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Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 18, 2016 a campaign ad
Says Donald Trump "wants to keep big government in charge" of federally-owned land.
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By Riley Snyder • February 23, 2016
George Will
George Will
stated on November 30, 2015 a TV talk show
Despite attention on global warming, "fewer Americans carpool today to work than carpooled in 1980" and "SUVs have never been a larger proportion of the vehicles being sold in this country."
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December 4, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 21, 2015 a post on his website
"The federal government owns about half of the West, yet it continues to acquire more land."
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By Joshua Gillin • October 27, 2015
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on October 13, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas
"Fifteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world" are in India and China.
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By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2015
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
stated on September 1, 2015 a television ad
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "led the fight to let polluters release unlimited amounts of carbon pollution and took nearly $225,000 from polluters."
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By James B. Nelson • October 9, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on September 10, 2015 interview with Democracy Now!
Says "the cascading effects" of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS.
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By Linda Qiu • September 23, 2015
Ron Bergeron
Ron Bergeron
stated on September 2, 2015 a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting
"There has never been a panther attack in the history of Florida."
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By Joshua Gillin • September 8, 2015
Jack Hanna
Jack Hanna
stated on August 2, 2015 an ABC "This Week" interview
"In 1947, when I was born, there were about 450,000 lions. In the mid-70s, when my kids were born, there were about 100,000. Today, there are less than 30,000."
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By Will Cabaniss • August 3, 2015
Gus Bilirakis
Gus Bilirakis
stated on June 24, 2015 a speech on the House floor
"Florida has reduced its carbon emissions by 20 percent since 2005."
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By Joshua Gillin • July 7, 2015
Center for Western Priorities
Center for Western Priorities
stated on February 5, 2015 a post on the organization's website
"Oil companies can obtain an acre of public land for less than the price of a Big Mac."
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By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2015
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on January 20, 2015 the Republican response to the State of the Union address
"A strong majority of Americans support" the Keystone XL pipeline.
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By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2015
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 22, 2014 comments on his radio show
The United States is the leading nation in the world "with the highest amount of doubt about the conventional wisdom of climate change."
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By Linda Qiu • July 29, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on June 27, 2014 her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention
Says Greg Abbott "has lost" in court "four times in just the past few days."
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 6, 2014
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on May 13, 2014 in a question and answer after a speech
Cap and trade legislation "was originally a Republican idea."
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By Amy Sherman • May 23, 2014
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on May 18, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"Virtually no Republican" in Washington accepts climate change science.
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By Julie Kliegman • May 18, 2014
Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
stated on March 29, 2014 an opinion article
A 2013 state law would allow the operator of an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin to "fill in pristine streams and ponds with mine waste."  
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By James B. Nelson • May 8, 2014
Mark Begich
Mark Begich
stated on March 20, 2014 a TV ad
Says he "forced Washington to open up the Arctic Ocean to oil drilling."
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By Julie Kliegman • March 24, 2014
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 17, 2013 a speech on the Senate floor
"61 percent of non-tea party Republicans actually agree...there is 'solid evidence the earth is warming,' ...[but] 70 percent of tea partiers, contrarily, say there is 'no solid evidence' the earth is warming."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 28, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on November 13, 2013 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate
In a poll, "53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as 'ignorant,' 'out of touch' or 'crazy.'"
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 25, 2013
Louise Slaughter
Louise Slaughter
stated on October 9, 2013 an interview on MSNBC
"Eighty percent of the antibiotics in this country are fed to livestock."
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By Becky Bowers • October 15, 2013
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