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Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.:
"We haven't built a refinery, I think, in 30 years."
Mostly False
By Asjylyn Loder • January 10, 2008
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.:
As secretary of the Department of Energy under former President Bill Clinton, "I created reserves of home heating oil."
True
By Asjylyn Loder • January 6, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 19, 2007 in a speech in Knoxville, Iowa:
"Average families are spending roughly $2,000 more a year on energy costs. ... It's like a $2,000 energy tax in just the last seven years, more than three times what the typical American family received from the Bush tax cuts."
Half-True
By Asjylyn Loder • January 2, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 26, 2007 in a speech in Iowa:
"Gas prices have never been higher, and Exxon Mobil's profits have never been higher."
False
By Asjylyn Loder • December 31, 2007