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Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on November 10, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor
In Rhode Island, "only 5 percent of ozone pollution is from local or in-state sources. . . Ninety-five percent comes from outside of our borders, particularly the Midwest."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 27, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 4, 2011 an Americans for Prosperity Foundation summit speech
Solyndra "had robots that whistled Disney songs. I'm not kidding."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • November 17, 2011
David Plouffe
David Plouffe
stated on October 30, 2011 an interview on "Meet the Press"
The loan guarantee program that helped Solyndra "was a program that was supported by President Bush."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • November 17, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 28, 2011 remarks at the Cornerstone Action Dinner in Manchester, N.H.
Under energy efficiency legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, "federal bureaucrats could take over the local building code enforcement in your city if so-called ‘green mandates’ are not complied with quickly enough."
False
By Jake Berry • November 15, 2011
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on November 2, 2011 a TV ad
"(President Barack Obama gave) half a billion in taxpayer money to help his friends at Solyndra, a business the White House knew was on the path to bankruptcy."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • November 15, 2011
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on November 8, 2011 an interview on The Daily Show
Solar and wind energy are "both cheaper than nuclear right now."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on November 1, 2011 a speech on energy policy at University of New Hampshire
The United States sends "$300 billion -- half our trade deficit -- overseas for oil to unstable and unfriendly regimes."
Half-True
By John Gregg • November 8, 2011
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on October 19, 2011 a press release
"The average homeowner spends more than $2,000 each year on energy costs – more than on either real estate taxes or homeowners insurance."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 7, 2011
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on October 11, 2011 a Senate floor speech
Says it wasn't until he and a Senate colleague were able to "wrangle the actual streaming video" from BP that scientists were able to calculate the oil spill flow.
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • October 26, 2011
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on September 29, 2011 an op-ed article
"A Cornell University research study concludes that ethanol generates a 29 percent energy loss, meaning it takes more than a gallon of gasoline to produce a gallon of ethanol."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • October 19, 2011
Mike Fasano
Mike Fasano
stated on October 11, 2011 a news article
"Just a little over 60 percent of your electric bill, my electric bill, 60 percent of that is pass-throughs, whether they be for building of nuclear plants or whatever they may be." A planned nuclear plant repair "will only increase that percentage."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • October 18, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on October 4, 2011 his book, "This is Herman Cain! My Journey to the White House"
The Department of Energy’s "Billion Ton Study" has shown that wind and solar energy combined "could at best provide only 5 percent of our total energy needs."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • October 18, 2011
Ward Armstrong
Ward Armstrong
stated on September 27, 2011 in TV ads.
Appalachian Power Company is making "record profits."
Pants on Fire!
By Warren Fiske • October 14, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 6, 2011 a press conference at the White House
The Arab Spring … "drove up gas prices."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2011
Jersey Central Power & Light
Jersey Central Power & Light
stated on September 7, 2011 an advertisement
Hurricane "Irene was the second-largest storm to hit North America in terms of power outages -- and the first hurricane to make landfall in New Jersey since 1904."  
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • September 16, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on September 7, 2011 a Republican presidential debate at the Reagan Presidential Library
"The day President Obama took office, gasoline was $1.79 a gallon."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 28, 2011 a newspaper column
Says the federal government is "the largest energy user in the country."
True
By Tom Feran • September 7, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 13, 2011 a speech at a house party in New Hampshire.
Says President Barack Obama delivered $2 billion to Brazil to help with offshore drilling projects.
Pants on Fire!
By Gregory Trotter • September 1, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on August 27, 2011 a campaign event
"The United States is the No. 1 country in the world for energy resources. … We are the king daddy dogs when it comes to energy."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 17, 2011 a campaign stop in New Hampshire
Scientists are "questioning the original idea that man-made global warming is what is causing the climate to change. … (It is) more and more being put into question."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, David G. Taylor • August 22, 2011
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