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Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 24, 2011 in 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
Mark Hass
Mark Hass
stated on February 8, 2011 in a legislative hearing:
"Twelve percent of the garbage collected in those SOLV cleanups, by volume, is plastic bags."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • February 26, 2011
Scott Suder
Scott Suder
stated on January 28, 2011 in a news release:
Four state Assembly Democrats "scored a death blow to northeast Wisconsin’s economy" by killing hundreds of jobs at a potential Bass Pro Shops near Green Bay.
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • February 13, 2011
Mark Daniels
Mark Daniels
stated on February 8, 2011 in a legislative hearing:
A 5-cent charge on paper bags is a tax.
False
By Janie Har • February 13, 2011
Tom DeLay
Tom DeLay
stated on January 13, 2011 in an interview.:
Says the foreman of the jury that convicted him was a Greenpeace activist.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on January 14, 2011 in a news conference:
Says an EPA permit "languished" under Strickland but his new EPA director got it done in two days.
Mostly False
By Aaron Marshall • February 7, 2011
Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
stated on February 3, 2011 in a Twitter post.:
Says the Texas Forest Service planted 6,000 trees in the Dallas/Fort Worth area before the Super Bowl for unknown reasons at an unknown cost.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 6, 2011
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on January 18, 2011 in an interview on "Face to Face with Jon Ralston":
Nevada will be "energy independent within the immediate future."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 3, 2011
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on January 17, 2011 in a speech to Tea Party activists.:
"[Tailpipe emissions rules], if fully implemented with all the regulations that go with it, they will keep the temperature from rising nearly five one-hundredths of a degree Fahrenheit. By 2050."
True
By Jacob Geiger • January 28, 2011
Dennis Jones
Dennis Jones
stated on January 26, 2011 in a state Senate committee hearing.:
Says required state septic inspections would cost septic tank owners $100 to $150 every five years.
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 27, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 in the State of the Union speech:
"The Interior Department is in charge of salmon while they're in fresh water, but the Commerce Department handles them when they're in saltwater."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 26, 2011
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on November 4, 2010 in a letter to a Senate committee:
"New England already has access to ample supplies of natural gas."
True
By Peter Lord • January 23, 2011
Laurence Ehrhardt
Laurence Ehrhardt
stated on January 3, 2011 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:
If the Stamp Farm wind turbine is built, the "health risk of 'flicker' impact created by shadows of blades of turbines poses real and significant health risks, particularly seizures."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 19, 2011
Mike Polensek
Mike Polensek
stated on November 18, 2010 in a public meeting:
"We're worse than a Third World country in terms of water quality and the way we treat our sewage."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • January 4, 2011
DeKalb County
DeKalb County
stated on December 23, 2010 in its website:
"The Greenest County in America."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • January 3, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on December 1, 2010 in a press release:
"A 5 percent increase in domestic production would increase the world supply by less than 1 percent and do almost nothing to our dependence on foreign oil. This would also have virtually no effect on the price of gas at the pump."  
True
By Amy Sherman • December 13, 2010
Elaine Boyer
Elaine Boyer
stated on October 27, 2010 in a newspaper op-ed:
Low-flow toilets "can cost homeowners up to $1,000 each."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • December 1, 2010
Jamie Samons
Jamie Samons
stated on November 17, 2010 in a Providence Journal story:
"We were one of the first states in the U.S. to build sewers, to bring the treatment plant on line."
True
By Edward Fitzpatrick • November 28, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on August 31, 2010 in an interview.:
"More people hunt and fish in Texas in a given year than attend the... games of the Dallas Cowboys, the Dallas Mavericks, the Houston Texans and the Houston Rockets combined."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 25, 2010
Jim Bohl
Jim Bohl
stated on November 3, 2010 in a news release:
Sewer backups into basements caused the "vast majority of the damage to homes and buildings" in Milwaukee’s July floods, but federal flood insurance doesn’t cover them.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 16, 2010
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