Latest Fact-checks in Ohio Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Tim Grendell stated on April 18, 2011 in a forum on the state budget: "In Senate Bill 5, there is this new method of evaluating teachers. … You’re also going to be rated on what the parents think of you and they can send questionnaires and surveys home to parents." Sherrod Brown stated on April 14, 2011 in a Senate committee hearing: "Foreign companies in the United States have a significantly higher unionization rate than other companies overall." Jean Schmidt stated on April 14, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "For every 33 pregnant women that walk into a Planned Parenthood clinic, 32 receive an abortion." Marcy Kaptur stated on April 6, 2011 in a radio interview: General Electric "hasn't really created any jobs in this country, doesn't pay any taxes, and they're making historic profits." John Kasich stated on March 31, 2011 in an interview on Fox News: "In this bill that I’ve just signed, we don’t cut anybody’s salary. We don’t take away their pension. And we don’t destroy their health care." Dennis Kucinich stated on February 10, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "What we have done with the PATRIOT Act, we've given the government enormous powers. We've given the government the right to reach deeply into people's private lives, into their business affairs, without a court order." Michael Turner stated on April 30, 2010 in a letter from the Ohio congressional delegation to NASA: A space shuttle the National Museum of the United States Air Force near Dayton would be "within a day's drive of 60 percent of the U.S. population." John Kasich stated on March 8, 2011 in his State of the State speech: There was "some sort of informal commitment to build a (psychiatric) building in downtown Cleveland." David Pepper stated on March 10, 2011 in an Ohio House committee hearing: "Many states without collective bargaining, such as Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina, have far larger budget deficits than many that do, including Ohio." Tim Ryan stated on March 16, 2011 in a House committee hearing: "A report in Navy Times said that 7.3 percent of Army, Navy and Marines have thought about attempting suicide." Tim Ryan stated on March 16, 2011 in a House committee hearing: "From '05 to '09, we've had 1,100 soldiers commit suicide, one every 36 hours." Armond Budish stated on March 22, 2011: "Across the United States, 25 percent of voting age African Americans do not have the photo ID that this bill would require." Jim Jordan stated on March 22, 2011 in an interview on the Fox Business Channel: The federal government has "77 different means-tested social welfare programs." William G. Batchelder stated on March 23, 2011 in a news conference: Says a photo ID voting law in Georgia didn't dissuade black voters from participating in voting. "It hasn't, it doesn't, and apparently, if you do cause and effect in that state, it's been helpful." John Boehner stated on March 14, 2011 in video: Says the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act adopted last year contains "a series of slush funds, set up to stay on the books automatically, with little or no oversight." Sherrod Brown stated on March 7, 2011: The "House-passed budget proposal could cut funding for programs that help keep local neighborhoods safe, slash more than $1.7 million in anti-terror funds for Ohio." Dennis Kucinich stated on February 17, 2011 in a House committee hearing: Says none of the government programs targeted for elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans "appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of waste, fraud and abuse." Armond Budish stated on March 17, 2011 in a letter to editor in The Plain Dealer: Says "legislation pending in the House would effectively limit or eliminate ‘time-and-a-half’ for people who work overtime." Dennis Kucinich stated on March 3, 2011 in a House committee hearing: "Due to a flaw in the 1995 Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act numerous oil companies are now drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in federal lands and paying no royalties to the federal government." John Kasich stated on March 8, 2011 in his State of the State speech: Ohio Director of Job Creation "Mark Kvamme just clawed back about $900,000 from companies that made promises and they didn't keep them." Steve LaTourette stated on March 4, 2011 in a newspaper interview: "If you look at the jobs lost in the private sector as opposed to the job gains in the public sector, it's out of whack. The government's growing and the private economy's shrinking." Betty Sutton stated on March 3, 2011 in a House committee hearing: "Lake Erie supports nearly 10 percent of Ohio's jobs and generates $750 million in state and local taxes." Sherrod Brown stated on January 19, 2011 in a telephone news conference: Says that Republicans "bragged about how every bill was going to be paid for, right from the beginning" and that the first vote, the repeal of health care reform, violated that rule. Marcia