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Chet Edwards
Chet Edwards
stated on September 6, 2010 a TV ad.:
Says opponent Bill Flores helped run a company that laid off over 3,000 workers and paid off executives with millions.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2010
Debbie Riddle
Debbie Riddle
stated on August 10, 2010 a television interview:
"Over 81 percent of the babies that are born at LBJ Hospital right here in Houston are born of women who are not here legally."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2010
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on July 1, 2010 a floor speech:
"We could cut unemployment in half simply by reclaiming the jobs taken by illegal workers."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 15, 2010
John Carter
John Carter
stated on August 9, 2010 a conference call with reporters.:
Says the United States is the only nation that affords citizenship to anyone born here, "whether you are here legally or illegally."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 10, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 19, 2010 a Perry website:
Says Bill White "profiteered in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 9, 2010
Sheila Jackson Lee
Sheila Jackson Lee
stated on July 15, 2010 a special order speech on the U.S. House floor:
"Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 21, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on July 9, 2010 a Talking Points Memo article:
"There have been 30 published polls in this election cycle and Harry Reid's been trailing in every single one."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 17, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech:
"In Rick Perry's Texas, the governor threatens to leave, to secede from the greatest country in the" world.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 7, 2010
John Faulk
John Faulk
stated on June 12, 2010 a speech:
Says Houston’s 18th congressional district has been "gentrified" and is home to "more Anglos than African Americans."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 27, 2010 comments on 'Meet the Press':
"Phoenix, Arizona, is the No. 2 kidnapping capital of the world."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 28, 2010
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on June 11, 2010:
"Social Security, like I told you, is out of money. This year it is borrowing from the general treasury."  
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 24, 2010
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on June 11, 2010 a speech at the Texas Republican Party Convention:
"We have a director of homeland security who cannot use and will not use the term 'terrorist attack' but instead substitutes 'man-made disaster.' "
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 21, 2010
Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell
stated on June 12, 2010 a speech:
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett is "the most liberal man in the United States Congress."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 20, 2010
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on June 11, 2010 a speech:
"Phoenix, Arizona, I'm told, is now the No. 2 kidnapping capital in the world, right behind Mexico City."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 18, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 4, 2010 an interview:
Says an estimate that Texas will face an $18 billion budget gap is "a number that somebody just reached up in the air and grabbed."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 10, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on May 25, 2010 a campaign Web post:
Says EPA regulation of greenhouse gases will endanger 575 Texas dairy facilities, 58 swine operations, 1,300 corn farms and 28,000 beef cattle operations.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 7, 2010
Robert Koons
Robert Koons
stated on May 18, 2010 an opinion piece published in the Austin American-Statesman:
"In the history department at the University of Texas, out of 50 registered voters, only one is a Republican."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 23, 2010
Boyd Richie
Boyd Richie
stated on April 30, 2010 a press release:
Says Gov. Rick Perry failed "to involve border sheriffs in developing plans to prevent violence in their communities."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 10, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on April 15, 2010 an interview:
Says Texas has been waiting for two years for the federal government to act on a proposal to allow the state to "create insurance opportunities for those that are uninsured today."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 1, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on April 20, 2010 an interview:
Says Gov. Rick Perry has never held a private-sector job.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 26, 2010
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