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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 27, 2017 in a White House briefing:
France "wouldn’t buy Texas beef for some reason, yet 76 percent of their energy comes from nuclear power."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2017
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 4, 2015 in his declaration for president:
"Texas now has the second-highest high school graduation rate in the country. And it has the highest graduation rate for African Americans and Hispanics."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 19, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 4, 2015 in his speech declaring his candidacy for president:
"In the last seven years of my tenure, Texas created 1.5 million new jobs. As a matter of fact, without Texas, America would have lost 400,000 jobs."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 15, 2015 in valedictory speech as governor to the Texas Legislature:
Starting in December 2007, "1.4 million jobs were created in Texas. In that same period, the rest of the country lost 400,000 jobs."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends:
Says the Obama administration never responded to his 2012 letter flagging the uptick in unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 18, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 18, 2013 in an interview on CNN's "Crossfire":
"Ninety-five percent of all the wages in Texas are above minimum wage."
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 20, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 27, 2013:
Says a growing number of extremely premature babies survive into healthy childhood.
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 11, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 10, 2013 in a bill-signing ceremony:
Says the 2014-15 Texas budget increases spending by less than the rate of inflation and population growth.
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By Sue Owen • June 21, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 14, 2013 in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference:
Says Obama called Medicaid "broken" four years ago.
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By Sue Owen • April 9, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 29, 2013 in his State of the State address.:
Says Texas high school "graduation rates are at an all-time high—the third-highest in the nation—which represents a significant turnaround from just a few short years ago."
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 11, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 26, 2012 in an interview posted online by WFAA-TV in Dallas:
"A hundred percent of all the jobs lost during the recession have been reclaimed in Texas … while the nation is at about 36 percent."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 11, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 18, 2011 in a presidential campaign stop in Decorah, Iowa:
Says there’s no proven instance where hydraulic fracking has polluted groundwater.
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By Sue Owen • February 29, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 2, 2012 in an online video:
Says Rick Santorum voted for the Bridge to Nowhere.
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 2, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 15, 2011 in an Iowa TV ad.:
Says Mitt Romney raised business taxes 20 percent in Massachusetts.
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 22, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 16, 2011 in a letter to Nancy Pelosi:
"A part-time Congress with half the pay would still make $38,000 a year more than the average American family."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 1, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 30, 2011 in a speech:
"My home state since June of 2009 created 40 percent of the new jobs in America."
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By Eric Stirgus • October 4, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 13, 2011 in a house party in New Hampshire:
Says that when President Obama visited El Paso, he "pronounced that the border with Mexico and the United States was safer than it ever was in history."
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By Maryalice Gill • September 2, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 24, 2011 in an interview.:
Says Texas has "the fourth-lowest debt per capita of any state in the nation, and we are the lowest of any of the big states."
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 6, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 9, 2011 in a comment to reporters.:
Says a "rather extraordinary amount of non-classroom employees" were added by Texas school districts over the last decade.
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 21, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 4, 2010 in an interview.:
"In 1981, Matagorda, Brazoria, and Galveston Counties all opted out of the Social Security program for their employees. Today, their program is very, very well-funded and there is no question about whether it’s going to be funded in" years to come.
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 29, 2010
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