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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 29, 2012 a speech in the Rose Garden
Last year, "Exxon pocketed nearly $4.7 million every hour."
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By Becky Bowers • April 2, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on March 12, 2012 a news release
"More than 27,000 Rhode Island jobs depend on trade with Canada."
True
By Edward Fitzpatrick • March 18, 2012
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."  
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By Jacob Geiger, Warren Fiske • December 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."
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By Willoughby Mariano • November 7, 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."
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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
George Allen
George Allen
stated on June 14, 2011 a press conference.
"We are number one in the world when it comes to energy resources. ... The Russians are second; Saudi Arabia is number three." 
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By Jacob Geiger • June 17, 2011
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on May 5, 2011 a press release.
"American oil production is at its highest level since 2003."
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By Jacob Geiger • May 11, 2011
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on March 22, 2011 MSNBC's "Last Word"
"Most Americans live within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant."
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March 24, 2011
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on November 4, 2010 a letter to a Senate committee
"New England already has access to ample supplies of natural gas."
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By Peter Lord • January 23, 2011
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."
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By Sabrina Eaton • November 10, 2010
Bob Gibbs
Bob Gibbs
stated on July 21, 2010 a statement posted to his website
"In the 18th Congressional District, 100% of electric generation comes from coal."
True
By Robert Higgs • July 24, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on July 20, 2010 remarks to reporters.
House Republicans who complained they didn't have enough time to consider a constitutional ban against oil drilling "shoved through a proposal in just a few days to open state waters to oil drilling."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • July 21, 2010
Jeff Weems
Jeff Weems
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech
Says Texas has one state inspector for every 4,500 oil and gas wells.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 15, 2010
Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
stated on May 20, 2010 an interview with Jay Leno on NBC's The Tonight Show
Halliburton gave Dick Cheney a $34 million payout when he left the company to join the presidential ticket.
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By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 4, 2010 remarks to Texas reporters
"If you will go look up the definition of 'act of God,' we've used it in legal terms for a long time in this state."
True
May 6, 2010
Progress Florida
Progress Florida
stated on May 3, 2010 a press release.
"Incoming House Speaker Dean Cannon and incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos have said they plan to champion efforts next legislative session to allow oil rigs off Florida's coast."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • May 4, 2010
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on May 2, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's 'This Week'
"At the moment, energy companies spend 0.25 percent on R&D."
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By Catharine Richert • May 3, 2010
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on April 27, 2010 a newspaper column
Says Texas General Land Office "has earned the school children of Texas $451,932.89 on wind leases that haven't produced a watt of energy."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 30, 2010
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on March 9, 2010 an op-ed article
"No member of the American public has ever been killed by commercial nuclear power — a record unmatched by other fuels."
True
By Hadas Gold • April 22, 2010
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