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Rick Santorum
stated on March 31, 2017 in a conversation on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher":

"The EPA director under Obama said the Clean Power Initiative would have no effect on man-made CO2 emissions. That's what she said. Go look it up."

By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2017

Rick Santorum
stated on October 31, 2015 in a speech at the Republican Party of Iowa's Growth and Opportunity Party in Des Moines:

"I am the only person in this field who is against amnesty. Every other person in this field wants to allow people who are here illegally to be able to stay here, in one form or another."

By Jason Noble • November 8, 2015

Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher:

The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air."

By Linda Qiu • September 2, 2015

Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher.:

"The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2."

By Linda Qiu • September 1, 2015

Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:

When his grandfather arrived in the United States, "there were no government benefits for immigrants."

By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on April 2, 2012 in in a speech in Wisconsin:

"I think it’s seven or eight of the California system of universities don’t even teach an American history course. It’s not even available to be taught."

By Becky Bowers • April 3, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on March 6, 2012 in a campaign speech in Steubenville, Ohio:

After President Barack Obama’s health care law takes full effect, "100 percent" of Americans will "depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them."

By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on February 29, 2012 in a campaign speech:

"When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits."

By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on February 19, 2012 in a speech:

"[R]emember, the president proposed eliminating charitable deductions for higher-income taxpayers."

By Eric Stirgus • March 3, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on February 19, 2012 in a speech :

Claims Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said "she prefers the South African Constitution over the United States Constitution."

By Willoughby Mariano • February 28, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on February 25, 2012 in a speech in Troy, Mich.:

"President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college."

By Louis Jacobson • February 27, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on February 19, 2012 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":

"Amniocentesis, does, in fact, result more often than not in this country in abortion."

By Becky Bowers • February 27, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on February 14, 2012 in a video ad airing in Michigan:

Says Mitt Romney supports cap and trade.

By Molly Moorhead • February 16, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on January 16, 2012 in a debate in South Carolina:

Says an Obama administration policy prohibits people who work with at-risk youth from promoting marriage as a way to avoid poverty.

By Molly Moorhead • January 19, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on June 6, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate:

Says President Barack Obama "has put (up) a stop sign … against oil drilling, against any kind of exploration offshore or in Alaska."

By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2011

Rick Santorum
stated on June 12, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"The cost-of-living increase in Social Security is tied to wage inflation."

By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2011

Rick Santorum
stated on March 29, 2011 in a radio interview:

"A third of all the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion, because one in three pregnancies end in abortion."

By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2011

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