Latest Fact-checks by Bill Wichert Chris Christie stated on September 24, 2012 in a news conference: Says Ronald Reagan "was behind in the polls in 1980 going into the debate with Jimmy Carter and then turned around 10 days later and won 40 states." Chris Christie stated on September 23, 2012 in a campaign speech: Says there are "fewer jobs in America today than when Barack Obama became president." Rob Andrews stated on September 12, 2012 in an interview with Townsquare Media New Jersey: Says the "number-one source" of illegal immigration "is people legally coming to the United States on a tourist visa or a student visa and then disappearing into the population and never being heard from again." Shelley Adler stated on September 12, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube: Says Congressman Jon Runyan has a "plan to raise Medicare costs $6,400 a year." Leonard Lance stated on September 5, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: "The Senate has not passed a budget in more than three years, not a good budget, not a bad budget, no budget." Upendra Chivukula stated on August 31, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: Says Republicans "have declared that they’re going to convert the Medicare program into a voucher program." Chris Christie stated on September 5, 2012 in an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Says Bruce Springsteen played in 1975 at Seton Hall University in South Orange at Walsh gym. Cory Booker stated on September 4, 2012 in a rally at the Democratic National Convention: "The first (state) budget that came out of our Republican leadership slashed funding to Planned Parenthood...It resulted in the reduction of hours, the elimination of days, elimination of access to women in my city and all over my state." Chris Christie stated on August 28, 2012 in an interview on "CBS This Morning": Says Chris Christie was the "first governor in America to endorse" Mitt Romney. Chris Christie stated on August 28, 2012 in the keynote address at the Republican National Convention: Says the United States has "the world’s greatest health care system." Chris Christie stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa: Says "taxes were raised 115 times in the eight years before I became governor" and those increases were part of a "path that led to wealth and jobs and people leaving our state." Joseph Kyrillos stated on August 20, 2012 in a radio interview: "We've got the highest corporate tax rate in the world." John Wisniewski stated on August 21, 2012 in a news release: Says Congressmen Paul Ryan and Todd Akin co-sponsored legislation "to limit federal funding for abortion to victims of ‘forcible rape.’" Chris Christie stated on August 9, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube: Says Jon Corzine "gave away 14 percent raises over 4 years and he stood on the front steps of the Capitol at a public-sector union rally and said, 'I will fight to get you a great contract.’" National Republican Congressional Committee stated on August 14, 2012 in a news release: Says Reps. Rush Holt, Frank Pallone and Bill Pascrell are "willing to jeopardize seniors’ access to coverage by gutting $741 billion from Medicare" to pay for a "big-government healthcare takeover." Anna Little stated on August 2, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: "We actually made history in 2010. We came the closest in 24 years to defeating Frank Pallone." New Jersey Democratic State Committee stated on August 1, 2012 in a news release: "(The Tax Policy Center) found that Romney would raise taxes on the average middle class family by $2,000 to pay for $5 trillion in tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires." Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on July 30, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube: Says Congressman Jon Runyan does not want to cut taxes for the middle class, but only for millionaires. Shirley Turner stated on July 30, 2012 in a speech on the State Senate floor: "The judicial system is the most underfunded in this state, able to only pay 52 percent of its obligations. Meanwhile, judges get some of the richest pensions of all public employees." Robert Menendez stated on July 24, 2012 in a news conference: Says under federal law "we do not have any limitation on the number of guns and bullets we can buy." Dannel Malloy stated on July 23, 2012 in a radio interview: Says Chris Christie "has refused to fund pensions by billions of dollars," and got legislative approval to begin "properly funding pensions" in 2018. Chain email stated on July 10, 2012 in a chain e-mail: Says President Barack Obama "doubled the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year." Lou Greenwald stated on July 15, 2012 in an interview on 6abc’s “Inside Story”: Says raising the state income tax rate on millionaires to offset property taxes for other residents is "not a tax increase. It's