All False statements involving Rick Perry
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."
Says the Texas Education Agency follows up to make sure undocumented immigrants paying in-state tuition at Texas colleges are applying for permanent residency.
Says approximately 70 percent of jobs created in the United States in November 2007-2008 were in Texas.
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