Fact Check Posts – Page 4

Rick Perry
stated on May 17, 2013 in a press release:

Says 13 Texas universities "have announced or implemented a $10,000 degree."

By Sue Owen • May 31, 2013

Bill Hammond
stated on May 6, 2013 in an Austin American-Statesman news story:

Says only 25 percent of Texas high school students graduate prepared for college or careers.

By Sue Owen • May 24, 2013

Rick Perry
stated on May 6, 2013 in video remarks to the Family Research Council:

Says Sam Houston opposed slavery and as governor said Texas should not leave the union over slavery.

By Sue Owen • May 22, 2013

Greg Abbott
stated on April 27, 2013 in remarks at FreedomWorks Texas Summit in Austin:

Says he has sued the Obama administration 25 times.

By Sue Owen • May 10, 2013

Jim Marston
stated on April 22, 2013 in a Texas Tribune interview:

Says Texas leads the nation in fatal industrial accidents.

By Sue Owen • May 8, 2013

George Lavender
stated on April 29, 2013 in in Texas House of Representatives debate:

Says state’s mandated tests come from an English company.

By Sue Owen • May 6, 2013

Bill Hammond
stated on April 15, 2013 in a press conference with Gov. Rick Perry, April 15, 2013:

Says businesses pay roughly 60 percent of taxes in Texas.

By Sue Owen • April 26, 2013

Dan Patrick
stated on April 9, 2013 in a state Senate committee hearing April 9, 2013:

Says 315,000 mostly minority Texas students are enrolled in failing schools.

By Sue Owen • April 24, 2013

David Dewhurst
stated on April 8, 2013 in in an appearance on Mark Davis’ KSKY-AM radio show:

Says Texas "school systems" lose 45 days a year on testing.

By Sue Owen • April 17, 2013

Lon Burnam
stated on March 4, 2013 in a press release:

Says rejecting federal aid to expand Medicaid in Texas will "send $9 billion in federal taxes paid by Texans to other states to insure their working poor."

By Sue Owen • April 12, 2013

Rick Perry
stated on March 14, 2013 in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference:

Says Obama called Medicaid "broken" four years ago.

By Sue Owen • April 9, 2013

Drew Springer
stated on March 5, 2013 in a press release:

Says bag litter increased after San Francisco banned single-use shopping bags.

By Sue Owen • March 20, 2013

Steve Stockman
stated on February 22, 2013 in a tweet:

Says president is ‘spending $2.2 billion to give away "ObamaPhones." ’

By Sue Owen • March 15, 2013

Dan Patrick
stated on February 21, 2013 in Senate Education Committee hearing:

Says 100,000 are on waiting list to attend Texas charter schools.

By Sue Owen • March 11, 2013

Mallard Fillmore
stated on February 9, 2013 in a syndicated cartoon:

Comic strip says government study shows Head Start "has little or no impact on the children it’s supposed to help."

By Sue Owen • February 26, 2013

Pete Winstead
stated on February 6, 2013 in a KUT-FM news story:

Says Austin is the largest city in the U.S. without nonstop flights to Europe.

By Sue Owen • February 19, 2013

Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
stated on February 6, 2013 in an editorial:

Says Texas is last in workers' compensation coverage.

By Sue Owen • February 14, 2013

Lee Leffingwell
stated on February 5, 2013 in :

Says Austin trains are "full" at rush hour and "packed" for special events.

By Sue Owen • February 9, 2013

Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
stated on February 6, 2013 in an editorial:

Says Texas is "last in mental health expenditures."

By Sue Owen • February 8, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on January 7, 2013 in 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

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