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Republican from Texas
Rick Perry has been governor of Texas since late December 2000. He was re-elected in 2002, 2006 and 2010. He unsucessfully ran for president in 2012.
Recent statements involving Rick Perry
"Over the last 10 years, Texas created 33 percent of the net new jobs nationwide."
Says that under Rick Perry’s plan, "Texas has cut funding for public schools by 25%."
Says the fertilizer plant that exploded in West, Texas,"had not been inspected by the state of Texas since 2006."
Says he has "yet to get a response" from Barack Obama to his August 2010 letter making border security requests.
Says uncompensated health care costs absorbed by Texas hospitals are adding $1,800 a year to Texas private insurance rates.
Recent stories featuring Rick Perry
UPDATED: Grading Texas claims by, and about, Barack Obama:
The president’s one-day swing to the Austin area gave rise to fact checks of, and about, him.
Obama, Perry, Hinojosa and jobs, jobs, jobs:
Barack Obama came and went. Rick Perry and a leader of Texas Democrats took the occasion to loft jobs-related claims--now fact-checked.
Mailbag: PolitiFact Texas proves facts ‘are irrelevant to what you do’:
A Texas congressman is silly, one reader writes.
PolitiFact Texas writes as if facts are irrelevant, another says.
Let’s open the mailbag.
Cartoonist incorrect about last state inspection of Texas plant:
A California editorial cartoonist said the state of Texas last inspected the plant in West in 2006. That’s not so.
Hammond: Businesses pay 60 percent of taxes in Texas:
Bill Hammond, who helms the Texas Association of Business, spoke up for business tax cuts by saying businesses pay 60 percent of taxes in the state. Really?
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