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"Every piece of legislation, just about, that I ever introduced (in the U.S. Senate) ... — Hillary Clinton
"Today, if you were raised poor, you’re just as likely to stay poor as ... — Paul Ryan
"Very little of (the defense) budget — less than 10 percent — actually goes ... — Bernie Sanders
"I helped write" the Affordable Care Act. — Bernie Sanders
"We now have driven (health care) costs down to the lowest they've been in ... — Hillary Clinton
Says Bernie Sanders "voted for what we call the 'Charleston Loophole.'" — Hillary Clinton
Says Bernie Sanders "has reversed his position on immunity" for gun manufacturers and sellers. — Hillary Clinton
Hostages were released as soon as Ronald Reagan took office because Iran perceived that ... — Marco Rubio
Says Hillary Clinton called Barack Obama "naive" for saying he was would "sit down ... — Bernie Sanders
Says Sen. Ted Cruz used to be "in favor of birthright citizenship" but is ... — Marco Rubio
Says Marco Rubio "knows full well I voted for his amendment to increase military ... — Ted Cruz
Says President Barack Obama "appointed Eric Holder as attorney general. Eric Holder said he ... — Ted Cruz
"I didn’t support Sonia Sotomayor." — Chris Christie
Says Hillary Clinton "is under investigation with the FBI right now." — Jeb Bush
"We have the lowest percentage of Americans working today of any year since 1977." — Ted Cruz

The Latest from PolitiFact California

Gaping hole in Texas senator's claim

Ted Cruz

"California Senator, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein said if she could say to Mr. America and Mrs. America, 'Give me your guns, I'm rounding 'em up,' she would."

At least 8 times is never "never"

Nancy Pelosi

Until the new Iran deal, China and Russia "have never voted with us at the U.N. on any sanctions on Iran in the past."

— PolitiFact National

Data backs up claim, but questions about FBI watch list linger

Mike Thompson

"Since 2004, more than 2,000 suspected terrorists have legally purchased weapons in the United States."

Jobs claim needs a clarification

Kevin de León

California has "robust job growth that outpaces the rest of the nation."

Counting a sad statistic

Common Sense Kids Action

"California has more kids in poverty ... than virtually any other state."

CEO's carefully worded claim is Mostly True

Jeff Morales

"The actual (construction) contracts that we’ve awarded to date have come in several hundred million dollars below estimates."

Firms were asked for advice, not money

Jim Patterson

"We now know these firms are unwilling to put up any private money," for California's high-speed rail project.

Majority is female

Carly Fiorina

"The vast majority of (Syrian) refugees are young, able-bodied men looking for work."

— PolitiFact New Hampshire

Unusually little, but not none

Carly Fiorina

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has "no congressional oversight."

— PolitiFact National

Oh, just tens of millions

Carly Fiorina

"Obamacare isn't helping anyone."

— PolitiFact National

Lawmaker spouts wishful thinking

Luis Alejo

"Everyone on California’s roads is properly licensed, tested and insured."

Methodologically muddy

Greg Abbott

"Texas #2 in nation for new gun purchases, behind California."

— PolitiFact Texas

Brown offers California-centric history of smog

Jerry Brown

"Smog was invented in Los Angeles. It was. The name was invented. There was a fellow at Caltech and he came up with the idea and they called it smog."

Ambitious claim is on right track

Kevin de León

"No city in the state, no state in this nation, for that matter the entire world, has adopted (clean energy) targets more ambitious in scale."

Using PACs and Super PACs

Carly Fiorina

Planned Parenthood "is an organization that funnels millions of dollars in political contributions to pro-abortion candidates."

— PolitiFact National

Two companies, double the revenue

Donald Trump

When Carly Fiorina says Hewlett-Packard "revenues went up, that's because she bought Compaq. It was a terrible deal."

— PolitiFact National

Her description is a bit garbled

Carly Fiorina

One of the Planned Parenthood videos shows "a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, 'We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.' "

— PolitiFact National

The effort was state-sanctioned

NumbersUSA

"More than half of all drivers' licenses issued in California this year have gone to illegal aliens."

— PunditFact

On this, Obama measures up

Carly Fiorina

Says President Barack Obama is "not paying women equally by his own measures in his own White House."

— PunditFact

Let's go to the video

Nancy Pelosi

"I don't know who (Jonathan Gruber) is."

— PolitiFact National