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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
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
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
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
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
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
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on June 26, 2013 an email blast.:
Says unsuccessful Texas abortion legislation "was supported by a majority of" Texans.  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 27, 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
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on May 15, 2013 a U.S. House committee meeting.:
Says 97 percent of food stamp benefits "are paid in the proper amounts to people who are really eligible."
True
By 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
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on June 5, 2013 U.S. House floor debate.:
Says the Obama administration plans to reduce the number of beds devoted to holding individuals violating immigration laws and to "release hundreds of dangerous criminals into our communities."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • 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
Barry Bone
Barry Bone
stated on June 13, 2013 an opinion column in the Westlake Picayune.:
Says that when the Rolling Stones performed in an Austin park, they paid $25,000 to the nearby city of Rollingwood "for one night of inconvenience."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 17, 2013
Doug Miller
Doug Miller
stated on May 21, 2013 a Texas House floor debate.:
Says less than half of 1 percent of all the Texas legislators who ever served draw "a benefit" from pensions tied to the salaries of state district judges.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 13, 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
Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
stated on May 22, 2013 a tweet.:
Says Texas lawmakers agreed to cut state's rainy day fund in half, spending "$4 billion from current $8 billion."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 7, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 11, 2013 the commencement address at Hillsdale College:
Says Americans "invented ‘Pong,’ ‘Space Invaders’ and the iPhone."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 6, 2013
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