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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.

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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