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Louie Gohmert
stated on May 10, 2016 House floor remarks:

"Of all the people in federal prison for possession of illegal substances, 77 percent of them are not citizens of the United States."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • June 17, 2016

Austin Independent School District
stated on June 2, 2016 an advertisement spotted at the site of high school graduation ceremonies:

"Austin ISD has the highest graduation rate of every major city in Texas."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • June 10, 2016

Greg Abbott
stated on May 12, 2016 a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Dallas:

The 2015 Legislature "passed the fewest laws in 20 years."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • June 3, 2016

Wendy Davis
stated on March 14, 2016 an interview with Texas Monthly:

"Texas is one of only a handful of states that does not have an equal pay law."

False

By Eleanor Dearman • May 27, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on April 21, 2016 an online campaign ad:

Says Donald Trump "has the second-highest disapproval ratings of anyone running for president."

False

By Dylan Baddour • May 27, 2016

John Cornyn
stated on May 23, 2016 Senate floor remarks:

"Vietnamese is the third most commonly spoken language in Texas."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • May 26, 2016

Pete Gallego
stated on April 22, 2016 Pete Gallego campaign press release:

Says Will Hurd "cosponsored a bill that would militarize our border and allow 200 miles of new roads to be built in the Big Bend region -- cutting up our beloved park."

Half-True

By Filipa Ioannou • May 26, 2016

Celia Israel
stated on May 13, 2016 a press release:

"When adjusted for inflation, (Texas) per-student spending has remained relatively flat over the past 16 years. Despite that trend, Texas schools in 2017 will receive $381 less per student than they did in 2003."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2016

Steve Adler
stated on May 17, 2016 a panel discussion in Austin:

"The first tweet was sent from Austin."

Pants on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2016

Don Willett
stated on May 13, 2016 the majority Texas Supreme Court opinion in Texas school finance case:

Before 2005, "the percentage of" Texas high school "students meeting the college readiness standards of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board stood at 28% in English and 42% in math. Those figures stood at 65% and 66% in 2013."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2016

Steve Adler
stated on April 25, 2016 speaking against Proposition 1 on Austin's May 7, 2016 ballot:

"Austin is number one in Texas in startups, venture capital and patents."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • May 13, 2016

Bill McRaven
stated on January 21, 2016 addressing the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board:

University of Texas undergraduate student debt "is less than $21,000… probably one of the lowest debts across the nation."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • May 12, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on March 28, 2016 a campaign email:

"The Obama administration has even joined Islamist governments in sponsoring a U.N. resolution that would shred our First Amendment by threatening to make discussion of radical Islamism potentially illegal."

Pants on Fire!

By Emma Hinchliffe • May 9, 2016

Sylvester Turner
stated on March 4, 2016 a ceremony to introduce new local transit authority chairman:

"We have been focusing so much, especially the Texas Department of Transportation, on that 97 percent of people in single-occupancy vehicles."

False

By Emma Hinchliffe • May 6, 2016

John Carter
stated on March 10, 2016 a commentary published in the Round Rock Leader:

"This is not a joke: the president wants to house illegal aliens on our nation’s military installations."

Mostly True

By Nicole Barrios • May 4, 2016

Julián Castro
stated on March 8, 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign news release:

"Bernie Sanders voted with Republicans to protect the Minutemen, a hate group that used military tactics against our community."

Half-True

By Filipa Ioannou • April 30, 2016

Ridesharing Works for Austin
stated on April 26, 2016 a voter mailer noted by a reader:

If Austin voters reject Proposition 1, a "completely new City-run" criminal background check "process will cost millions in processing fees, additional staff, and bureaucracy" with taxpayers getting "the bill."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • April 30, 2016

Tom "Smitty" Smith
stated on April 14, 2016 a commentary published in the Austin American-Statesman:

"Texas has 600,000 registered voters who don’t have the kind of photo ID needed to vote."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • April 22, 2016

Jerry Jones
stated on March 22, 2016 remarks to reporters at NFL annual meeting:

Says it’s "absurd" to say there’s enough data to establish a link between playing football and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.

Pants on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby • April 22, 2016

Our City, Our Safety, Our Choice
stated on April 8, 2016 a fund-raising letter from female supporters:

Austin’s Stop Abuse for Everyone has seen in its offices "sexual assault survivors that report being attacked by their ridesharing drivers, at a rate of one per month."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • April 15, 2016

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