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Bradley Saacks is a summer 2015 reporting intern for the Austin American-Statesman.

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Julián Castro
stated on July 27, 2015 in his year-in-review speech:

"Less than half of the poorest American households have a home Internet subscription."

By Bradley Saacks • August 20, 2015
Rick Perry
stated on June 4, 2015 in his speech declaring his candidacy for president:

"I deployed the Texas National Guard" to the Texas-Mexico border. "And the policy worked; apprehensions at the border declined 74 percent."

By Bradley Saacks • July 26, 2015