Statements we say are True | PolitiFact Texas

Sliced every which way

Julián Castro

"Today California is kicking our butt, creating more jobs and more economic growth than Texas."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, August 17th, 2016

An uptick

Ruben Hinojosa

"50% of Hispanic students count on Pell Grants to pay for college."

— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, August 15th, 2016

By 3 percent

Jonathan Jarvis

The National Park Service has "an annual budget that is less than the city of Austin."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, June 24th, 2016

Bushian

Greg Abbott

The 2015 Legislature "passed the fewest laws in 20 years."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, June 3rd, 2016

French ranks No. 3 nationally

John Cornyn

"Vietnamese is the third most commonly spoken language in Texas."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, May 26th, 2016

Students mastered test

Don Willett

Before 2005, "the percentage of" Texas high school "students meeting the college readiness standards of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board stood at 28% in English and 42% in math. Those figures stood at 65% and 66% in 2013."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, May 20th, 2016

Patently so

Steve Adler

"Austin is number one in Texas in startups, venture capital and patents."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, May 13th, 2016

Negative pricing? Sometimes

Barack Obama

"Right now, here in Texas, wind power is already cheaper than dirty fossil fuels."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, April 12th, 2016

Smith touts a non-debate

Matt McCall

"During three and a half years of campaigning," Lamar Smith "has never once appeared at a moderated debate to defend his positions on the issues."

— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, March 28th, 2016

Latinos 17, Latinas 0

Stephanie Schriock

"Texas is home to millions of Latinas, but the state has never elected a Latina to Congress."

— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, February 29th, 2016

A waiting wall

Rick Perry

"Building a wall" on the U.S.-Mexico border "will take literally years."

— PolitiFact Texas on Saturday, February 27th, 2016

But Texas trails four other states as the fastest growing

Joe Straus

"Texas is growing twice as fast as the rest of the country."

— PolitiFact Texas on Saturday, January 30th, 2016

A California 'just kidding'

Glenn Beck

"In 40 years of broadcast, I have never endorsed any candidate."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, January 26th, 2016

UPDATED: Claim is location-specific

Cynthia Meyer

"More black babies are aborted in NYC than born."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, November 25th, 2015

But Pete Gallego voted mostly with Democrats

Pete Gallego

Will Hurd "tends to have a 96 percent straight Republican, straight party voting record."

— PolitiFact Texas on Sunday, November 15th, 2015

Mad at your dealer? Call 911

Facebook posts

A Texas police department bought an ad telling drug dealers, "We can take your competition off the streets for FREE."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, October 30th, 2015

Since 2013

Jeremy Bird

"90% of Americans want national background checks that close loopholes."

— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, October 5th, 2015

UPDATED: That's net migration

Glenn Hegar

"We have 650 people who move to Texas every day."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, October 1st, 2015

Up from cuts of '11

Joe Pojman

"The State of Texas is funding … women’s health services at historically high levels; they just increased their level another $50 million for the next two years."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, September 4th, 2015

Blame Mexico's elections of '88

Sid Miller

"To vote in Mexico every eligible Mexican citizen has to have a tamper-proof photo-ID card with a thumbprint and an embossed hologram."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, August 26th, 2015