a tax shift." Lou Greenwald stated on July 15, 2012 in an interview on 6abc’s “Inside Story”: Says "the money is in the budget" to give a tax break to "everyone," including people making more than $1 million. Chris Christie stated on July 9, 2012 in an appearance at the Brookings Institution: "New Jersey today has fewer employees in state government than it had when Christie Whitman left office in January of 2001, and I think that’s good. And we did it without any layoffs. We did it through attrition." Robert Menendez stated on June 28, 2012 in an interview on Richard French Live: Says as a result of the national health care reform, "the Congressional Budget Office says we save $250 million over the first 10 years. Over the next 10 years, we save $1.2 trillion in savings in terms of health care." Chris Christie stated on June 26, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube: Says state Sen. Paul Sarlo "said in February on NJTV, ‘there will be no tax increases in this budget’" and "voted the other night in the Senate Budget Committee to raise income taxes $800 million." Chris Christie stated on July 2, 2012 in a speech before the state Legislature: Says "our 12 month job increase was the sixth highest in the nation." Albio Sires stated on June 20, 2012 in a speech on the House floor: "Just in the past 10 years, college tuition has increased 28 percent." Paul Sarlo stated on June 25, 2012 in a speech on the State Senate floor: "The state's unemployment rate is fifth-highest in the country, a full point above the nationwide rate and higher than all of our...neighboring states."
Chris Christie stated on September 24, 2012 in a news conference: Says Ronald Reagan "was behind in the polls in 1980 going into the debate with Jimmy Carter and then turned around 10 days later and won 40 states." Chris Christie stated on September 23, 2012 in a campaign speech: Says there are "fewer jobs in America today than when Barack Obama became president." Rob Andrews stated on September 12, 2012 in an interview with Townsquare Media New Jersey: Says the "number-one source" of illegal immigration "is people legally coming to the United States on a tourist visa or a student visa and then disappearing into the population and never being heard from again." Shelley Adler stated on September 12, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube: Says Congressman Jon Runyan has a "plan to raise Medicare costs $6,400 a year." Leonard Lance stated on September 5, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: "The Senate has not passed a budget in more than three years, not a good budget, not a bad budget, no budget." Upendra Chivukula stated on August 31, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: Says Republicans "have declared that they’re going to convert the Medicare program into a voucher program." Chris Christie stated on September 5, 2012 in an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Says Bruce Springsteen played in 1975 at Seton Hall University in South Orange at Walsh gym. Cory Booker stated on September 4, 2012 in a rally at the Democratic National Convention: "The first (state) budget that came out of our Republican leadership slashed funding to Planned Parenthood...It resulted in the reduction of hours, the elimination of days, elimination of access to women in my city and all over my state." Chris Christie stated on August 28, 2012 in an interview on "CBS This Morning": Says Chris Christie was the "first governor in America to endorse" Mitt Romney. Chris Christie stated on August 28, 2012 in the keynote address at the Republican National Convention: Says the United States has "the world’s greatest health care system." Chris Christie stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa: Says "taxes were raised 115 times in the eight years before I became governor" and those increases were part of a "path that led to wealth and jobs and people leaving our state." Joseph Kyrillos stated on August 20, 2012 in a radio interview: "We've got the highest corporate tax rate in the world." John Wisniewski stated on August 21, 2012 in a news release: Says Congressmen Paul Ryan and Todd Akin co-sponsored legislation "to limit federal funding for abortion to victims of ‘forcible rape.’" Chris Christie stated on August 9, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube: Says Jon Corzine "gave away 14 percent raises over 4 years and he stood on the front steps of the Capitol at a public-sector union rally and said, 'I will fight to get you a great contract.’" National Republican Congressional Committee stated on August 14, 2012 in a news release: Says Reps. Rush Holt, Frank Pallone and Bill Pascrell are "willing to jeopardize seniors’ access to coverage by gutting $741 billion from Medicare" to pay for a "big-government healthcare takeover." Anna Little stated on August 2, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: "We actually made history in 2010. We came the closest in 24 years to defeating Frank Pallone." New Jersey Democratic State Committee stated on August 1, 2012 in a news release: "(The Tax Policy Center) found that Romney would raise taxes on the average middle class family by $2,000 to pay for $5 trillion in tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires." Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on July 30, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube: Says Congressman Jon Runyan does not want to cut taxes for the middle class, but only for millionaires. Shirley Turner stated on July 30, 2012 in a speech on the State Senate floor: "The judicial system is the most underfunded in this state, able to only pay 52 percent of its obligations. Meanwhile, judges get some of the richest pensions of all public employees." Robert Menendez stated on July 24, 2012 in a news conference: Says under federal law "we do not have any limitation on the number of guns and bullets we can buy." Dannel Malloy stated on July 23, 2012 in a radio interview: Says Chris Christie "has refused to fund pensions by billions of dollars," and got legislative approval to begin "properly funding pensions" in 2018. Chain email stated on July 10, 2012 in a chain e-mail: Says President Barack Obama "doubled the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year." Lou Greenwald stated on July 15, 2012 in an interview on 6abc’s “Inside Story”: Says raising the state income tax rate on millionaires to offset property taxes for other residents is "not a tax increase. It's a tax shift." Lou Greenwald stated on July 15, 2012 in an interview on 6abc’s “Inside Story”: Says "the money is in the budget" to give a tax break to "everyone," including people making more than $1 million. Chris Christie stated on July 9, 2012 in an appearance at the Brookings Institution: "New Jersey today has fewer employees in state government than it had when Christie Whitman left office in January of 2001, and I think that’s good. And we did it without any layoffs. We did it through attrition." Robert Menendez stated on June 28, 2012 in an interview on Richard French Live: Says as a result of the national health care reform, "the Congressional Budget Office says we save $250 million over the first 10 years. Over the next 10 years, we save $1.2 trillion in savings in terms of health care." Chris Christie stated on June 26, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube: Says state Sen. Paul Sarlo "said in February on NJTV, ‘there will be no tax increases in this budget’" and "voted the other night in the Senate Budget Committee to raise income taxes $800 million." Chris Christie stated on July 2, 2012 in a speech before the state Legislature: Says "our 12 month job increase was the sixth highest in the nation." Albio Sires stated on June 20, 2012 in a speech on the House floor: "Just in the past 10 years, college tuition has increased 28 percent." Paul Sarlo stated on June 25, 2012 in a speech on the State Senate floor: "The state's unemployment rate is fifth-highest in the country, a full point above the nationwide rate and higher than all of our...neighboring states."
Chris Christie stated on September 24, 2012 in a news conference: Says Ronald Reagan "was behind in the polls in 1980 going into the debate with Jimmy Carter and then turned around 10 days later and won 40 states."
Chris Christie stated on September 23, 2012 in a campaign speech: Says there are "fewer jobs in America today than when Barack Obama became president."
Rob Andrews stated on September 12, 2012 in an interview with Townsquare Media New Jersey: Says the "number-one source" of illegal immigration "is people legally coming to the United States on a tourist visa or a student visa and then disappearing into the population and never being heard from again."
Shelley Adler stated on September 12, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube: Says Congressman Jon Runyan has a "plan to raise Medicare costs $6,400 a year."
Leonard Lance stated on September 5, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: "The Senate has not passed a budget in more than three years, not a good budget, not a bad budget, no budget."
Upendra Chivukula stated on August 31, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: Says Republicans "have declared that they’re going to convert the Medicare program into a voucher program."
Chris Christie stated on September 5, 2012 in an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Says Bruce Springsteen played in 1975 at Seton Hall University in South Orange at Walsh gym.
Cory Booker stated on September 4, 2012 in a rally at the Democratic National Convention: "The first (state) budget that came out of our Republican leadership slashed funding to Planned Parenthood...It resulted in the reduction of hours, the elimination of days, elimination of access to women in my city and all over my state."
