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Rick Perry
James Richard Perry is an American politician who served as the 14th United States secretary of energy from 2017 to 2019. He previously served as the 47th governor of Texas from 2000 to 2015 and ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for president of the United States in the 2012 and 2016 elections.
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politics · American politician (born 1950) · military officer · politician · farmer · governor · also Rick Perry, James Richard Perry, James Richard "Rick" Perry, Richard Perry, Perry
Born 4 March 1950 · Q215057
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2026· 4 entries
WSJ: Rick Perry’s Fermi Finally Finds a Customer for Its Giant Texas AI Power Bet
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MarketBeat: James Richard Perry Acquires 12,359 Shares of Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) Stock
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2025· 7 entries
Bisnow: Rick Perry-Founded Energy REIT Clocks $683M IPO, Shares Surge
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Bloomberg L.P.: Rick Perry’s Energy REIT Fermi Boosts IPO Target to $715 Million
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Rolling Out: Rick Perry’s Fermi eyes massive $13 billion IPO debut
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Bloomberg L.P.: Rick Perry’s Energy REIT Fermi Seeks Up to $550 Million in IPO
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Yahoo Finance: Rick Perry's data center REIT Fermi targets $13 billion valuation in US IPO
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Dallas Morning News: Rick Perry's data center REIT Fermi files for IPO
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Dallas Morning News: Rick Perry: Dallas-based Energy Transfer beats Greenpeace in court
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2023· 2 entries
The Guardian: Rick Perry hints at 2024 presidential bid and revives memories of debate gaffe
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Perry has described his personal experiences with ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT in Mexico in 2023.
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2021· 1 entry
The Guardian: Rick Perry says Texans will endure blackouts 'to keep the government out of their business'
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2019· 3 entries
The Guardian: Rick Perry tells Donald Trump: 'You really are the chosen one'
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Perry reported to Trump that he intended to resign at the end of the year
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Snopes rated the claim “U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry posted a legal-notice hoax to his Instagram account.” True.
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2017· 7 entries
The Guardian: Rick Perry under fire for suggestion fossil fuels can reduce sexual assault
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The Guardian: US energy secretary Rick Perry duped by Russian pranksters to talk about pig manure
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Claimed: “France "wouldn’t buy Texas beef for some reason, yet 76 percent of their energy comes from nuclear power."” — rated Mostly True by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “"Most likely the primary control knob (for the earth’s temperature) is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in."” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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The Guardian: Rick Perry ‘deeply troubled’ by election of gay Texas A&M student president
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The Guardian: Rick Perry 'regrets' pledge to abolish department he is now tapped to lead
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Career landmark: United States Secretary of Energy (2017–2019).
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2016· 9 entries
The Guardian: Will Rick Perry's pro-wind power stance carry on in the Trump administration?
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The Guardian: Trump picks oil-drilling proponent Rick Perry as energy secretary
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The Guardian: Rick Perry to be named energy secretary in department he pledged to scrap
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The Guardian: Rick Perry could be Trump pick for energy, department he couldn't name
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The Guardian: Dancing with the Stars: Rick Perry's latest attempt to shimmy up a poll
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Perry endorsed United States Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) for president
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Perry fully embraced Trump's proposed border wall
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Campaign: 2016 presidential election.
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The Texas Tribune wrote that "Perry has long been a critic of building a wall or fence along the border
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2015· 4 entries
Following poor polling after the first debate
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At 5,143 days as well as the record of the longest serving Texas governor
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Launching a second presidential campaign shortly thereafter
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That the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by the Constitution, Perry condemned the decision, saying: "I'm a firm believer in traditional marriage, and I also believe the 10th Amendment leaves
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2014· 2 entries
Perry was indicted by a Travis County grand jury
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Perry announced he would send in 1,000 National Guard troops to secure the border
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2012· 3 entries
Election lost: 2012 presidential election.
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Perry considered dropping out of the presidential race but did not
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Campaign: 2012 presidential election.
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2011· 6 entries
Perry both had adult stem cell surgery in Houston and started "laying the groundwork" for the commercialization of the adult stem cell industry in Texas
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During a televised debate for presidential candidates, he said he had "never struggled" with the question of the possible innocence of any of the 234 inmates executed to date while he was governor
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“Texas does provide an adequate safety net to those truly in need... and many individuals simply choose not to purchase healthcare coverage.”
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“rights in the Tenth Amendment. A spokesman later reiterated Perry”
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Perry admitted that he did not know about the Lawrence decision; when told that the Supreme Court case had struck down Texas's anti-sodomy law, Perry said: "I'm not taking the bar exam [
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After New York legalized same-sex marriage, Perry said it was their right to do so under the principle of states' rights in the Tenth Amendment
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2010· 1 entry
“There is nothing that tests your commitment to a goal like getting a few doors closed in your face.”
