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Joe Barton
Joe Barton
stated on November 11, 2010 a speech at The Heritage Foundation.:
Says you can buy four light bulbs for $1.99 at Walmart, while a single compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) costs "$10 a pop."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 21, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 7, 2010 e-mail and blog postings:
The cap-and-trade bill before Congress "prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 17, 2010
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on October 25, 2010 testimony given at a public hearing:
Electric utility FirstEnergy's annual revenues are greater "than the GDP of Haiti, Kyrgyzstan, Iceland, or 15 African nations."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • November 10, 2010
Sierra Club
Sierra Club
stated on October 13, 2010 a TV ad:
Robert Hurt supported a bill that helped the uranium industry after taking contributions from the industry and because his father had a stake in it.
Mostly False
By Michael Martz • November 1, 2010
Tom Perriello
Tom Perriello
stated on October 12, 2010 a TV ad:
 "Senator Robert Hurt voted for a bill that’s raised your electric rates seven times."
False
By Wes Hester • October 30, 2010
Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
stated on September 20, 2010 a TV ad:
Rick Boucher "helped write" the cap-and-trade bill
Half-True
By Wes Hester • October 28, 2010
John Loughlin
John Loughlin
stated on October 19, 2010 a WPRI/Providence Journal debate:
Tells David Cicilline, "94 percent of the carbon emissions which you so want to get rid of are caused by nature."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 28, 2010
Robert Hurt
Robert Hurt
stated on September 27, 2010 a TV ad:
Says Tom Perriello voted "to give tax breaks to foreign companies creating jobs in China."
False
By Michael Martz • October 25, 2010
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on January 11, 2010 a speech.:
Says Texas has so few gas-pump inspectors in the field, "the HEBs of this state, the Brookshires of this state, they're calibrating their own gas pumps. The (Texas Department of Agriculture) just sends them the stickers and they calibrate them."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 18, 2010
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on September 12, 2010 a campaign video.:
Says gas pumps in different parts of Texas are missing state inspection stickers and/or their inspections are out of date--and that's cheating consumers.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2010
David Rivera
David Rivera
stated on September 29, 2010 a television ad:
"Joe Garcia raised utility rates on families."
False
By Trenton Daniel • October 14, 2010
J.D. Alexander
J.D. Alexander
stated on September 16, 2010 a news article:
"It takes as much energy to make a solar panel as it likely generates in its entire life."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • September 28, 2010
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on September 14, 2010 an interview on CNN's "Larry King Live":
"Do you know that we have pipes carrying natural gas in this country that are made of wood? I'm not joking."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2010
Patrick Lynch
Patrick Lynch
stated on June 20, 2010 an appearance on Newsmakers:
"Deepwater's own testimony . . . is they said they'll create six jobs."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 17, 2010
David Porter
David Porter
stated on July 28, 2010 a press release.:
Jeff Weems' "legal record is one of defending BP, Enron and just about every big oil company against the working man."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 12, 2010
National Taxpayers Union
National Taxpayers Union
stated on September 2, 2010 a television commercial:
Proposed tax changes are a "handout" to BP.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2010
Roy Barnes
Roy Barnes
stated on June 23, 2010 a campaign ad:
"I can put 10,000 people to work. Electricians, plumbers, sheet metal workers -- by retrofitting all of the state buildings for energy independence or efficiency."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 10, 2010
Stephen Kretzmann
Stephen Kretzmann
stated on August 17, 2010 a website:
Georgia's U.S. senators voted for legislation that would "gut clean air protections and increase oil dependence."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 7, 2010
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on July 13, 2010 a campaign ad:
Ron Johnson is "willing to hand over the Great Lakes to the oil companies."
Mostly False
By Cary Spivak • September 3, 2010
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 10, 2009 a speech at a tea party rally in Oshkosh:
"Both the state and federal governments make more per gallon in gas taxes than the oil companies make themselves for doing all the work."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 3, 2010
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