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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 14, 2019 a speech:
"The U.S. now leads the world in producing both oil and natural gas, and at the same time reducing energy-related emissions."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • August 27, 2019
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 2, 2015 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
Says Donald Trump is for a single-payer health care system.
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By Linda Qiu • August 2, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 27, 2015 a web ad:
"At this particular point in time, looking at the field, there’s only one individual that’s ever had the uniform of his country on—and that’s me."
Half-True
By Alex Wilts, W. Gardner Selby • March 4, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 15, 2015 valedictory speech as governor to the Texas Legislature:
Texas has "the lowest crime rate in this state since 1968" because of changes in law regarding nonviolent drug offenders.
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 3, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 23, 2014 an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News:
Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico.
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 19, 2014 a letter to President Barack Obama:
Since 2000, Texas has reduced "harmful pollutants in the air like nitrogen oxide by 62.5 percent, and ozone by 23 percent--a reduction that is 12 percent greater than the national average."  
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 26, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 7, 2014 a tweet:
Texas added 6,600 miles of highway from 2001-2012, more than any other state.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • January 28, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 21, 2013 a radio ad:
"Every year, more than $40 million are leaving Missouri for the Lone Star State."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 30, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 27, 2013 a speech at National Right to Life convention, Grapevine, Texas.:
Says Wendy Davis, "born into difficult circumstances," was the daughter of a single mother and a teenage mother herself.
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 28, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 6, 2013 video remarks to the Family Research Council:
Says Sam Houston opposed slavery and as governor said Texas should not leave the union over slavery.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • May 22, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 7, 2012 a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.:
Barack Obama has "provided guns to Mexican drug cartels."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 18, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 15, 2012 a tweet:
Says that in fiscal year 2010, "nearly 80 percent of women served" in the Texas Women’s Health Program received services from a provider other than a Planned Parenthood clinic.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 23, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 2, 2012 a Web ad:
"Santorum also voted for a teapot museum in North Carolina."
Half-True
By Jake Berry • January 3, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 10, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Iowa.:
Says the Obama administration catches and releases nonviolent illegal immigrants.
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 16, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 22, 2011 the CNN Republican presidential debate:
"When you sanction the Iranian central bank, that will shut down (Iran's) economy."
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By W. Gardner Selby • November 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 31, 2011 a television ad:
"We cut a record $15 billion from our state budget."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 14, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 26, 2011 a television ad:
"In Texas, we created over 1 million new jobs while the rest of the nation lost over 2 million."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 26, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 18, 2011 an online video:
"Our president has labeled Americans as soft."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 30, 2011 a speech:
Coca-Cola’s CEO "said he finds it easier to do work in China than in the United States."
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By Eric Stirgus • October 10, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 29, 2011 a television interview:
Says the private sector in Texas created 1 million jobs over the past decade.
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 30, 2011
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