Chris Christie stated on August 28, 2012 in an interview on "CBS This Morning": Says Chris Christie was the "first governor in America to endorse" Mitt Romney.
Chris Christie stated on August 28, 2012 in the keynote address at the Republican National Convention: Says the United States has "the world’s greatest health care system."
Chris Christie stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa: Says "taxes were raised 115 times in the eight years before I became governor" and those increases were part of a "path that led to wealth and jobs and people leaving our state."
Joseph Kyrillos stated on August 20, 2012 in a radio interview: "We've got the highest corporate tax rate in the world."
John Wisniewski stated on August 21, 2012 in a news release: Says Congressmen Paul Ryan and Todd Akin co-sponsored legislation "to limit federal funding for abortion to victims of ‘forcible rape.’"
Chris Christie stated on August 9, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube: Says Jon Corzine "gave away 14 percent raises over 4 years and he stood on the front steps of the Capitol at a public-sector union rally and said, 'I will fight to get you a great contract.’"
National Republican Congressional Committee stated on August 14, 2012 in a news release: Says Reps. Rush Holt, Frank Pallone and Bill Pascrell are "willing to jeopardize seniors’ access to coverage by gutting $741 billion from Medicare" to pay for a "big-government healthcare takeover."
Anna Little stated on August 2, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: "We actually made history in 2010. We came the closest in 24 years to defeating Frank Pallone."
New Jersey Democratic State Committee stated on August 1, 2012 in a news release: "(The Tax Policy Center) found that Romney would raise taxes on the average middle class family by $2,000 to pay for $5 trillion in tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires."
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on July 30, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube: Says Congressman Jon Runyan does not want to cut taxes for the middle class, but only for millionaires.
Shirley Turner stated on July 30, 2012 in a speech on the State Senate floor: "The judicial system is the most underfunded in this state, able to only pay 52 percent of its obligations. Meanwhile, judges get some of the richest pensions of all public employees."
Robert Menendez stated on July 24, 2012 in a news conference: Says under federal law "we do not have any limitation on the number of guns and bullets we can buy."
Dannel Malloy stated on July 23, 2012 in a radio interview: Says Chris Christie "has refused to fund pensions by billions of dollars," and got legislative approval to begin "properly funding pensions" in 2018.
Chain email stated on July 10, 2012 in a chain e-mail: Says President Barack Obama "doubled the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year."
Lou Greenwald stated on July 15, 2012 in an interview on 6abc’s “Inside Story”: Says raising the state income tax rate on millionaires to offset property taxes for other residents is "not a tax increase. It's a tax shift."
Lou Greenwald stated on July 15, 2012 in an interview on 6abc’s “Inside Story”: Says "the money is in the budget" to give a tax break to "everyone," including people making more than $1 million.
Chris Christie stated on July 9, 2012 in an appearance at the Brookings Institution: "New Jersey today has fewer employees in state government than it had when Christie Whitman left office in January of 2001, and I think that’s good. And we did it without any layoffs. We did it through attrition."
Robert Menendez stated on June 28, 2012 in an interview on Richard French Live: Says as a result of the national health care reform, "the Congressional Budget Office says we save $250 million over the first 10 years. Over the next 10 years, we save $1.2 trillion in savings in terms of health care."
Chris Christie stated on June 26, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube: Says state Sen. Paul Sarlo "said in February on NJTV, ‘there will be no tax increases in this budget’" and "voted the other night in the Senate Budget Committee to raise income taxes $800 million."
Chris Christie stated on July 2, 2012 in a speech before the state Legislature: Says "our 12 month job increase was the sixth highest in the nation."
Albio Sires stated on June 20, 2012 in a speech on the House floor: "Just in the past 10 years, college tuition has increased 28 percent."
Paul Sarlo stated on June 25, 2012 in a speech on the State Senate floor: "The state's unemployment rate is fifth-highest in the country, a full point above the nationwide rate and higher than all of our...neighboring states."