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National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 23, 2013 a press release
Says  "With nearly 75 percent of Americans supportive of the construction of the pipeline, Schrader needs to explain to Oregon families why he voted against this needed project."  
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By Janie Har • June 1, 2013
Bob Corker
Bob Corker
stated on August 18, 2012 in a story in the Chattanooga Times-Free Press
"We have only one person on the (TVA) board, to my knowledge, who even has any corporate board experience."
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By Tom Humphrey • August 26, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 14, 2012 a news release
Says that as Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney "condemned coal-fired plants, saying they kill people."
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By Stephen Koff • August 23, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on March 23, 2012 a news release
Says excessive speculation is pushing up oil prices and a recent report estimates it "adds 56 cents to every gallon of gasoline siphoned from the pump."
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By Peter Krouse • May 2, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 28, 2012 a TV ad.
 "Under President Obama, domestic oil production is at an eight-year high."  
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By Louis Jacobson, Warren Fiske • April 9, 2012
James Durkan
James Durkan
stated on April 6, 2012 a statement on his campaign website.
Adding ethanol to gas "raises food costs."
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By Michael Collins • April 6, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on March 26, 2012 a radio interview
"Last year, we produced 14 percent less oil on public lands than we did the year before."
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By Stephen Koff • April 2, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 23, 2012 a speech in Miami
"We supported the first new nuclear power plant in three decades."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 18, 2011 a presidential campaign stop in Decorah, Iowa
Says there’s no proven instance where hydraulic fracking has polluted groundwater.
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By Sue Owen • February 29, 2012
George Allen
George Allen
stated on February 6, 2012 an interview.
The cost of a gas tank fill-up has risen $30 since Barack Obama became president.  
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By Sean Gorman • February 20, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 the State of the Union address
"Right now, American oil production is the highest that it’s been in eight years."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2012
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 a Web ad
Says Mitt Romney has said different things about whether global warming is caused by humans
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 30, 2011
David Plouffe
David Plouffe
stated on October 30, 2011 an interview on "Meet the Press"
The loan guarantee program that helped Solyndra "was a program that was supported by President Bush."
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By Becky Bowers • November 17, 2011
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on October 11, 2011 a Senate floor speech
Says it wasn't until he and a Senate colleague were able to "wrangle the actual streaming video" from BP that scientists were able to calculate the oil spill flow.
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By Becky Bowers • October 26, 2011
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on September 29, 2011 an op-ed article
"A Cornell University research study concludes that ethanol generates a 29 percent energy loss, meaning it takes more than a gallon of gasoline to produce a gallon of ethanol."
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By Becky Bowers • October 19, 2011
Mike Fasano
Mike Fasano
stated on October 11, 2011 a news article
"Just a little over 60 percent of your electric bill, my electric bill, 60 percent of that is pass-throughs, whether they be for building of nuclear plants or whatever they may be." A planned nuclear plant repair "will only increase that percentage."
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By Becky Bowers • October 18, 2011
Jersey Central Power & Light
Jersey Central Power & Light
stated on September 7, 2011 an advertisement
Hurricane "Irene was the second-largest storm to hit North America in terms of power outages -- and the first hurricane to make landfall in New Jersey since 1904."  
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By Caryn Shinske • September 16, 2011
Kris Jordan
Kris Jordan
stated on June 15, 2011 a speech in the Ohio Senate
"State agencies have not identified one single instance where groundwater has been damaged due to hydraulic fracking."  
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By Aaron Marshall • July 14, 2011
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on June 16, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor
Oil companies are able to sell oil that costs no more to produce today than it did one year ago.
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By Charles Pope • June 4, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on May 20, 2011 a press conference
Says the United States is "the Saudi Arabia of coal."
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By Eric Stirgus • May 27, 2011
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