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Latest Fact-Checks By Ciara O'Rourke

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Eddie Lucio, Jr.
Eddie Lucio, Jr.
stated on February 17, 2011 remarks on the Senate floor
"A miscarriage is considered an abortion."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 1, 2011
Chuck Norris
Chuck Norris
stated on February 14, 2011 an opinion column
"Some of our state's educational administrators joined the feds in seeking to mandate Arabic classes for Texas children."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 28, 2011
Leo Berman
Leo Berman
stated on February 14, 2011 a news article
Says the Hawaii governor "can’t find anything that says (President Barack Obama) was born in Hawaii."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, Ciara O'Rourke • February 27, 2011
Jeff Wentworth
Jeff Wentworth
stated on February 22, 2011 an interview on MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews"
"We don’t have bars on campus in Texas. It’s against the law... no alcohol allowed."
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 26, 2011
Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
stated on February 18, 2011 an e-mail blast
"If you printed a $1 bill for the entirety of the $14.1 trillion national debt, the resulting pile of money would weigh more than 136 aircraft carriers."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 25, 2011
Dan Flynn
Dan Flynn
stated on February 14, 2011 a column
"Our children do not spend any time in school learning about our own U.S. Constitution."
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 21, 2011
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on February 17, 2011 remarks on the Senate floor
"We have 80,000 abortions in Texas every year."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 18, 2011
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on February 3, 2011 an episode of The Daily Show
Joe Straus is the "first Jewish speaker of the" Texas House.
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 12, 2011
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on January 27, 2011 an interview on "Capital Tonight"
"In Mexico, they don't have birth certificates... they don’t have registration cards for voters. They have one national ID."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 9, 2011
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on January 19, 2011 a press release
Says Texas ranks 44th nationally in education funding per pupil.
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 31, 2011
Donna Garner
Donna Garner
stated on December 9, 2010 a newsletter
Says Joe Straus "was co-author of a bill that would have allowed Planned Parenthood to control public school sex education."
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 13, 2010
Ted Poe
Ted Poe
stated on December 2, 2010 an opinion piece
Under the DREAM Act, after two years of higher education or military service "you are eligible for citizenship. Once a citizen, this paves the way to bring the rest of (your) extended family to the United States."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 8, 2010
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on November 12, 2010 a KLRU interview
"Barack Obama's health care bill is nothing new. Mitt Romney signed one just like it four years before."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 5, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on November 16, 2010 a statement
On an earmark moratorium.
Full Flop
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 26, 2010
Joe Barton
Joe Barton
stated on November 11, 2010 a speech at The Heritage Foundation.
Says you can buy four light bulbs for $1.99 at Walmart, while a single compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) costs "$10 a pop."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 21, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 4, 2010 on an episode of Fox & Friends
"Since the first of the year, 153 businesses at last count had moved out of California to Texas."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 18, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 2, 2010 in "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington"
"The (federal) debt is growing by more than $4 billion a day."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 17, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on November 4, 2010 a statement
Says Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas, is "the largest military installation in the free world."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 15, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 8, 2010 an interview on The Daily Show
"I had five of my citizens that were killed last week" because of border security problems.
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 10, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 2, 2010 Rick Perry's book, "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington"
Says the federal government restricts "how much salt we can put on our food."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 6, 2010
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