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Latest Fact-Checks On Rick Santorum

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Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on September 3, 2017 a CNN interview
"We have over a million (legal immigrants) a year, more than at any time in the history of this country. We have the largest percentage of immigrants, almost tied now with the historical high as a percentage of immigrants living in this country."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • September 6, 2017
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on November 23, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"There are more people living in this country who were not born here than at anytime in the history of the country."
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By Lauren Carroll • November 23, 2014
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 25, 2012 a campaign appearance in Wisconsin
Says Mitt Romney said "we are going to have to live with high gas prices, it's a good thing because it will reduce consumption, we don't want to produce any more gasoline."
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By Molly Moorhead • March 28, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 29, 2012 a campaign speech
Says the federal government "tells health insurance companies how much money they're allowed to keep of what they receive in revenues -- 15 percent."
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By Molly Moorhead • March 7, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 19, 2012 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
After prenatal diagnosis, "90 percent of Down syndrome children in America are aborted."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 27, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 22, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.
"When I was born, less than 10 percent of the federal budget was entitlement spending. It's now 60 percent of the budget."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 19, 2012 a Republican presidential primary debate
President Obama has "said he is going to cut veterans' benefits."
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By Molly Moorhead • January 20, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 4, 2012 a New Hampshire town hall with voters
As a result of welfare reform, "poverty levels went down to the lowest level ever for ... African-American children."
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By Molly Moorhead • January 9, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on December 29, 2011 a video ad
Rick Santorum "reformed welfare."
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By Molly Moorhead • January 4, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on December 29, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Today"
Says he has "been able to attract independents and Democrats to win" elections in Pennsylvania.
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By Louis Jacobson • January 3, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on November 9, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Michigan
"The unemployment rate among (the) non-college-educated is well into the double digits in America. It's 4 percent or 5 percent for people who have college degrees."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republican presidental primary debate
The poverty rate for families in which a husband and a wife work is 5 percent, but in families headed by one person … "it's 30 percent today."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • October 13, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on September 22, 2011 a Republican presidential debate
Says that in 2001, Rick Perry spoke favorably of binational health insurance between Mexico and Texas.
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 4, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on May 5, 2011 a debate in South Carolina
The Medicare drug program "resulted in the program coming in 40 percent under budget. ... And the reason it was, is because the design was right." 
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 15, 2011