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Bill White
Bill White
stated on August 14, 2010 a speech:
Says most of Perry's chiefs of staff have been lobbyists.
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, Ciara O'Rourke • August 30, 2010
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on August 9, 2010 a speech:
Says Barack Obama didn't keep his promise to have an immigration bill in his first year.
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 21, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 9, 2010 a speech at the University of Texas at Austin:
"The unemployment rate for folks who've never gone to college is almost double what it is for those who have."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 17, 2010
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling
stated on July 8, 2010 a speech:
"Today almost half our debt is owned by foreigners."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 30, 2010
John King
John King
stated on July 13, 2010 a question to San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro:
"Sometime in the next decade, there will be more Latinos in the state of Texas than there are Anglos. That will happen sometime in the next five to eight to ten years."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 26, 2010
Jeff Weems
Jeff Weems
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech:
Says Texas has one state inspector for every 4,500 oil and gas wells.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 15, 2010
Scott Hochberg
Scott Hochberg
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech at a caucus at the Texas Democratic convention:
"Only about a third" of Texans who enroll in college graduate.
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 13, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on July 1, 2010 a conference call with Texas reporters:
"Sen. McConnell offered a fully paid two-month extension of unemployment insurance."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 11, 2010
Carol Morgan
Carol Morgan
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech at the Texas Democratic convention:
"We’re No. 1 in child hunger."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 3, 2010
Linda Chavez-Thompson
Linda Chavez-Thompson
stated on May 4, 2010 a speech to the Central Texas Democratic Forum:
"Texas has, now, the highest share of minimum-wage workers in the nation."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • May 13, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on May 10, 2010 a press release:
"Ms. Kagan has spent her entire professional career in Harvard Square, Hyde Park and the D.C. Beltway."  
True
By Ciara O'Rourke, Robert Farley • May 10, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 4, 2010 remarks to Texas reporters:
"If you will go look up the definition of 'act of God,' we've used it in legal terms for a long time in this state."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 6, 2010
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on April 27, 2010 a newspaper column:
Says Texas General Land Office "has earned the school children of Texas $451,932.89 on wind leases that haven't produced a watt of energy."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 30, 2010
Chet Edwards
Chet Edwards
stated on April 21, 2010 a campaign video:
Republican challenger Bill Flores "has never once voted in a general election in our district."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 27, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on April 13, 2010 a press release:
"By the end of Governor Rick Perry's term, he will have drained Texas taxpayers ... of more than $360,000 to pay for the rental mansion he has been living in while the historic Governor's Mansion is repaired."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 25, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on April 3, 2010 a press release.:
"If the space-shuttle program is terminated, Russia and China will be the only nations ...with the capability to launch humans into space."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 22, 2010
Karen Sage
Karen Sage
stated on April 3, 2010 a mailer:
Says that under a new program jail "time for non-violent, mentally ill offenders has been reduced by 50 percent."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 10, 2010
Paul Workman
Paul Workman
stated on April 3, 2010 a TV ad:
Says Holly Turner "failed to vote in five straight Republican primaries."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 10, 2010
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on March 21, 2010 a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives:
"With this reform, every insured American gets valuable consumer protections, and every uninsured American can become insured."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 2, 2010
J. Xavier
J. Xavier
stated on March 1, 2010 a song for Farouk Shami's gubernatorial campaign:
"Farouk is on fire."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 1, 2010
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