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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."
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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."
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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.
Half-True
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