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Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
stated on July 19, 2010 a Twitter post
Says the director of NASA says its main mission is Muslim outreach.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 1, 2010
Gordon Quan
Gordon Quan
stated on June 30, 2010 an e-mail blast
Some cardiologists estimate "70 percent of all males over 50 have some form of heart disease."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2010
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling
stated on July 8, 2010 a speech
"Today almost half our debt is owned by foreigners."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 30, 2010
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention
Says Bill White's program to bring dropouts back to school was "so successful that almost every city in our state has replicated" it.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 27, 2010
John King
John King
stated on July 13, 2010 a question to San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro
"Sometime in the next decade, there will be more Latinos in the state of Texas than there are Anglos. That will happen sometime in the next five to eight to ten years."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 26, 2010
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on June 27, 2010 a speech at the Texas Democratic convention
"We caught (the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) lying to us about the results of air quality studies in the Barnett Shale."
Half-True
July 25, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on April 26, 2010 a press release
On debating.
Full Flop
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 24, 2010
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert
stated on July 6, 2010 a segement on The Colbert Report
"It turns out that Texas has an $18 billion budget shortfall and can't afford its new science textbooks."
Mostly True
July 23, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 13, 2010 an interview with CNBC
"We have more kids take the SAT than any other state in the nation. I mean a high percentage of our kids take the SAT."
Mostly False
July 22, 2010
Sheila Jackson Lee
Sheila Jackson Lee
stated on July 15, 2010 a special order speech on the U.S. House floor
"Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working."
False
July 21, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 13, 2010 an interview
"We don't get a lot of calls from this White House… I have, frankly, never had a call from them."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech to the Texas Democratic Party convention in Corpus Christi
"Rick Perry accepted more stimulus funds than any other governor except the governors of California and New York."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 18, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on July 9, 2010 a Talking Points Memo article
"There have been 30 published polls in this election cycle and Harry Reid's been trailing in every single one."
False
July 17, 2010
Jeff Weems
Jeff Weems
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech
Says Texas has one state inspector for every 4,500 oil and gas wells.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 15, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention
"In Rick Perry’s Texas, we import nurses ... from other countries."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 14, 2010
Scott Hochberg
Scott Hochberg
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech at a caucus at the Texas Democratic convention
"Only about a third" of Texans who enroll in college graduate.
True
July 13, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on June 17, 2010 a press conference.
Says Gov. Rick Perry is "by far and away the highest-paid state employee on an hourly basis."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 12, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on July 1, 2010 a conference call with Texas reporters
"Sen. McConnell offered a fully paid two-month extension of unemployment insurance."
True
July 11, 2010
Boyd Richie
Boyd Richie
stated on June 16, 2010 an e-mail
Says Rep. Ken Legler "voted against installing fire sprinklers and emergency power generators in nursing homes."
Mostly False
July 9, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech
"In Rick Perry's Texas, the governor threatens to leave, to secede from the greatest country in the" world.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 7, 2010
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