Fudge stated on March 1, 2011 in an interview on C-SPAN: "There are corporations in this nation, some of the biggest corporations in this nation, who do not pay taxes." Ohio Coal Association stated on March 1, 2011 in testimony to a House subcommittee: Says that President Obama said in 2008 that his proposed greenhouse gas regulations "will bankrupt" anyone who wants to build a new coal-fired power plant. John Kasich stated on February 21, 2011 in an interview on Fox News: "Our average private sector employee pays 23 percent for their health care. Our average city worker in Ohio pays 9 percent." National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on February 1, 2011 in a news release: Says Sen. Sherrod Brown admitted "that his $787 billion stimulus law failed" and "after specifically attacking Republicans for wanting to lower Americans' taxes, (he) now claims that his stimulus bill 'didn't do enough' to lower taxes." Sherrod Brown stated on March 3, 2011 in a speech in the Senate: "Hitler didn't want unions. Stalin didn't want unions. Mubarak didn't want independent unions. These autocrats in history don't want independent unions." Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on February 22, 2011 in a news release: In slashing $1.7 billion from Social Security, "Rep. Jim Renacci may end up forcing the entire agency to ... shut down for a month, causing seniors to not get their benefits on time, halting claims processing, and forcing new retirees and disabled workers into a backlog." John Kasich stated on February 22, 2011 in an interview on CNN: "We have lost 600,000 jobs over the period of the last 10 years. Only Michigan and California have done worse."
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Tim Grendell stated on April 18, 2011 in a forum on the state budget: "In Senate Bill 5, there is this new method of evaluating teachers. … You’re also going to be rated on what the parents think of you and they can send questionnaires and surveys home to parents." Sherrod Brown stated on April 14, 2011 in a Senate committee hearing: "Foreign companies in the United States have a significantly higher unionization rate than other companies overall." Jean Schmidt stated on April 14, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "For every 33 pregnant women that walk into a Planned Parenthood clinic, 32 receive an abortion." Marcy Kaptur stated on April 6, 2011 in a radio interview: General Electric "hasn't really created any jobs in this country, doesn't pay any taxes, and they're making historic profits." John Kasich stated on March 31, 2011 in an interview on Fox News: "In this bill that I’ve just signed, we don’t cut anybody’s salary. We don’t take away their pension. And we don’t destroy their health care." Dennis Kucinich stated on February 10, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "What we have done with the PATRIOT Act, we've given the government enormous powers. We've given the government the right to reach deeply into people's private lives, into their business affairs, without a court order." Michael Turner stated on April 30, 2010 in a letter from the Ohio congressional delegation to NASA: A space shuttle the National Museum of the United States Air Force near Dayton would be "within a day's drive of 60 percent of the U.S. population." John Kasich stated on March 8, 2011 in his State of the State speech: There was "some sort of informal commitment to build a (psychiatric) building in downtown Cleveland." David Pepper stated on March 10, 2011 in an Ohio House committee hearing: "Many states without collective bargaining, such as Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina, have far larger budget deficits than many that do, including Ohio." Tim Ryan stated on March 16, 2011 in a House committee hearing: "A report in Navy Times said that 7.3 percent of Army, Navy and Marines have thought about attempting suicide." Tim Ryan stated on March 16, 2011 in a House committee hearing: "From '05 to '09, we've had 1,100 soldiers commit suicide, one every 36 hours." Armond Budish stated on March 22, 2011: "Across the United States, 25 percent of voting age African Americans do not have the photo ID that this bill would require." Jim Jordan stated on March 22, 2011 in an interview on the Fox Business Channel: The federal government has "77 different means-tested social welfare programs." William G. Batchelder stated on March 23, 2011 in a news conference: Says a photo ID voting law in Georgia didn't dissuade black voters from participating in voting. "It hasn't, it doesn't, and apparently, if you do cause and effect in that state, it's been helpful." John Boehner stated on March 14, 2011 in video: Says the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act adopted last year contains "a series of slush funds, set up to stay on the books automatically, with little or no oversight." Sherrod Brown stated on March 7, 2011: The "House-passed budget proposal could cut funding for programs that help keep local neighborhoods safe, slash more than $1.7 million in anti-terror funds for Ohio." Dennis