Latest Fact-Checks In Oil Spill

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Edward Markey
Edward Markey
stated on April 20, 2017 in a tweet:
"Trump looking to open up E Coast & new areas for offshore oil drilling when Congress has passed no new safety standards since BP"
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By Amy Sherman • April 21, 2017
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on April 19, 2011 in a posting on Twitter:
Says he couldn't keep a 42-inch redfish he caught because of fishing rules.
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By Aaron Sharockman • April 22, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on December 1, 2010 in a press release:
"A 5 percent increase in domestic production would increase the world supply by less than 1 percent and do almost nothing to our dependence on foreign oil. This would also have virtually no effect on the price of gas at the pump."  
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By Amy Sherman • December 13, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on December 7, 2010 in a meeting of the Florida Cabinet:
"150,000 (oil spill) claims have been filed by Floridians, but only 40 percent of them have been paid."
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By Aaron Sharockman • December 8, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on July 20, 2010 in remarks to reporters.:
House Republicans who complained they didn't have enough time to consider a constitutional ban against oil drilling "shoved through a proposal in just a few days to open state waters to oil drilling."
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By Aaron Sharockman • July 21, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 26, 2010 in an interview on "Fox & Friends":
"We are picking up oil with shovels and paper and plastic bags."
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By Laura Figueroa • July 7, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 1, 2010 in a speech at the Florida Association of Counties conference:
"I have spent virtually every weekend since Memorial Day in the Panhandle."
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July 2, 2010
Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
stated on May 20, 2010 in an interview with Jay Leno on NBC's The Tonight Show:
Halliburton gave Dick Cheney a $34 million payout when he left the company to join the presidential ticket.
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By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on May 15, 2010 in email:
"Rick Scott's even saying he wants more offshore drilling."
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By Amy Sherman • May 18, 2010
Progress Florida
Progress Florida
stated on May 3, 2010 in a press release.:
"Incoming House Speaker Dean Cannon and incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos have said they plan to champion efforts next legislative session to allow oil rigs off Florida's coast."
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By Aaron Sharockman • May 4, 2010
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on May 2, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's 'This Week':
"At the moment, energy companies spend 0.25 percent on R&D."
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By Catharine Richert • May 3, 2010