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Fact Check

Congressional claims verified by independent fact-checking organizations

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Total Checked

56%

True / Mostly True

12%

False / Pants on Fire

50

Members Checked

Truth Spectrum

True
Mostly True
Half True
Mostly False
False
🔥 PoF
1530%1326%1020%612%33

Party Comparison

Democrats25 claims
13102
Republicans25 claims
238633
Mostly True

"The average American is one $400 emergency away from financial hardship."

HearingFeb 10, 2026Economy
True

"Congress hasn't passed a real balanced budget in over 20 years."

Floor speechJan 15, 2026Economy
True

"The Pentagon has failed its audit for the sixth consecutive year."

HearingDec 15, 2025Defense
Mostly True

"Medicare Advantage plans have higher satisfaction rates than traditional Medicare."

Floor speechDec 1, 2025Healthcare
Mostly False

"Gas prices doubled under this administration."

Social mediaNov 20, 2025Economy

"Over 30,000 veterans are experiencing homelessness on any given night in America."

Press conferenceNov 10, 2025Defense
True

"The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world."

Floor speechNov 5, 2025Criminal Justice
Mostly True

"Banks are making record profits while charging families 30% interest and paying them 0% on savings."

HearingOct 18, 2025Economy
Mostly True

"The vast majority of gun crimes are committed with illegally obtained firearms, not legally purchased ones."

HearingOct 12, 2025Gun Policy

"CEO pay has grown 1,400% since 1978 while worker pay has grown just 18%."

Floor speechOct 1, 2025Economy
Mostly False

"Federal regulations cost the average American household over $14,000 a year."

Floor speechSep 28, 2025Economy
Mostly True

"Medical debt is the number one cause of bankruptcy in America."

HearingSep 22, 2025Healthcare
True

"The average student loan debt for a college graduate is now over $37,000."

Floor speechSep 15, 2025Education
False

"The Green New Deal would cost every American household $65,000 a year."

Press conferenceSep 5, 2025Climate
Half True

"Public schools spend more per student than ever before, but test scores keep going down every year."

Social mediaAug 28, 2025Education
Half True

"Government-run healthcare systems in Europe have wait times of six months or more for basic surgeries."

Press conferenceAug 20, 2025Healthcare
Half True

"Open borders have allowed terrorists to freely enter the country — hundreds on the terror watchlist have been caught."

Press conferenceAug 15, 2025Immigration

"Pharmaceutical companies spend more on lobbying than any other industry."

Senate hearingAug 8, 2025Healthcare
True

"The five hottest years on record have all occurred in the last decade."

Social mediaAug 2, 2025Climate
Half True

"The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act led to the highest revenue collections in American history."

Floor speechJul 22, 2025Taxes
Mostly False

"Medicare will be completely bankrupt within five years if we don't act now."

Social mediaJul 14, 2025Healthcare
Mostly True

"Renewable energy jobs are growing 12 times faster than jobs in the rest of the economy."

Senate hearingJul 10, 2025Climate
🔥 Pants on Fire

"The government is spending $350 per day on each illegal immigrant while Social Security recipients get $50 a day."

Social mediaJul 3, 2025Immigration
False

"We've given more money to Ukraine than we spend on our own border security in a decade."

Social mediaJun 22, 2025Defense
Mostly True

"Dreamers contribute over $40 billion annually to the U.S. economy."

Floor speechJun 18, 2025Immigration
Half True

"The federal deficit has been cut by more than $1.7 trillion over the past two years."

Press conferenceJun 12, 2025Economy
True

"Immigrants start businesses at nearly twice the rate of native-born Americans."

Floor speechJun 5, 2025Immigration

"Immigrants commit crimes at a lower rate than native-born Americans."

Social mediaMay 30, 2025Immigration
Half True

"China opens two new coal plants every week while we're shutting ours down."

Floor speechMay 15, 2025Climate
False

"Under this administration, real wages have declined every single month."

Floor speechMay 8, 2025Economy
Mostly False

"Big Tech companies are censoring conservative voices at an unprecedented rate."

Press conferenceMay 5, 2025Technology
Half True

"Every single state is now a border state because of fentanyl trafficking."

HearingApr 22, 2025Immigration
Mostly False

"Our military readiness is at the lowest point since before World War II."

Floor speechApr 18, 2025Defense
Half True

"Billionaires in America pay a lower effective tax rate than teachers and firefighters."

Senate hearingApr 15, 2025Taxes
Mostly True

"Corporate profits hit record highs while working families are struggling to afford groceries."

Senate hearingApr 10, 2025Economy
True

"The Inflation Reduction Act capped insulin costs at $35 a month for seniors on Medicare."

Floor speechApr 5, 2025Healthcare
🔥 Pants on Fire

"The IRS is hiring 87,000 new armed agents to go after middle-class Americans."

Social mediaApr 1, 2025Taxes
Half True

"If we pull out of NATO, Russia would invade a NATO country within a year."

Press conferenceMar 30, 2025Defense

"Americans pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs — sometimes ten times what people in other countries pay for the same medication."

Senate hearingMar 22, 2025Healthcare
Mostly True

"The economy has added over 15 million jobs since January 2021, the strongest job growth in any presidential term in modern history."

Floor speechMar 15, 2025Economy
True

"Guns are now the leading cause of death for children in America."

Floor speechMar 8, 2025Gun Policy
Mostly False

"The border crisis is costing American taxpayers over $150 billion a year."

Press conferenceMar 1, 2025Immigration
Mostly True

"The United States spends more on defense than the next ten countries combined."

Senate hearingFeb 28, 2025Defense
Half True

"Inflation has cost the average American family over $12,000 since 2021."

Press conferenceFeb 20, 2025Economy
Mostly True

"Over 10 million illegal immigrants have crossed the southern border since 2021."

Floor speechFeb 14, 2025Immigration
Mostly True

"The racial wealth gap has barely changed since the Civil Rights Act — Black families have about 15 cents for every dollar white families have."

Floor speechFeb 5, 2025Economy
True

"The United States is now producing more oil than any country in the history of the world."

Floor speechJan 28, 2025Climate
True

"The national debt has increased by $8 trillion in just four years."

Social mediaJan 18, 2025Economy
Mostly True

"TikTok sends American user data to servers in China where it can be accessed by the Chinese government."

HearingJan 10, 2025Technology
🔥 Pants on Fire

"I personally stopped a major Wall Street fraud that saved thousands of jobs."

Social mediaJan 5, 2025Economy

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