan• November 23, 2022