Fact Check Posts – Page 3

John DePetro
stated on July 7, 2014 a talk radio comment

"Although the governor doubled the beach fees . . . all the money, as we found out, is all going to an out-of-state company. The state isn't even getting the money for that."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 14, 2014

Steve Doocy
stated on June 24, 2014 a broadcast of "Fox and Friends."

"NASA scientists fudged the numbers to make 1998 the hottest year to overstate the extent of global warming."

By Jon Greenberg • June 25, 2014

Chain email
stated on May 19, 2014 messages on the Internet

"Solar panels drain the sun’s energy."

By Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2014

Chain email
stated on April 3, 2014 a chain email

Because the EPA closed a lead smelter in Missouri, "all lead for bullets will have to come from overseas!"

By Amy Sherman • April 25, 2014

Bloggers
stated on April 17, 2014 multiple blog and video posts

The Bundy Ranch deal is all about Nevada Sen. Harry Reid "using federal violence to take people’s land in his state so he can package it to re-sell it to the Chinese."

By Jon Greenberg • April 24, 2014

Jonathan Boucher
stated on January 31, 2014 a Providence Journal commentary

"The Republican leadership in the House has refused to address the issues that matter the most to Rhode Island, such as passing a jobs bill."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 16, 2014

Barry Smitherman
stated on November 17, 2013

"The Earth is not warming."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 13, 2013

Allen West
stated on December 2, 2013 a blog on his website

"Back door gun control is in full effect in the United States" due to "Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency."

By Amy Sherman • December 3, 2013

Wayne Smith
stated on April 17, 2013 an interview.

"Science has not shown greenhouse gases to be a problem."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2013

Jeff Tittel
stated on February 22, 2013 an opinion column for NJToday.net

"A report by the US General Accountability Office (GAO) in 2008 found that the disposal of Katrina wastes by AshBritt in the south resulted in the creation of contaminated sites along the Gulf Coast and two new Superfund sites in New Orleans."

By Caryn Shinske • April 7, 2013

Helio Melo
stated on June 7, 2012 a House floor debate

"People who wash cars at home will use approximately 80 percent more water than they do in a car wash."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Tom Mooney • July 1, 2012

Dave Weldon
stated on June 17, 2012 a statement on Central Florida News 13’s 'Political Connections'

"There’s no wildlife" in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

By Katie Sanders • June 21, 2012

Americans for Prosperity
stated on April 26, 2012 a TV ad

Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "$1.2 billion to a solar company that's building a plant in Mexico."

By Becky Bowers • May 2, 2012

Mike Huckabee
stated on April 2, 2012 a robocall

President Obama's refusal to grant permits for offshore drilling is one reason gasoline prices are soaring.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 12, 2012

Restore Our Future
stated on January 12, 2012 a television ad

Says Newt Gingrich "co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting China’s brutal one-child policy."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 12, 2012

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."

By Stephen Koff • December 7, 2011

Republican Party of Virginia
stated on June 16, 2011 a blog post.

Phil Puckett "voted no on sending the EPA a message that they’ve gone too far not once, but twice."

By Wes Hester • June 24, 2011

Mike Stenhouse
stated on June 13, 2011 an appearance on a talk show

"It’s just crazy that the government will ... make it illegal to use the old [incandescent] bulbs."

By Richard Salit • June 16, 2011

Jeff Kruse
stated on May 25, 2011 on the Oregon Senate floor

Michigan and Massachusetts raised their bottle deposit and "could no longer afford the program because the redemptions were so high there was no profit in there."

By Ian K. Kullgren • June 6, 2011

Rick Hardcastle
stated on April 28, 2011 remarks on the House floor

Benzene has "never been proven to be harmful."

May 7, 2011

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