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E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on March 19, 2019 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in a Facebook post:
"Turkeys today weigh 29.8 pounds. In the ‘30s, they weighed 13.2 pounds."
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By Tom Kertscher • November 25, 2014
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on March 26, 2014 in a committee hearing:
The National Science Foundation awarded $700,000 to fund a climate change musical.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 2, 2014
Heidi Heilman
Heidi Heilman
stated on March 13, 2014 in 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 in 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 in 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 in an advertisement in the Wall Street Journal:
"We have more scientists and engineers per square mile than anywhere in the world."
True
By Caryn Shinske • September 6, 2012
stated on December 9, 2011 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's 'This Week':
"At the moment, energy companies spend 0.25 percent on R&D."
True
By Catharine Richert • May 3, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on April 3, 2010 in 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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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 22, 2010