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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

Facebook posts stated on June 05, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Elon Musk and Jack Ma presenting “a new software called ‘Quantum AI.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 9, 2023

Mitt Romney stated on September 29, 2011 in a campaign video.:

President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid support Rick Perry’s "decision to give in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."

By Sue Owen• November 10, 2011

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

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

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

John McCain stated on July 21, 2008 in a TV ad:

"Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump? O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma!"

By Alexander Lane• July 21, 2008

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

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

Barack Obama stated on October 15, 2008 in a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.:

Medicare spends "$15-billion a year on subsidies to insurance companies."

By Robert Farley• October 17, 2008

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

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

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

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

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

Sonny Perdue stated on October 26, 2010 in speeches at schools across the state:

Georgia's high school graduation rate topped 80 percent in 2010.

By Willoughby Mariano• November 12, 2010

Alma Adams stated on February 09, 2021 in a tweet:

“Almost 40% of borrowers with student loan debt didn't finish their degree.”

By Paul Specht• February 12, 2021

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

Donald Trump stated on November 14, 2018 in an interview with the Daily Caller:

"If you buy, you know, a box of cereal, if you do anything, you have a voter ID. … The only thing you don’t is if you’re a voter of the United States."

By Louis Jacobson• November 16, 2018

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