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Rick Perry is the U.S. Energy Secretary and was governor of Texas from late December 2000 through 2014. He was re-elected in 2002, 2006 and 2010. He unsucessfully ran for president in 2012 and 2016.

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Rick Perry
stated on August 14, 2019 in a speech:

"The U.S. now leads the world in producing both oil and natural gas, and at the same time reducing energy-related emissions."

By Madlin Mekelburg • August 27, 2019
Rick Perry
stated on June 27, 2017 in a White House briefing:

France "wouldn’t buy Texas beef for some reason, yet 76 percent of their energy comes from nuclear power."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2017
Rick Perry
stated on June 19, 2017 in an interview:

"Most likely the primary control knob (for the earth’s temperature) is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in."

By John Kruzel • June 22, 2017
Rick Perry
stated on January 15, 2016 in Radio interview:

"Building a wall" on the U.S.-Mexico border "will take literally years."

By Eleanor Dearman • February 27, 2016
Rick Perry
stated on August 2, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

Says Donald Trump is for a single-payer health care system.

By Linda Qiu • August 2, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 in a speech:

"Former Gov. Rick Perry signed a law that a federal court said was actually written with the purpose of discriminating against minority voters."

By Keely Herring • June 9, 2015
Texas Democratic Party
stated on February 12, 2015 in a press release:

More than 1 million Texans live without affordable health care because Rick Perry failed to "partner with the Legislature to find a Texas solution to closing the coverage gap."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2015
Democratic National Committee
stated on January 15, 2015 in an email blast:

"College tuition rates in Texas jumped by 55% since 2003."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 28, 2015
Democratic National Committee
stated on January 15, 2015 in an email blast:

Since Rick Perry became governor, "poverty rates in Texas increased from 15.1% to 17.5% — which is higher than the national average."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2015
Democratic National Committee
stated on May 29, 2014 in an email blast:

Rick Perry doesn’t think there should be a federal minimum wage.

By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2014

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