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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 15, 2015 valedictory speech as governor to the Texas Legislature
Starting in December 2007, "1.4 million jobs were created in Texas. In that same period, the rest of the country lost 400,000 jobs."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 9, 2015 Texas Public Policy Foundation policy orientation
"I belong to the AFL-CIO."  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 13, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 8, 2014 speech at Red State Gathering in Fort Worth
Congress is "on a five-week vacation."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 15, 2014
Rick Perry
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • August 3, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 23, 2014 an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News
Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2014
Rick Perry
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.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 23, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 17, 2014 an interview on Fox & Friends
Says the Obama administration never responded to his 2012 letter flagging the uptick in unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 18, 2014
Rick Perry
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."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • June 22, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 17, 2014 an interview on Fox & Friends
A record number of immigrants not from Mexico are "being apprehended at the border."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 18, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 19, 2014 a letter to President Barack Obama
Since 2000, Texas has reduced "harmful pollutants in the air like nitrogen oxide by 62.5 percent, and ozone by 23 percent--a reduction that is 12 percent greater than the national average."  
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 26, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 7, 2014 a speech
"If you rent a U-Haul to move your company, it costs twice as much to go from San Francisco to Austin than the other way around, because you can’t find enough trucks to flee the Golden State."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 12, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 7, 2014 a tweet
Texas added 6,600 miles of highway from 2001-2012, more than any other state.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • January 28, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 18, 2013 an interview on CNN's "Crossfire"
"Ninety-five percent of all the wages in Texas are above minimum wage."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 20, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 18, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"
"Every engine manufacturer in the United States is now in the state of Texas."
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 21, 2013 a radio ad
"Every year, more than $40 million are leaving Missouri for the Lone Star State."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 30, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 27, 2013
Says a growing number of extremely premature babies survive into healthy childhood.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 11, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 1, 2013 a radio interview.
"Abortion is the second-most conducted surgical procedure in this country."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 27, 2013 a speech at National Right to Life convention, Grapevine, Texas.
Says Wendy Davis, "born into difficult circumstances," was the daughter of a single mother and a teenage mother herself.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 28, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 10, 2013 a bill-signing ceremony
Says the 2014-15 Texas budget increases spending by less than the rate of inflation and population growth.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • June 21, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 12, 2013 a radio ad
Says New York has ‘bureaucrats telling you whether you can even drink a Big Gulp.’
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • June 19, 2013
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