All False statements involving Rick Perry
Under energy efficiency legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, "federal bureaucrats could take over the local building code enforcement in your city if so-called ‘green mandates’ are not complied with quickly enough."
Says that under his tax plan, "no matter where you are in the stratosphere, you're going to be getting a tax cut."
Says he "got lobbied" by a woman with late-stage cancer about vaccinating Texas girls against a virus that can cause cervical cancer.
Social Security is a "Ponzi scheme."
Scientists are "questioning the original idea that man-made global warming is what is causing the climate to change. … (It is) more and more being put into question."
"In Texas, we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools."
Says the government wants to require farm tractor drivers to hold commercial driver’s licenses even if they’re just crossing a single public road.
Says legislative debate of airport pat-down procedures initiated federal changes in security procedures.
Says the state’s budget shortfall is "not that much different" than it was in 2003.
Says the federal government restricts "how much salt we can put on our food."
Says he has a track record of not raising taxes.
Says Bill White "didn't pay taxes while earning $133,600 annual salary as deputy secretary of energy."
Says Bill White "profiteered in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita."
Says an estimate that Texas will face an $18 billion budget gap is “a number that somebody just reached up in the air and grabbed."
Says Texas has been waiting for two years for the federal government to act on a proposal to allow the state to "create insurance opportunities for those that are uninsured today."
"We had a press conference here that interestingly no one in the mainstream media covered."
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