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Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on April 5, 2012 in an event to promote the Keystone XL pipeline:
"I have always said that I would be for drilling."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • April 25, 2012
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on April 15, 2012 in an op-ed in POLITICO:
At the same time gas prices have increased, "the share of the oil market controlled by speculators has more than doubled over the past 10 years."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • April 24, 2012
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on April 12, 2012:
Under President Barack Obama’s watch, "oil production on federal lands has decreased 14 percent over the past year."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2012 in a Rose Garden speech:
In the past three years, "we've added enough new oil and gas pipeline to circle the Earth and then some."
True
By Molly Moorhead • April 23, 2012
American Energy Alliance
American Energy Alliance
stated on March 27, 2012 in a television ad:
Gas prices have doubled because "Obama opposed exploring for energy in Alaska. He gave millions of tax dollars to Solyndra, which then went bankrupt. And he blocked the Keystone pipeline. So we will all pay more at the pump."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 19, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on March 23, 2012 in a campaign speech:
Every time the price of gasoline rises 1 cent, "it's a billion dollars out of our economy that goes to Saudi Arabia."
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 19, 2012
Mike Dovilla
Mike Dovilla
stated on March 13, 2012 in a letter to the editor:
Says President Obama's decision to not issue a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline meant "we were denied the ability immediately to reduce prices at the pump."
False
By Tom Feran • April 17, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2012 in a post on Facebook:
"In April 1997, there was a ‘gas out’ conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight."
Pants on Fire!
By Erin O'Neill • April 15, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on April 10, 2012 in a Web ad:
Says oil "production's down where Obama's in charge."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • April 13, 2012
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on April 2, 2012 in a robocall:
President Obama's refusal to grant permits for offshore drilling is one reason gasoline prices are soaring.
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 12, 2012
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on March 28, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:
Says the United States "actually exports more gasoline, diesel and other fuels than it imported in 2011 for the first time since, I think, 1949."
True
By Bill Wichert • April 11, 2012
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on February 23, 2012 in a speech:
The Keystone oil pipeline "would employ 20,000 people in the United States."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • April 11, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 28, 2012 in a TV ad.:
 "Under President Obama, domestic oil production is at an eight-year high."  
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Warren Fiske • April 9, 2012
James Durkan
James Durkan
stated on April 6, 2012 in a statement on his campaign website.:
Adding ethanol to gas "raises food costs."
Mostly True
By Michael Collins • April 6, 2012
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on March 30, 2012 in a television ad:
"Mitt Romney’s pledged to protect (oil companies') record profits – and their billions in special tax breaks, too."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 6, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 29, 2012 in a speech in the Rose Garden:
Last year, "Exxon pocketed nearly $4.7 million every hour."
True
By Becky Bowers • April 2, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on March 26, 2012 in a radio interview:
"Last year, we produced 14 percent less oil on public lands than we did the year before."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • April 2, 2012
Lars Larson
Lars Larson
stated on March 20, 2012 in an online post:
"Every time the weight of that vehicle is reduced by a hundred pounds, your chances of dying are going to go up by about 5 percent. Peel three hundred pounds off – you’re 15 percent more likely to die in that car."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • March 29, 2012
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on February 15, 2012 in s speech.:
"And the revenue generated by drilling off Virginia’s coast? $40 million over 10 years."
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • March 23, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on March 8, 2012 in an email blast.:
Says gas costs $4.50 a gallon.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 22, 2012
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