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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
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
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