Kucinich stated on February 17, 2011 in a House committee hearing: Says none of the government programs targeted for elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans "appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of waste, fraud and abuse." Armond Budish stated on March 17, 2011 in a letter to editor in The Plain Dealer: Says "legislation pending in the House would effectively limit or eliminate ‘time-and-a-half’ for people who work overtime." Dennis Kucinich stated on March 3, 2011 in a House committee hearing: "Due to a flaw in the 1995 Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act numerous oil companies are now drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in federal lands and paying no royalties to the federal government." John Kasich stated on March 8, 2011 in his State of the State speech: Ohio Director of Job Creation "Mark Kvamme just clawed back about $900,000 from companies that made promises and they didn't keep them." Steve LaTourette stated on March 4, 2011 in a newspaper interview: "If you look at the jobs lost in the private sector as opposed to the job gains in the public sector, it's out of whack. The government's growing and the private economy's shrinking." Betty Sutton stated on March 3, 2011 in a House committee hearing: "Lake Erie supports nearly 10 percent of Ohio's jobs and generates $750 million in state and local taxes." Sherrod Brown stated on January 19, 2011 in a telephone news conference: Says that Republicans "bragged about how every bill was going to be paid for, right from the beginning" and that the first vote, the repeal of health care reform, violated that rule. Marcia Fudge stated on March 1, 2011 in an interview on C-SPAN: "There are corporations in this nation, some of the biggest corporations in this nation, who do not pay taxes." Ohio Coal Association stated on March 1, 2011 in testimony to a House subcommittee: Says that President Obama said in 2008 that his proposed greenhouse gas regulations "will bankrupt" anyone who wants to build a new coal-fired power plant. John Kasich stated on February 21, 2011 in an interview on Fox News: "Our average private sector employee pays 23 percent for their health care. Our average city worker in Ohio pays 9 percent." National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on February 1, 2011 in a news release: Says Sen. Sherrod Brown admitted "that his $787 billion stimulus law failed" and "after specifically attacking Republicans for wanting to lower Americans' taxes, (he) now claims that his stimulus bill 'didn't do enough' to lower taxes." Sherrod Brown stated on March 3, 2011 in a speech in the Senate: "Hitler didn't want unions. Stalin didn't want unions. Mubarak didn't want independent unions. These autocrats in history don't want independent unions." Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on February 22, 2011 in a news release: In slashing $1.7 billion from Social Security, "Rep. Jim Renacci may end up forcing the entire agency to ... shut down for a month, causing seniors to not get their benefits on time, halting claims processing, and forcing new retirees and disabled workers into a backlog." John Kasich stated on February 22, 2011 in an interview on CNN: "We have lost 600,000 jobs over the period of the last 10 years. Only Michigan and California have done worse."
Tim Grendell stated on April 18, 2011 in a forum on the state budget: "In Senate Bill 5, there is this new method of evaluating teachers. … You’re also going to be rated on what the parents think of you and they can send questionnaires and surveys home to parents."
Sherrod Brown stated on April 14, 2011 in a Senate committee hearing: "Foreign companies in the United States have a significantly higher unionization rate than other companies overall."
Jean Schmidt stated on April 14, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "For every 33 pregnant women that walk into a Planned Parenthood clinic, 32 receive an abortion."
Marcy Kaptur stated on April 6, 2011 in a radio interview: General Electric "hasn't really created any jobs in this country, doesn't pay any taxes, and they're making historic profits."
John Kasich stated on March 31, 2011 in an interview on Fox News: "In this bill that I’ve just signed, we don’t cut anybody’s salary. We don’t take away their pension. And we don’t destroy their health care."
Dennis Kucinich stated on February 10, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "What we have done with the PATRIOT Act, we've given the government enormous powers. We've given the government the right to reach deeply into people's private lives, into their business affairs, without a court order."
Michael Turner stated on April 30, 2010 in a letter from the Ohio congressional delegation to NASA: A space shuttle the National Museum of the United States Air Force near Dayton would be "within a day's drive of 60 percent of the U.S. population."
John Kasich stated on March 8, 2011 in his State of the State speech: There was "some sort of informal commitment to build a (psychiatric) building in downtown Cleveland."
