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Rick Santorum
stated on April 5, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation.":

Seventy percent of Americans "don't have a college degree."

By Katharina Fiedler • April 8, 2015
Rick Santorum
stated on February 23, 2012 in a television ad:

Says Mitt Romney said he does not "line up with the NRA."

By Molly Moorhead • February 29, 2012
Rick Santorum
stated on February 22, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.:

"Over 40 percent of children born in America are born out of wedlock."

By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2012
Rick Santorum
stated on November 29, 2011 in a speech:

Says the unemployment rate for college graduates is 4.4 percent and over 10 percent for noncollege-educated.

By Eric Stirgus • December 5, 2011
Rick Santorum
stated on November 29, 2011 in an op-ed in the "New Hampshire Union Leader":

The balanced-budget amendment once came within one vote of passing Congress but was defeated because of the no vote from a top Senate Republican, and Rick Santorum says he "stood up and called for him to resign his chairmanship."

By John Gregg • December 2, 2011
Rick Santorum
stated on September 1, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.:

Says Rick Perry "provided in-state tuition... for illegal immigrants."

By Sue Owen • September 22, 2011