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2009· 4 entries
Awarded Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Governors or Statewide Elected Officials (2009).
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“Willingham was a monster. He was a guy who murdered his three children, who tried to beat his wife into an abortion so that he wouldn”
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In favor of more incremental road projects
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Perry signed Grover Norquist's pledge to "oppose and veto any and all efforts to increase taxes"
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2008· 1 entry
Perry compared homosexuality to alcoholism, writing that he is "no expert on the 'nature versus nurture' debate" but gays should simply choose abstinence
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2007· 1 entry
Perry signed a law ending automatic arrest for cannabis possession
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2006· 2 entries
In 2006, Perry said he believed in the inerrancy of the Bible and that those who do not accept Jesus as their Savior will go to hell.
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Perry said he believed in the inerrancy of the Bible and that those who do not accept Jesus as their Savior will go to hell
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2005· 5 entries
After being questioned on the issue by a potential opponent in the Republican governor primary, Perry said he expressed his support only in order to get the Clintons to pay more attention to rural healthcare
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“approve an education budget that shortchanges teacher salary increases, textbooks, education technology, and education reforms. And I cannot let $2 billion sit in some bank account when it can go directly to the classroom”
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Perry said he would not "approve an education budget that shortchanges teacher salary increases, textbooks, education technology, and education reforms
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A ballot proposition that amended the Texas constitution by defining marriage as "only a union between a man and a woman" and prohibiting the state from creating or recognizing "any legal status identical or similar to m
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Perry launched Operation Linebacker, which was intended to prevent terrorists from exploiting the Texas-Mexico border
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2004· 1 entry
In the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, even though an investigation by the Texas Forensic Science Commission determined parts of the original investigation may not have looked at all of the evidence correctly
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2003· 3 entries
Perry signed legislation that created the Texas Enterprise Fund, which has since given $435 million in grants to businesses
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That restricted non-economic damages in medical malpractice judgments
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To pay for roads and was projected to owe $17
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2002· 4 entries
Perry proposed the Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC), a $175 billion transportation network that would include a 4,000-mile network of highways, rail, and utility lines and would be funded by private investors
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Perry described the Texas same-sex anti-sodomy law as "appropriate"
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Perry refused to promise not to raise taxes as governor, and in the following years did propose or approve various tax and debt increases
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And was re-elected in 2006 and 2010, becoming the longest-serving governor in Texas history
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2001· 2 entries
Perry expressed his pride in the enactment of the statute extending in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants who meet Texas' residency requirements
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Perry signed the James Byrd Jr
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2000· 1 entry
Career landmark: Governor of Texas (2000–2015).
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1999· 1 entry
Career landmark: Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1999–2000).
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1998· 2 entries
Perry ran for lieutenant governor
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Perry was elected lieutenant governor of Texas, becoming the state's first Republican lieutenant governor since Reconstruction
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1994· 1 entry
Perry was reelected Agriculture Commissioner by a large margin, getting 2,546,287 votes (62 percent) to Democrat Marvin Gregory's 1,479,692 (36 percent)
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1993· 1 entry
Of using public funds for political fundraising, although Hightower himself was not found to be involved in the wrongdoings
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1990· 3 entries
Perry polled 276,558 votes (47%), with Richard McIver garnering 176,976 votes (30%) and Gene L
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As a newly minted Republican, Perry challenged Jim Hightower, the incumbent Democratic Agriculture Commissioner
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“Texans would be without electricity for longer than three days to keep the federal government out of their business.”
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1989· 3 entries
Perry announced that he was switching parties, becoming a Republican
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And became a Republican, and was elected Agriculture Commissioner of Texas the following year
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Said, "I was probably a bit of a free spirit, not particularly structured real well for life outside of a military regime, I would have not lasted at Texas Tech or the University of Texas
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1985· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Texas House of Representatives (1985–1991).
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1984· 1 entry
Perry was elected to the Texas House of Representatives as a Democrat from district 64, which included his home county of Haskell
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1977· 2 entries
Perry returned to Texas and entered politics, serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1985 to 1991
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At the rank of captain, returned to Texas, and went into farming cotton with his father
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1972· 3 entries
And entered into the United States Air Force, serving a five-year stint and achieving the rank of captain
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Perry was commissioned as an officer in the United States Air Force and completed pilot training in February 1974
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With a Bachelor of Science degree in animal science
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1950· 3 entries
Born 1950-03-04.
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In Haskell, Texas, and raised in Paint Creek, Texas, the son of dryland cotton farmers Joseph Ray Perry and Amelia June Holt Perry
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“, Reuters I disagree with the concept that somehow or another we”
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