Bonehead John Boehner falsely claim no stimulus contracts awarded in Ohio
Chris Wallace did not challenge John Boehner's false claim that stimulus contracts have not yet been awarded in Ohio. In fact, the Ohio Department of Transportation has awarded more than $83.9 million in contracts under the recovery act.
During the July 5 edition of Fox Broadcasting Co.'s Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace let stand House Minority Leader John Boehner's false claim that "[i]n Ohio, the infrastructure dollars that were sent there months ago," as part of the economic recovery package, "there hasn't been a contract let, to my knowledge. And the fact is is that I don't believe it will create jobs." In fact, in a June 15 update on the state's stimulus spending, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) stated, "Combined with the contracts awarded so far using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ODOT has awarded more than $83.9 million in contracts for work on 52 projects -- a combination of interstate, local roadway and bridge modernization projects."
