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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 17, 2013 a letter to Florida's U.S. senators
"Over the past 35 years, Florida families have paid into the (National Flood Insurance Program) over $16 billion, four times more than the amount they have received in claim reimbursements."
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By Amy Sherman • September 25, 2013
Cynthia Lummis
Cynthia Lummis
stated on August 23, 2013 a radio interview
Under the Endangered Species Act, "only 1 percent of the species that have been listed have actually been delisted."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 3, 2013
Jeffrey Grybowski
Jeffrey Grybowski
stated on August 4, 2013 a television interview
Offshore wind power is "significantly less expensive than solar energy."
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By Gregory Smith • August 31, 2013
Ernest Moniz
Ernest Moniz
stated on August 26, 2013 a question and answer session at Columbia University
"We are about halfway" to the president’s goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions and "about half of that is because of the substitution of natural gas for coal in the power sector."
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By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2013
Organizing for Action
Organizing for Action
stated on August 9, 2013 an email to Obama supporters in Florida
Sen. Marco Rubio "refuses to accept the basic science" on climate change and is "a climate change denier."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2013
Mike Collins
Mike Collins
stated on August 1, 2013 an interview
Says federal regulations adopted in 2011 increased the cost of each vehicle for his business by $10,000.
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By Eric Stirgus • August 9, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 12, 2013 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate
The oceans "have become 30 percent more acidic."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 21, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 25, 2013 a speech on climate change
As a student at Occidental College in Los Angeles from 1979 to 1981, "there were days where folks couldn't go outside. … because of all the pollution in the air."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 26, 2013
Abel Collins
Abel Collins
stated on June 2, 2013 an interview on WJAR-TV's "10 News Conference."
"RIPTA has really some of the fullest buses for its transit agency size around the country."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 9, 2013
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
Janet Freedman
Janet Freedman
stated on January 13, 2013 an interview on 10 News Conference
Tide gauges measuring sea level in Rhode Island since 1930 have risen "maybe about 10 inches since that time."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 8, 2013
Jennette Gayer
Jennette Gayer
stated on January 2, 2013 a news release
"Wind powers nearly 13 million homes across the country."
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By Eric Stirgus • January 23, 2013
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
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on February 29, 2012 a House of Representatives floor speech
Says Lake Erie contains more native fish than all the other Great Lakes combined.
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By Sabrina Eaton • March 22, 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
James Florio
James Florio
stated on December 14, 2011 a guest column in The Star-Ledger
"Many types of fish and shellfish from waters across the state are labeled unsafe to eat." 
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By Caryn Shinske • January 20, 2012
Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on January 10, 2012 a debate
The proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline is a bipartisan proposal.
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By Janie Har • January 14, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 8, 2012 an NBC-Facebook debate in Concord, N.H.
The EPA was asked about an environmental citation for the city landfill in Nashua, N.H. but "didn’t know" why it was cited.
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By Maryalice Gill • January 8, 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
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
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