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Joe Biden stated on April 08, 2024 in a speech:

Speaking of semiconductor industry jobs, "Know what the average salary is? $110,000. You don't need a college degree."

By Marta Campabadal Graus• April 15, 2024

Bill Hammond stated on August 21, 2012 in an opinion article in the Houston Chronicle.:

Says "if current trends continue, by 2040, one out of three Texas workers will not have a high school diploma."

By W. Gardner Selby• September 14, 2012

Rick Perry stated on April 06, 2010 in a press release:

"The percent of students who enter high school and eventually earn a diploma or equivalent, or who remain in pursuit of a diploma or equivalent, is 90 percent."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• May 9, 2010

Rick Perry stated on May 17, 2013 in a press release:

Says 13 Texas universities "have announced or implemented a $10,000 degree."

By Sue Owen• May 31, 2013

L.C. "Buster" Evans stated on November 12, 2014 in in a press release:

"It has been many years, if ever, since an inmate has completed his or her high school diploma while incarcerated in a state correctional facility for adults."

By Nancy Badertscher• December 16, 2014

Hillary Clinton stated on February 24, 2015 in a conference in Silicon Valley:

"You had more women getting computer sciences degrees in the '80s by a factor of 2-plus than you do now."

By Louis Jacobson• March 3, 2015

Paul Broun stated on September 15, 2011 in a tweet:

Stimulus money funded a government board that made recommendations that would cost 378,000 jobs and $28.3 billion in sales.

By Willoughby Mariano• September 27, 2011

Forbes blog stated on April 22, 2012 in a blog post:

"The University of Florida announced this past week that it was dropping its computer science department ... Meanwhile, the athletic budget for the current year is $97.7 million, an increase of more than $2 million from last year."

By Kim Wilmath• April 24, 2012

John McCain stated on April 26, 2013 in a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce:

"Over half" of science, technology, engineering and mathematics students "receiving advanced degrees are not citizens of the United States of America."

By Louis Jacobson• April 30, 2013

Ohio Oil and Gas Association stated on April 10, 2013 in a TV/internet ad:

"Nearly 40,000 new jobs have been created in the last year due to the new wells . . . right here in Ohio."

By Tom Feran• April 29, 2013

Rick Perry stated on July 02, 2015 in a speech at the National Press Club:

"Texas’ high school graduation rate went from 27th in the country in 2002, to second highest in the country in 2013."

By W. Gardner Selby• July 20, 2015

Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on October 01, 2013 in a tweet:

The shutdown is projected to result in "$10 billion in costs to the economy per week."

By Amy Sherman• October 3, 2013

Alex Sink stated on July 08, 2010 in a statement on her campaign website:

"Florida’s high school graduation rate falls well below the national average."

By Cristina Silva• July 8, 2010

Randy Bryce stated on January 10, 2018 in a campaign appearance:

Under "his own legislation," Donald Trump's "own family would not have been allowed into the country."

By Tom Kertscher• January 19, 2018

John McCain stated on August 03, 2010 in a report:

Federal stimulus money went to a Georgia Tech project that will "apparently involve the professor jamming with 'world-renowned musicians' to 'hopefully also create satisfying works of art.'"

By Willoughby Mariano• September 13, 2010

Tommy Tuberville stated on March 02, 2023 in a speech at the CPAC conference:

"Half the kids in this country, when they graduate, can’t read their diploma.”

By Louis Jacobson• March 20, 2023

Barack Obama stated on February 17, 2010 in an address at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building:

"So far, the Recovery Act is responsible for the jobs of about 2 million Americans who would otherwise be unemployed. ... [And] the Recovery Act is on track to save or create another 1.5 million jobs in 2010."

By Louis Jacobson• February 18, 2010

Laura Tyson stated on August 15, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'':

"Unemployment for those with college educations is now 4.5 percent. Unemployment for those with more than a college education, below 4 percent."

By Louis Jacobson• August 17, 2010

Melissa Johnson stated on August 06, 2015 in a report:

Georgia has the 9th highest rate of adults, ages 18 to 64, without a high school diploma or GED.

By Nancy Badertscher• September 2, 2015

Eric Cantor stated on February 19, 2013 in a news release.:

"The National Science Foundation spent $1.2 million paying seniors to play World of Warcraft to study the impact it had on their brain."

By Sean Gorman• February 22, 2013

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