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February 13, 2013

CLAIM: President Obama says his administration is getting rid of regulations that don’t work.  

  • “[O]ur businesses have created over six million new jobs. … Our first priority is making America a magnet for new jobs and manufacturing.” (President Obama, State of the Union Address, February 12, 2013)

FACT: President Obama’s excessive, burdensome regulations are making it harder for small businesses to create jobs. 

February 12, 2013

CLAIM: President Obama says ObamaCare is helping to slow the growth of health care costs.

  • “[P]atients … enjoy stronger protections than ever before. … Already, the Affordable Care Act is helping to slow the growth of health care costs.”  (President Obama, State of the Union Address, February 12, 2013)

FACT: ObamaCare is driving up costs, jeopardizing coverage and making it harder for small businesses to hire.    

February 12, 2013

CLAIM: Everyone agrees we need to replace the Obama sequester, but what “some in this Congress” proposed is bad.

February 12, 2013

CLAIM: Highly-skilled foreign-born workers should be allowed to stay in the U.S. rather than be expelled from the country.

February 12, 2013

CLAIM: President Obama pledges to pursue a green energy agenda that will create jobs and fuel economic growth.

February 12, 2013

CLAIM: President Obama claims energy production is at an all time high on his watch, and says he will support more American energy production.  

February 12, 2013

CLAIM: President Obama says he supports American energy security.

  • “After years of talking about it, we are finally poised to control our own energy future.” (President Obama, State of the Union Address, February 12, 2013)

FACT: President Obama’s refusal to approve the Keystone pipeline has threatened the creation of thousands of American jobs and perpetuated America’s dependence on unstable foreign energy.

February 12, 2013

CLAIM: The economy is making progress, but that progress is being threatened by the politics in Washington.

February 12, 2013

CLAIM: We need to act quickly to avoid the sequester the president proposed and insisted on.

February 12, 2013

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