Latest Fact-Checks In Cap and Trade

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 29, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
"I believe we should have tax on carbon and deal aggressively with climate change. That is not (Hillary Clinton's) position."
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By Linda Qiu • May 29, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News:
"I have never supported cap and trade."
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By Joshua Gillin • January 29, 2016
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 17, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor:
"61 percent of non-tea party Republicans actually agree...there is 'solid evidence the earth is warming,' ...[but] 70 percent of tea partiers, contrarily, say there is 'no solid evidence' the earth is warming."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 28, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on November 13, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
In a poll, "53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as 'ignorant,' 'out of touch' or 'crazy.'"
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 25, 2013
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 in a Web ad:
Says Mitt Romney has said different things about whether global warming is caused by humans
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 30, 2011
Ohio Coal Association
Ohio Coal Association
stated on March 1, 2011 in testimony to a House subcommittee:
Says that President Obama said in 2008 that his proposed greenhouse gas regulations "will bankrupt" anyone who wants to build a new coal-fired power plant.
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By Stephen Koff • March 14, 2011
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on July 14, 2009 in an op-ed article in the Washington Post.:
"Job losses are so certain under this new cap-and-tax plan that it includes a provision accommodating newly unemployed workers from the resulting dried-up energy sector, to the tune of $4.2 billion over eight years. So much for creating jobs."
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By Catharine Richert • July 16, 2009