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Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on June 20, 2010 ABC's "This Week":
"If the Republicans were the majority, (Rep. Barton) would have actually the gavel and the chairmanship."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 23, 2010
Edward Markey
Edward Markey
stated on June 20, 2010 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press':
"We only have 2 percent of the oil reserves in the world, and we consume 25 percent of the world's oil on a daily basis."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 22, 2010
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Hatch
stated on June 16, 2010 an interview on the Fox Business network:
"We get 30 percent of our oil from the Gulf (of Mexico)."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2010
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit
stated on June 18, 2010 a brochure :
The addition of a 1 percent sales tax would cost a typical household in Hillsborough County approximately $12 a month.
Mostly True
By Janet Zink • June 18, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 15, 2010 a speech from the Oval Office:
"Oil companies showered regulators (at the Minerals Management Service) with gifts and favors, and were essentially allowed to conduct their own safety inspections and write their own regulations."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 17, 2010
Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson
stated on June 7, 2010 a blog post:
"The last major oil spill from a drilling accident in America happened over 40 years ago in 1969."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • June 17, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 15, 2010 an address from the Oval Office:
"I've issued a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 16, 2010
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on June 16, 2010 an interview on CNN and a posting on Twitter:
The White House has "refused" international help in dealing with the oil spill.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 16, 2010
Edward Markey
Edward Markey
stated on June 15, 2010 a statement at a hearing of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee:
"Right now every single one of the (oil) companies here today and dozens of others are drilling for free in the Gulf of Mexico on leases that will cost American taxpayers more than $50 billion in lost royalties."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2010
Bart Stupak
Bart Stupak
stated on June 15, 2010 a Congressional hearing:
"While Exxon Mobil has 40 pages on its media response strategy, its plan for resource protection is only five pages long and its plan for oil removal is just nine pages long."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 16, 2010
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on June 13, 2010 a discussion on ABC's 'This Week':
The Obama administration "has been constrained by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which basically gives the responsible party the lead role in trying to not only fix the problem, but contain the problem."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 15, 2010
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on June 9, 2010 a Senate floor speech:
"A major part" of the climate change bill sponsored by Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman "was essentially written by BP."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2010
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on June 6, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week'':
"We now actually import more oil than we did before 9/11."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 7, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on May 25, 2010 a campaign Web post:
Says EPA regulation of greenhouse gases will endanger 575 Texas dairy facilities, 58 swine operations, 1,300 corn farms and 28,000 beef cattle operations.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 7, 2010
VoteVets.org
VoteVets.org
stated on May 26, 2010 a TV ad:
The American Power Act "would cut our dependence on oil in half."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 3, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 27, 2010 a press conference at the White House:
"The Interior Department has only 30 days to review an exploration plan submitted by an oil company. That leaves no time for the appropriate environmental review. The result is, they are continually waived."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2010
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on May 30, 2010 an interview on ABC news "This Week'':
The federal government only ordered BP to pay "to do one of those six segments" of sand barriers for Louisiana.
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 1, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on May 25, 2010 his campaign website, asking supporters to sign a petition to oppose offshore oil drilling:
"Kendrick Meek is the only candidate who has consistently been against expanded drilling."
Mostly True
By Lesley Clark • May 26, 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.
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2010
Heather Beaven
Heather Beaven
stated on May 12, 2010 an e-mail to supporters.:
John Mica's brother is an oil lobbyist and his daughter represents the natural gas industry.
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • May 18, 2010
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