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Rick Perry
stated on January 26, 2015 a breakfast talk in Iowa:

The U.S. unemployment rate has "been massaged, it’s been doctored."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on August 3, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

The United States is at "historic record highs" of individuals being apprehended on the border from countries with terrorist ties such as "Pakistan or Afghanistan or Syria."

By Lauren Carroll • August 3, 2014

Rick Perry
stated on July 17, 2014 an interview with Glenn Beck:

More than 3,000 homicides were committed by "illegal aliens" over the past six years.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 23, 2014

Rick Perry
stated on June 17, 2014 an interview on Fox & Friends:

Says of flood of non-Mexicans being apprehended at the border: "These are people that are coming from states like Syria that have substantial connections back to terrorist regimes and terrorist operations."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 22, 2014

Rick Perry
stated on July 1, 2013 a radio interview.:

"Abortion is the second-most conducted surgical procedure in this country."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2013

Rick Perry
stated on April 5, 2013 an interview on CNN.:

Says he has "yet to get a response" from Barack Obama to his August 2010 letter making border security requests.

By W. Gardner Selby • April 25, 2013

Rick Perry
stated on January 8, 2012 a Republican debate in New Hampshire.:

Says President Barack Obama "is a socialist."

By Bill Adair • January 8, 2012

Rick Perry
stated on December 15, 2011 Fox News Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa:

Says Texas did not bail out a loan program he oversaw as state agriculture commissioner.

By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2011

Rick Perry
stated on September 22, 2011 in the Fox News Google debate in Orlando:

"The federal government has not engaged in (border security) at all."

By Becky Bowers • September 23, 2011

Rick Perry
stated on September 12, 2011 the CNN/Tea Party Express debate:

"The first round of stimulus ... it created zero jobs."

By Becky Bowers • September 13, 2011

Rick Perry
stated on August 13, 2011 a speech at a house party in New Hampshire.:

Says President Barack Obama delivered $2 billion to Brazil to help with offshore drilling projects.

By Gregory Trotter • September 1, 2011

Rick Perry
stated on December 19, 2010 an interview:

Says the state's Medicaid waiver proposal "has languished in a file cabinet at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for more than two years."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 6, 2011

Rick Perry
stated on August 18, 2010 a press release:

Says Bill White is refusing to debate.

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 22, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on July 13, 2010 an interview:

"We don't get a lot of calls from this White House… I have, frankly, never had a call from them."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on May 19, 2010 a speech:

"My opponent in November of 2008 sent a missive to the White House, to President Obama-elect, and said, 'Here's how you need to sell cap-and-trade to the American people.' "

By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on April 2, 2010 a column:

"The number of uninsured people in Massachusetts is about the same as it was when the mandates were passed in 2006."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 5, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on March 10, 2010 a Web post:

My "border security efforts have led to a 60 percent decrease in border crime."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 16, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on December 20, 2009 in a press release:

"Sen. Hutchison abandoned Republicans and stood with Democrats to ensure health care legislation would pass quickly."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 13, 2010

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