Statements we say are False
Says broken compact fluorescent light bulbs "allegedly cause migraines and epilepsy attacks."
Says the Hawaii governor "can’t find anything that says (President Barack Obama) was born in Hawaii."
"In Mexico, they don't have birth certificates... they don’t have registration cards for voters. They have one national ID."
"Despite the administration telling us (health care reform) was going to reduce health care costs, they now acknowledge it's going to dramatically increase health care costs."
Says 2010 was the "worst year ever for America's doctors" reimbursed by Medicare.
Says the claims that Texas faces a $27 billion shortfall "are flat-out false."
Says Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams has attended more than 150 tea party gatherings.
"In the last five years, 28,000 people have been killed along the U.S.-Mexico border."
Says that "all those who do not answer directly to the president, they've said (repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell) is a terrible idea."
Says Lee Leffingwell has been mayor of Austin, Texas "for about as long as Sarah Palin was governor of Alaska."
Says the federal government restricts "how much salt we can put on our food."
Says he has a track record of not raising taxes.
Rick Perry is "taking money away from hurricane victims" and diverting it to "remodel the Governor's Mansion."
Says the Annie's List political group supports third-trimester abortions on demand.
Says Texas has so few gas-pump inspectors in the field, "the HEBs of this state, the Brookshires of this state, they're calibrating their own gas pumps. The (Texas Department of Agriculture) just sends them the stickers and they calibrate them."
"When Washington liberals wanted to take away our guns, Chet said no."
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