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Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on December 6, 2015 Op-ed column in the San Antonio Express-News
"The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has estimated that the Obama administration’s Power Plan will cause energy costs in Texas to rise as much as 16 percent per year."
False
By Filipa Ioannou • December 17, 2015
Uber
Uber
stated on November 7, 2015 a web post
"Recent news reports indicate DWI crashes in Austin dropped 23 percent since ridesharing entered the market."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 16, 2015
Bryan Hughes
Bryan Hughes
stated on December 1, 2015 a campaign press release
"David Simpson actually voted for driver's licenses for illegal immigrants."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2015
David Simpson
David Simpson
stated on November 30, 2015 a campaign press release
"I have always opposed driver's licenses for illegal aliens."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 17, 2015 Network TV interview
In Texas, "we've had three ISIS-related incidents already."
Half-True
By Filipa Ioannou • December 9, 2015
Kevin Russell
Kevin Russell
stated on October 28, 2015 an opinion column
"In almost every other country in the world, artists and musicians are paid when their music is played on the radio. In fact, the only countries besides the U.S. who do not have a radio-performance right are China, Iran and North Korea."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 7, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 19, 2015 an interview with Steven Crowder
The "federal government is going after school districts, trying to force them to let boys shower with little girls."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 4, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 14, 2015 a rally in Beaumont, Texas
President Barack Obama "wants to take in 250,000 (people) from Syria."
Pants on Fire!
By Fauzeya Rahman • December 1, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 10, 2015 a Facebook comment
"Illegal immigrants mow the grass around the (Texas) Capitol."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 27, 2015
Cynthia Meyer
Cynthia Meyer
stated on November 14, 2015 a tweet in response to Democratic presidential debate
"More black babies are aborted in NYC than born."
True
By Lauren Caruba • November 25, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 19, 2015 op-ed in Austin American-Statesman
"Road congestion costs rush hour drivers in Austin and Dallas more than $1,000 a year. And in Houston, it’s even more -- almost $1,500 a year."
Mostly True
By Fauzeya Rahman • November 24, 2015
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 21, 2015 an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell”
After the Texas cutoff of aid to women’s health care services including Planned Parenthood clinics, "over 150,000… women lost the only health care they had. Our Medicaid birth rate shot up. It cost taxpayers over $130 million in one year alone in extra Medicaid birth costs."
Mostly False
By Andy East • November 24, 2015
Gun Free UT Gun Free UT
Gun Free UT Gun Free UT
stated on October 29, 2015 web site blog post
"29 mass shootings have been committed by concealed carriers since 2007, while during this period only one (1) licensed civilian meaningfully intervened in a mass shooting."  
Half-True
By Filipa Ioannou • November 23, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on November 12, 2015 an interview with the Texas Tribune's Evan Smith
"If we pass immigration reform, it will make wages go up on average $250 for the average household."  
Mostly False
By Emma Hinchliffe • November 20, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 18, 2015 a tweet
"8 Syrians caught at Texas border in Laredo."
Mostly False
By Dylan Baddour • November 20, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 12, 2015 remarks to reporters in South Carolina
Says Ted Cruz "is a supporter of legalizing people that are in this country illegally" and "proposed giving them work permits."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 18, 2015
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on October 23, 2015 a blog post by the Texas Tribune
Will Hurd "tends to have a 96 percent straight Republican, straight party voting record."
True
By Filipa Ioannou • November 15, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 14, 2015 an interview on Fox News
The "Democratic Party is getting smaller and smaller and smaller."
Mostly False
By Emma Hinchliffe • November 15, 2015
Courageous Conservatives PAC
Courageous Conservatives PAC
stated on November 6, 2015 a video ad posted online
"After Sandy Hook, Ted Cruz stopped Obama’s push for new gun control laws."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 13, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 28, 2015 a tweet
"Texas #2 in nation for new gun purchases, behind California."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 6, 2015
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