Fact Check Posts – Page 8

Ted Cruz
stated on September 20, 2013 a news release:

"A strong bipartisan majority" in the House of Representatives "voted to defund Obamacare."

By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on September 24, 2013 a Senate floor speech:

UPS left 15,000 employees’ spouses "without health insurance" and told them to, "go on an exchange with no employer subsidy."

By Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on July 30, 2013 a Senate floor colloquy:

Obamacare-caused paperwork will annually absorb 190 million hours or more--and Mount Rushmore could be built 1,547 times over "with the paperwork."

By Andra Lim • September 3, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on August 12, 2013 a radio commentary.:

"According to a recent Congressional Budget Office report, under Obamacare, 7 million people will lose their employer-sponsored insurance."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 19, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on August 10, 2013 a speech to the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa:

Says "President Obama just granted all of Congress an exception" to Obamacare.

By Becky Bowers • August 14, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on June 24, 2013 an interview with Fox News:

The Senate immigration bill "has immediate legalization ... and the border security is sometime in the future, and just like in 1986, it's designed never to come into being."

By Jon Greenberg • June 27, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on May 11, 2013 the commencement address at Hillsdale College:

Says Americans "invented ‘Pong,’ ‘Space Invaders’ and the iPhone."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 6, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on April 1, 2013 remarks in Austin, Texas:

"Expanding Medicaid will worsen health care options for the most vulnerable among us in Texas."

By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on March 16, 2013 a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference:

Says the Democrats told the Catholic Church that they’ll use federal powers to shut down church charities and hospitals if the church doesn’t change its beliefs.

By Sue Owen • March 28, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on March 16, 2013 a speech at CPAC:

"We have a federal government that thinks they have the authority to regulate our toilet seats."

By Becky Bowers • March 21, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on February 1, 2013 a Politico column.:

Says Chuck Hagel’s nomination as defense secretary "has been publicly celebrated by the Iranian government."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 21, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on February 14, 2013 a news article.:

Says he "has repeatedly praised Chuck Hagel’s character, patriotism, bravery, and personal service defending our nation."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 15, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on January 30, 2013 a U.S. Senate committee hearing.:

Says the claim that 40 percent of guns are sold without background checks traces to information gathered before background checks were even required.

By W. Gardner Selby • February 4, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on January 7, 2013 an interview on PBS:

Says "the jurisdictions with the strictest gun control laws, almost without exception … have the highest crime rates and the highest murder rates."

By Sue Owen • February 1, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on August 28, 2012 his speech to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida.:

Says our national debt is greater than our gross domestic product.

By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2012

Ted Cruz
stated on July 23, 2012 a Republican U.S. Senate debate in Houston:

Says David Dewhurst "explicitly advocated" a guest worker program for all illegal immigrants.

By Sue Owen • July 26, 2012

Ted Cruz
stated on April 13, 2012 a Republican US Senate debate at WFAA-TV, Channel 8, in Dallas.:

David Dewhurst "has never once cut one penny from the state budget."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 20, 2012

Ted Cruz
stated on March 19, 2012 a tweet.:

"Did you know ObamaCare will cost nearly twice as much as initially expected -- $1.8 TRILLION?"

By Molly Moorhead • March 21, 2012

Ted Cruz
stated on January 12, 2012 a handout.:

David Dewhurst has a "record of promoting an income tax."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2012

Ted Cruz
stated on January 12, 2012 a U.S. Senate debate hosted by Empower Texans and the Texas Public Policy Foundation:

Says Barack Obama "began his presidency going on a worldwide apology tour."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 20, 2012

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