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Republican from Texas

Jeb Hensarling is a U.S. representative from Texas and chairman of the House Republican Conference.

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Jeb Hensarling

Jeb Hensarling

False

UPDATED: Now we have the data he used. It still rates False.

The departments of Commerce, Education and Energy and the EPA saw their spending increase by between 130 percent and 219 percent between 2008 and 2010.

Jeb Hensarling

Jeb Hensarling

True

It was much less before the '70s

"Today almost half our debt is owned by foreigners."

Jeb Hensarling

Jeb Hensarling

False

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"What were the old annual deficits under Republicans have now become the monthly deficits under Democrats."

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Fact-checking the "Supercommittee" hearing:

We take our first look at the bipartisan congressional panel charged with finding $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction by Thanksgiving.

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