Statements we say are True

Lamar Smith

"I was the first member of Congress to contribute to Donald Trump."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, November 11th, 2016

Dan Patrick

"Several elected state officials have opened their homes to children in need of loving families."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, October 28th, 2016

Jill Stein

"We’re already bombing seven countries."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, October 21st, 2016

Bruce Elfant

Says over 90 percent of Travis County’s eligible residents have registered to vote.

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, October 14th, 2016

Paul Bettencourt

Says a change in law he carried stopped a $100 million tax increase in the Dallas school district.  

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, September 23rd, 2016

Charley Wilkison

"Texas has lost the most law enforcement officers in the line of duty of any state in America."

— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, September 19th, 2016

Donna Howard

Child care costs "in some states now exceed the average price tag for college tuition."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, September 2nd, 2016

Sean Hannity

Says that in 2015, "illegal" immigrants accounted for 75 percent of federal drug possession convictions and 5 percent to 30 percent of convictions for murder and kidnapping plus two other crimes.

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, September 2nd, 2016

James Woods

"The Dallas Cowboys can’t put a sticker on their helmets for the 5 police officers who were killed."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, September 1st, 2016

Hillary Clinton

Says Alex Jones "said that the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, September 1st, 2016

Lisa Moore

Says there are "concrete examples" of University of Texas job applicants or prospective applicants and students as well as invited speakers changing their minds because of handguns being allowed in campus buildings and classrooms.

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, August 26th, 2016

Julián Castro

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

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, August 17th, 2016

Ruben Hinojosa

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

— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, August 15th, 2016

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

Greg Abbott

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

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, June 3rd, 2016

John Cornyn

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

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, May 26th, 2016

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

Steve Adler

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

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, May 13th, 2016

Barack Obama

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

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, April 12th, 2016

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