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Rick Perry stated on August 14, 2011 in :

Says his hometown of Paint Creek, Texas, "doesn’t even have a ZIP code."

By W. Gardner Selby• August 27, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

Mick Mulvaney stated on March 16, 2017 in a press conference:

"There's no demonstrable evidence they (after-school programs that feed kids) are helping kids do better at school."

By Jon Greenberg• March 21, 2017

Charlie Crist stated on March 02, 2010 in his State of the State address:

"Our graduation rate is the highest it's ever been."

By Lee Logan• March 3, 2010

Pam Stewart stated on August 19, 2013 in a letter to the editor in the "Miami Herald":

Florida’s "high school graduation rates continue to increase at the fastest rate in the nation, with Florida leading the nation in the rate of Hispanic graduates."

By Amy Sherman• August 23, 2013

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

Chain email stated on April 06, 2012 in an email:

"Why was there no news coverage of this raid on the Arizona border? … Seizure was just five days ago. Right on the Arizona border!"

By Becky Bowers• April 10, 2012

Paul Ryan stated on December 04, 2012 in a speech:

"One out of every four students fails to earn a high school diploma. In our major cities across America, half of our kids don’t graduate."

By Tom Kertscher• December 23, 2012

Stanley Litow stated on February 07, 2023 in a news release:

“Lifetime earnings of someone with a college degree is over a million dollars more than those entering the workforce without one.”

By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento• March 8, 2023

Elizabeth Warren stated on August 28, 2022 in an interview on CNN:

"40% of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.”

By Jon Greenberg• September 13, 2022

Sacramento Bee Editorial Board stated on February 06, 2013 in an editorial.:

Says Texas ranks last in the percentage of residents with high school diplomas.

By W. Gardner Selby• February 8, 2013

Rudy Moise stated on May 01, 2012 in a campaign website:

The congressional district for Miami-Dade and Broward counties has a "staggering drop-out rate of almost 61 percent."

By Amy Sherman• May 7, 2012

Raphael Warnock stated on October 14, 2022 in a debate:

“Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die (from maternal mortality) even when they have the insurance and the income.”

By Louis Jacobson• October 17, 2022

Dan Gelber stated on June 21, 2015 in a Miami Herald op-ed:

"After (Jeb) Bush’s two terms in office, Florida’s graduation rate was dead last and remains near the bottom."

By Amy Sherman• June 24, 2015

Clay Pell stated on April 30, 2014 in a campaign website:

"Rhode Island has the highest dropout rate in New England at twenty-three percent."

By Karen Lee Ziner• June 1, 2014

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