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George Allen
George Allen
stated on February 6, 2012 an interview.
The cost of a gas tank fill-up has risen $30 since Barack Obama became president.  
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • February 20, 2012
Bob Marshall
Bob Marshall
stated on February 2, 2012 a legislative hearing.
"You're supposed to throw away your shoes" if mercury from a broken CFL light bulb gets on them.
False
By Sean Gorman • February 13, 2012
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on January 25, 2012 a congressional hearing
"Federal, state and local governments have subsidized the production of the Volt to the tune of estimates between $50,000 and $250,000 per vehicle sold."
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • January 31, 2012
Stephen Fincher
Stephen Fincher
stated on December 30, 2011 an interview with the Union City Daily Messenger
"Studies show that if we opened one reserve in Alaska now, in five years, gas prices could be at $2 a gallon."
False
By Michael Collins • January 29, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 18, 2012 a campaign commercial
"For the first time in 13 years, our dependence on foreign oil is below 50 percent."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • January 26, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 the State of the Union address
"Right now, American oil production is the highest that it’s been in eight years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 23, 2012 a debate in Tampa, Fla.
"When I was fighting against cap and trade, the speaker was sitting down with Nancy Pelosi on a sofa encouraging it."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • January 24, 2012
Robert Hagan
Robert Hagan
stated on January 10, 2012 a news release
"We never had an earthquake in Youngstown until John Kasich was elected Governor,"
Half-True
By Aaron Marshall • January 24, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 22, 2012 a news release
 Rep. David Cicilline is responsible for the federal loan guarantee to Solyndra, the failed solar company
Pants on Fire!
By Alex Kuffner • January 22, 2012
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on December 16, 2011 appearance on Fox Business Channel’s “Varney & Co.”
New energy standards will take away "our freedom of choice and selection in the light bulbs we have in our homes."
Mostly False
By Bartholomew Sullivan • January 13, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 13, 2011 a Senate hearing
"[Renewable energy] projects . . . get us off foreign oil and away, step by step, from these foreign entanglements that we have to get into to defend our oil supply."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • January 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 3, 2012 an Obama for America video
President Barack Obama "put in place historic fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks to lower costs at the pump and reduce dependence on foreign oil."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • January 6, 2012
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on December 15, 2011 a Republican presidential primary debate
"In this country … we have more natural gas than Saudi Arabia has oil."
Mostly False
By Maryalice Gill, Molly Moorhead • December 16, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on December 7, 2011 a debate.
"Our federal government has lent $2 billion to the state-owned oil company of Brazil to allow them to explore for oil and gas."  
False
By Warren Fiske • December 12, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on November 16, 2011 an editorial board meeting with the Nashua Telegraph
"We have more natural gas in this country than Saudi Arabia has oil."
Mostly False
By Maryalice Gill • December 8, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on December 7, 2011 a debate.
The United States "is number one in the world in energy resources; Russia is number two."  
True
By Jacob Geiger, Warren Fiske • December 8, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on December 2, 2011 a newspaper column
Sen. Sherrod Brown "has chosen to side with Washington bureaucrats and fringe extremists in the attacks on our natural resources."
Pants on Fire!
By Stephen Koff • December 7, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 5, 2011 a press conference
President Barack Obama "has now spent three years proving that he kills jobs in energy, he kills jobs in manufacturing."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2011
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on November 16, 2011 a television commercial
Says Sen. Sherrod Brown "voted to block American energy production and increase energy taxes."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • December 6, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 a Web ad
Says Mitt Romney has said different things about whether global warming is caused by humans
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 30, 2011
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