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E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on March 19, 2019 a speech
"Our state has fewer science, technology, engineering and math graduates than any neighboring state."
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By Al Bernardi, Samantha Patrick • April 24, 2019
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on November 15, 2018 a tweet
The United States "spends more on potato chips than we do on ALL energy R&D."
True
By Kristen Mohammadi, Lili Zecevic • December 6, 2018
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on May 1, 2015 a commentary in The Providence Journal
Annual precipitation "has increased in Rhode Island by over 12 inches in the last century."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 14, 2015
Ron Fournier
Ron Fournier
stated on May 10, 2015 a pundit panel on "Face the Nation"
Says Mike Huckabee appeared in diabetes infomercials to endorse "cures and treatments that no health agency supports."
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By Katie Sanders • May 13, 2015
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 17, 2014 a Senate floor speech
"January through November 2014, the year so far, were the hottest first 11 months of any year recorded."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 12, 2015
Mother Jones
Mother Jones
stated on November 24, 2014 a Facebook post
"Turkeys today weigh 29.8 pounds. In the ‘30s, they weighed 13.2 pounds."
True
November 25, 2014
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on March 26, 2014 a committee hearing
The National Science Foundation awarded $700,000 to fund a climate change musical.
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 2, 2014
Heidi Heilman
Heidi Heilman
stated on March 13, 2014 a commentary in The Providence Journal
"Today’s marijuana is 300 percent to 800 percent more potent than the pot of yesteryear."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2014
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on January 15, 2014 remarks at a news conference
"Only 3 percent of voters 18 to 34 don't believe that climate change is really happening."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2014
Grover Fugate
Grover Fugate
stated on August 23, 2013 a TV interview
If sea levels rise six feet due to climate change, Waterplace Park in Providence and Wickford village would be swamped
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By John Hill • September 28, 2013
Choose: New Jersey
Choose: New Jersey
stated on July 30, 2012 an advertisement in the Wall Street Journal
"We have more scientists and engineers per square mile than anywhere in the world."
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By Caryn Shinske • September 6, 2012
stated on December 9, 2011 a column in the New York Times
Newt Gingrich "has suggested" building "a mirror system in space" could improve the Earth’s habitability.
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By Louis Jacobson • December 12, 2011
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on September 16, 2011 an opinion article
Says "as a share of the US economy, the government’s support for research and development (R&D) has fallen by nearly two-thirds since the 1960s."
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By Erin O'Neill • September 26, 2011
Joel Keehn
Joel Keehn
stated on March 11, 2011 a blog
The hour of sleep you lose during the change to daylight saving time might initially pose some health risks.
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By M.B. Pell • March 28, 2011
John Pistole
John Pistole
stated on November 16, 2010 an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper.
The radiation coming from the new TSA body scanners is "equivalent to about three minutes' worth of air travel by anybody, say, at 30,000 feet."
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By Aaron Sharockman • November 18, 2010
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on May 2, 2010 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
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on April 3, 2010 a press release.
"If the space-shuttle program is terminated, Russia and China will be the only nations ...with the capability to launch humans into space."
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April 22, 2010