Speaker Mike Johnson
56th Speaker of the House | Christian, husband, dad, Constitutional law attorney & small biz owner.
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True95% confidence4 sourcesNov 11, 2026Mike Bost is the Chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee.Said by AMultiple primary sources, including the committee's own website (published 2026-10-27), the House Clerk's committee roster (2026-10-26), and Bost's official site (2026-10-10), identify Mike Bost as chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, consistent with the claim as of 2026-11-11. The claim faithfully reflects the passage, which attributes the same title to Bost.True93% confidence5 sourcesNov 11, 2026A statue of Billy Graham was added to the U.S. Capitol on behalf of North Carolina.Said by AThe sources show a bronze Billy Graham statue was installed in National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol on behalf of North Carolina, unveiled May 16, 2024, replacing the Charles Aycock statue. The post's word "just" describes the 2024 addition as recent, but the claim itself, that the statue was added on behalf of North Carolina, is confirmed.True95% confidence7 sourcesNov 11, 2026Veterans Day is observed on November 11, 2026.Multiple primary sources confirm that Veterans Day is observed on November 11, 2026. The White House proclamation sets November 11, 2026 as Veterans Day, and the Michigan state proclamation and U.S. Embassy Finland notice agree. The claim matches the post's title, which carries the same date.True90% confidence5 sourcesNov 11, 2026The United States has experienced the largest decline in prescription drug costs in 60 years.Said by AThe sources consistently report that US prescription drug prices fell 3.1% in the year ending July 2026, the steepest annual decline since 1963 per BLS CPI data, and FactCheck.org confirms this as true. The sources dispute what caused the drop, but the claim asserts only the decline itself, so the disputed attribution does not contradict it.True95% confidence5 sourcesNov 11, 2026Jim Jordan will be the new Republican leader in the 120th Congress.Said by AHouse Republicans elected Rep. Jim Jordan on November 10, 2026 to lead their conference as minority leader in the 120th Congress, by a 106-73 vote over Steve Scalise. The claim's future-tense framing matches the record as of the November 11, 2026 posting date. The sources also show the post's 'Republican leader' is the House GOP's top post, the minority leader role.True80% confidence4 sourcesNov 11, 2026Republicans in the 119th Congress passed 1,000 measures across the House floor.Said by AThe Congress.gov floor-action tally, published 2026-10-30, lists 1,000 measures passed or agreed to in the House in the 119th Congress, which matches the claim. Sources differ on counting: Scribe notes the House total includes over 200 simple and concurrent resolutions that never become law, and Snopes's earlier 922 count was as of September 14.True60% confidence5 sourcesNov 11, 2026Democrats in the 119th Congress caused three government shutdowns totaling 120 days.Said by AThe sources support three funding lapses under the 119th Congress (a 42-43 day full shutdown from Oct 1, 2025, a brief DHS lapse of about two days, and a 76-day DHS shutdown) totaling roughly 120 days, so the count and total hold. Attributing the shutdowns to Democrats is a contested reading: sources describe Democratic refusals and pressure, but Republicans resisted the ACA subsidy demands, and the 'two longest shutdowns' framing mixes a governmentwide record with a department-level one.True92% confidence5 sourcesNov 11, 2026The 119th Congress ends on January 3rd.Said by AThe 119th Congress is scheduled to end at noon on January 3, 2027, under the 20th Amendment, and multiple sources state this, including Snopes, the Senate's session dates page, and the Bipartisan Policy Center-based report. The claim omits the year, but it matches the post's statement that the new Congress takes its oath January 3rd.True85% confidence6 sourcesNov 11, 2026The US reached the lowest poverty rate in the history of that data being recorded during the 119th Congress.Said by AThe Census Bureau's September 2026 report put the official U.S. poverty rate for 2025 at 10.2%, the lowest since records began in 1959, and multiple tier1 outlets confirm it. The 2025 data year falls within the 119th Congress, though the supplemental poverty measure (13.1%) was not a record low, so the claim holds only on the official measure.True80% confidence3 sourcesNov 11, 2026The economy added 1 million private sector jobs during the 119th Congress.Said by AFactCheck.org, citing Bureau of Labor Statistics data, reports 1,006,000 private-sector jobs added during Trump's term through September 2026, which matches the claim's 1 million figure and falls within the 119th Congress period. The claim is supported, though the total nonfarm gain of 776,000 is much smaller and the speaker's own statements are not independent confirmation.True60% confidence6 sourcesNov 11, 2026The Republican party added 1 million private sector jobs to the economy.Said by ASources support roughly 1 million or more private-sector jobs added during Trump's second term, and none contradicts the figure. The claim credits the Republican party, while the sources credit the Trump administration and the economy, and the BLS private-sector figure is cut off in the excerpt, so confidence is moderate.True85% confidence8 sourcesNov 11, 2026The United States reached the lowest poverty rate in the history of that data being recorded.Said by AThe official U.S. poverty rate of 10.2% in 2025 is the lowest since the Census Bureau began recording it in 1959, so the claim holds on the standard official measure. The supplemental poverty measure (13.1%) was not a record low, which the AP and other fact-checkers flag as missing context, and the claim is the administration's own assertion (the post's 'we' refers to the Republican team), which the sources support on the official measure.