The latest statements we've reviewed for PolitiFact Texas
"Illegal counterfeiting and piracy costs the U.S. economy $100 billion... every year."
Says "we brought crime rate down by 30 percent" when he was mayor of Dallas.
Says she "wiped out" the state Agriculture Department’s inspections of eggs at retail sites like grocery stores.
Says the U.S. federal income tax rate was 0 percent until 1913.
"Eric Holder is supportive of the NAACP's efforts to get the United Nations involved in our elections."
Says Texas does not regulate the appearance of some kinds of imitation firearms sold in Texas.
Says most states, but not Texas, permit jurors to ask questions of witnesses in trials.
Says 282 Texas school districts have requested emergency waivers to increase elementary school class sizes because of "unprecedented fiscal challenges."
Rick Santorum says Rick Perry requested 1,200 earmarks as governor of Texas.
Says Barack Obama "began his presidency going on a worldwide apology tour."
Says up to a quarter of African Americans don’t have government photo ID.
Says that when Republicans held Congress and the presidency, they "doubled the size of the (U.S.) Department of Education."
"Ballistic tests have confirmed that the death of at least one U.S. Border Patrol agent was caused by" weapons that were part of a federal arms trafficking operation.
Says taking millionaires off food stamps and unemployment would save $20 million.
Says a new national poll shows "the majority of the American people believe we should have a gold standard" for U.S. currency.
Says there were only "about eight or 10" inflammatory sentences in his newsletters.
Says Ron Paul doesn’t believe in marriage licenses.
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