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Matt Wingard
Matt Wingard
stated on May 4, 2011 a House floor session
Increasing the bottle deposit to 10 cents on a case of water bottles could literally double the price of that product in the store.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • May 13, 2011
Rick Hardcastle
Rick Hardcastle
stated on April 28, 2011 remarks on the House floor
Benzene has "never been proven to be harmful."
Pants on Fire!
May 7, 2011
Chris Dorworth
Chris Dorworth
stated on April 21, 2011 comments on the House floor.
Says Florida is one of a few or perhaps the only state "that has a statewide review of local land use and zoning decisions."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 29, 2011
Victoria Taft
Victoria Taft
stated on April 25, 2011 a tweet
"A $250 fine if you're caught with a plastic bag coming out of a store. Plastic bag police anyone?"
False
By Janie Har • April 29, 2011
Online petition
Online petition
stated on April 8, 2011 an online petition
"For every [coyote] they kill, the population will replace and usually multiply."
Mostly True
By Richard Salit • April 15, 2011
Robert Hurt
Robert Hurt
stated on March 25, 2011 a newsletter.
A cap-and-trade bill would "destroy over 50,000 jobs in Virginia."
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger • April 12, 2011
Sally Bethea
Sally Bethea
stated on April 9, 2011 an article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"In three years we could find close to 50 million gallons per day through a toilet replacement program."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 4, 2011
David Prosser
David Prosser
stated on March 21, 2011 statement during a candidate forum
Says Supreme Court candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg’s record as a state Justice Department lawyer consists only of the prosecution of cases regarding regulation of docks.
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • April 1, 2011
Free Market Florida
Free Market Florida
stated on March 1, 2011 a web video.
Says new EPA water regulations would force the state to make drainage canals every bit as clean as pristine Florida river systems.
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • March 30, 2011
Jon Brien
Jon Brien
stated on March 22, 2011 a news release
Woonsocket needs a garbage-burning power plant because "residents are paying through the nose for electricity that’s fueled by foreign oil, at prices that are skyrocketing."
Pants on Fire!
By Peter Lord • March 27, 2011
Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
stated on February 18, 2011 an e-mail newsletter and House floor speech.
"Not even expensive bottled water, like Perrier and Evian, are of good enough quality to pump out of mines in Southwest Virginia, according to the EPA regulation."
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger • March 22, 2011
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on March 3, 2011 a House committee hearing
"Lake Erie supports nearly 10 percent of Ohio's jobs and generates $750 million in state and local taxes."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • March 18, 2011
Bill Kristol
Bill Kristol
stated on March 13, 2011 an interview on Fox News Sunday
"Twenty percent of our electricity currently comes from nuclear power plants. I think there are 104 in the United States, two of them around the coast in California."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2011
Ohio Coal Association
Ohio Coal Association
stated on March 1, 2011 testimony to a House subcommittee
Says that President Obama said in 2008 that his proposed greenhouse gas regulations "will bankrupt" anyone who wants to build a new coal-fired power plant.
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • March 14, 2011
Fred Upton
Fred Upton
stated on March 8, 2011 a letter to fellow Members of Congress
A bill that would halt the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases would help "stop rising gas prices."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 14, 2011
Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
stated on February 11, 2011 a newsletter.
"A new ruling by the EPA would force dairy farmers to comply with the Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Program when dealing with spilt milk -- the same regulations oil and natural gas producers must follow." 
False
By Jacob Geiger • March 11, 2011
Frederica Wilson
Frederica Wilson
stated on February 27, 2011 a Washington Post profile
"We closed that plant down. It was a $27 million-dollar plant, operating full steam, and we closed it down."
True
By Trenton Daniel • March 7, 2011
Phyllis Schlafly
Phyllis Schlafly
stated on February 2, 2011 an e-mail blast.
Says broken compact fluorescent light bulbs "allegedly cause migraines and epilepsy attacks."  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 5, 2011
Mark Hass
Mark Hass
stated on February 8, 2011 a legislative hearing
Says Oregon recyclers can't recycle plastic bags
Half-True
By Ian K. Kullgren • March 5, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 24, 2011 a chain e-mail
Says that in a hearing, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords suggested to Gen. David Petraeus that the Army "put more emphasis on less environmentally damaging methods, like stabbing or clubbing enemy forces in order to minimize the carbon output."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2011
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