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Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on April 2, 2012 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 an email blast.
Says gas costs $4.50 a gallon.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 22, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on March 12, 2012 a news release
"More than 27,000 Rhode Island jobs depend on trade with Canada."
True
By Edward Fitzpatrick • March 18, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 10, 2012 a op-ed posted on his website
President Barack Obama’s policies have forced "many parts of the country to experience rolling blackouts."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2012
Lenny Curry
Lenny Curry
stated on March 4, 2012 an interview on "Political Connections"
Says Barack Obama "promised" gasoline at $2.50 a gallon.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 23, 2012 a speech in Miami
"We supported the first new nuclear power plant in three decades."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 23, 2012 a speech in Miami
The U.S. has a "record number of oil rigs operating right now – more working oil and gas rigs than the rest of the world combined."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 1, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 18, 2011 a presidential campaign stop in Decorah, Iowa
Says there’s no proven instance where hydraulic fracking has polluted groundwater.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 29, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 22, 2012 a televised address
One estimate says there may be "three times as much oil in the United States as there is in Saudi Arabia."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 18, 2012 a campaign speech in Cobb County
"You can’t put a gun rack in a [Chevrolet] Volt."  
False
By Willoughby Mariano • February 24, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 22, 2012 a debate in Arizona
"Today gasoline hit $6 a gallon in Florida."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 23, 2012
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