David Pepper stated on March 10, 2011 in an Ohio House committee hearing: "Many states without collective bargaining, such as Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina, have far larger budget deficits than many that do, including Ohio."
Tim Ryan stated on March 16, 2011 in a House committee hearing: "A report in Navy Times said that 7.3 percent of Army, Navy and Marines have thought about attempting suicide."
Tim Ryan stated on March 16, 2011 in a House committee hearing: "From '05 to '09, we've had 1,100 soldiers commit suicide, one every 36 hours."
Armond Budish stated on March 22, 2011: "Across the United States, 25 percent of voting age African Americans do not have the photo ID that this bill would require."
Jim Jordan stated on March 22, 2011 in an interview on the Fox Business Channel: The federal government has "77 different means-tested social welfare programs."
William G. Batchelder stated on March 23, 2011 in a news conference: Says a photo ID voting law in Georgia didn't dissuade black voters from participating in voting. "It hasn't, it doesn't, and apparently, if you do cause and effect in that state, it's been helpful."
John Boehner stated on March 14, 2011 in video: Says the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act adopted last year contains "a series of slush funds, set up to stay on the books automatically, with little or no oversight."
Sherrod Brown stated on March 7, 2011: The "House-passed budget proposal could cut funding for programs that help keep local neighborhoods safe, slash more than $1.7 million in anti-terror funds for Ohio."
Dennis Kucinich stated on February 17, 2011 in a House committee hearing: Says none of the government programs targeted for elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans "appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of waste, fraud and abuse."
Armond Budish stated on March 17, 2011 in a letter to editor in The Plain Dealer: Says "legislation pending in the House would effectively limit or eliminate ‘time-and-a-half’ for people who work overtime."
Dennis Kucinich stated on March 3, 2011 in a House committee hearing: "Due to a flaw in the 1995 Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act numerous oil companies are now drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in federal lands and paying no royalties to the federal government."
John Kasich stated on March 8, 2011 in his State of the State speech: Ohio Director of Job Creation "Mark Kvamme just clawed back about $900,000 from companies that made promises and they didn't keep them."
Steve LaTourette stated on March 4, 2011 in a newspaper interview: "If you look at the jobs lost in the private sector as opposed to the job gains in the public sector, it's out of whack. The government's growing and the private economy's shrinking."
Betty Sutton stated on March 3, 2011 in a House committee hearing: "Lake Erie supports nearly 10 percent of Ohio's jobs and generates $750 million in state and local taxes."
Sherrod Brown stated on January 19, 2011 in a telephone news conference: Says that Republicans "bragged about how every bill was going to be paid for, right from the beginning" and that the first vote, the repeal of health care reform, violated that rule.
Marcia Fudge stated on March 1, 2011 in an interview on C-SPAN: "There are corporations in this nation, some of the biggest corporations in this nation, who do not pay taxes."
Ohio Coal Association stated on March 1, 2011 in testimony to a House subcommittee: Says that President Obama said in 2008 that his proposed greenhouse gas regulations "will bankrupt" anyone who wants to build a new coal-fired power plant.
John Kasich stated on February 21, 2011 in an interview on Fox News: "Our average private sector employee pays 23 percent for their health care. Our average city worker in Ohio pays 9 percent."
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on February 1, 2011 in a news release: Says Sen. Sherrod Brown admitted "that his $787 billion stimulus law failed" and "after specifically attacking Republicans for wanting to lower Americans' taxes, (he) now claims that his stimulus bill 'didn't do enough' to lower taxes."
Sherrod Brown stated on March 3, 2011 in a speech in the Senate: "Hitler didn't want unions. Stalin didn't want unions. Mubarak didn't want independent unions. These autocrats in history don't want independent unions."
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on February 22, 2011 in a news release: In slashing $1.7 billion from Social Security, "Rep. Jim Renacci may end up forcing the entire agency to ... shut down for a month, causing seniors to not get their benefits on time, halting claims processing, and forcing new retirees and disabled workers into a backlog."
John Kasich stated on February 22, 2011 in an interview on CNN: "We have lost 600,000 jobs over the period of the last 10 years. Only Michigan and California have done worse."
