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Latest Fact-Checks By Sue Owen

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Texas Values
Texas Values
stated on August 15, 2013 an email blast
A proposed San Antonio ordinance will allow men into women’s restrooms in the city.
False
By Sue Owen • September 4, 2013
Steve Stockman
Steve Stockman
stated on August 19, 2013 a letter forwarded to PolitiFact
Says U.N. arms treaty will mandate a "new international gun registry."
False
By Sue Owen • August 28, 2013
Barry Smitherman
Barry Smitherman
stated on August 5, 2013 a campaign video
Says he "sued Obama’s EPA seven times."
True
By Sue Owen • August 21, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on July 15, 2013 an opinion article
Says that each year, about 25,000 American women become pregnant through rape or incest.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • August 15, 2013
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling
stated on August 2, 2013 a press release
Says "the acting chief of the IRS said he – and the majority of IRS employees – would rather stay with his current" health "plan than switch to Obamacare."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • August 9, 2013
ForAmerica
ForAmerica
stated on July 11, 2013 a Facebook post
Says Houston National Cemetery is preventing Christian prayers from being said at military funerals.
False
By Sue Owen • August 6, 2013
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on June 27, 2013 a campaign video
Says the 2014-15 state budget "cut border security and funding to fight criminal gangs."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • August 2, 2013
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 14, 2013 an opinion article
Says residents of Texas and San Antonio can be fired or denied jobs because they are gay.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • July 26, 2013
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
stated on June 8, 2013 a blog post
Says in Texas "it's legal to shoot someone who's committing a ‘public nuisance’ under the cover of dark."
False
By Sue Owen • July 18, 2013
Gilberto Hinojosa
Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on July 3, 2013 an email blast
Says if Texas abortion measure passes, "someone living in El Paso would have to drive 550 miles each way to San Antonio for something as simple as cervical cancer screening."
Pants on Fire!
By Sue Owen • July 12, 2013
Jonathan Stickland
Jonathan Stickland
stated on July 9, 2013 a tweet
Says Texas has more than 80,000 abortions each year.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • July 10, 2013
Sarah Ponder
Sarah Ponder
stated on July 1, 2013 a rally at the state Capitol
Says $800,000 cost of Texas special legislative session would pay for 1.6 million condoms, 90,000 months of the pill or 20 full-time sexual health educators.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • July 3, 2013
Gene Green
Gene Green
stated on June 28, 2013 a press release
Says student loan interest rates will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent July 1.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • June 28, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on June 25, 2013 a filibuster on the Senate floor
Says 92 percent of Texas counties had no abortion provider in 2008.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • June 25, 2013
Jodie Laubenberg
Jodie Laubenberg
stated on June 23, 2013 Texas House debate on Senate Bill 5.
Says a "rape kit" can be used to "clean out" women, "basically like" dilation and curettage.
Pants on Fire!
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • June 24, 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
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 25, 2013 a press release
Says Texas law requires state agencies to give preference to goods produced and grown in Texas.
True
By Sue Owen • June 12, 2013
Progress Texas
Progress Texas
stated on May 31, 2013 a tweet
Says two-thirds of groups targeted for IRS scrutiny were not conservative.
Pants on Fire!
By Sue Owen • June 11, 2013
Derek Ryan
Derek Ryan
stated on May 22, 2013 a tweet
Says first eight chosen to draw Austin City Council districts are seven Democratic primary voters and one Republican primary voter.
True
By Sue Owen • June 4, 2013
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