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Charles Schumer
stated on July 23, 2017 an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"When the price for oil goes up on the markets, it goes right up, but it never goes down."

By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2017 an interview:

"All pipelines that are coming into this country from now on has to be American steel."

By Tom Kertscher • April 20, 2017

Jim Patterson
stated on April 10, 2017 a press release:

California will have the "highest gas tax in the nation" once its 12 cent gas tax hike goes into effect.

By Chris Nichols • April 11, 2017

Rick Santorum
stated on March 31, 2017 a conversation on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher":

"The EPA director under Obama said the Clean Power Initiative would have no effect on man-made CO2 emissions. That's what she said. Go look it up."

By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2017

Scott Pruitt
stated on March 9, 2017 an interview on CNBC:

Carbon dioxide is not "a primary contributor to the global warming that we see."

By Lauren Carroll • March 10, 2017

LearnProgress.org
stated on February 8, 2017 a headline:

Says Donald Trump was "caught investing in (the) Dakota Pipeline before signing it."

By Joshua Gillin • February 16, 2017

Consumers for Smart Solar
stated on October 19, 2016 a web ad:

"Amendment 1 protects Florida seniors from scams and rip-offs."

By Joshua Gillin • November 3, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate:

"We are now, for the first time ever, energy independent."

By Lauren Carroll • October 11, 2016

Basil Seggos
stated on September 7, 2016 a response at a legislative hearing on water quality and contamination:

"No fracking waste is being dumped in New York State"

By Dan Clark • October 1, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2016 a speech in Roanoke, Va.:

Says Hillary Clinton’s energy agenda "will cost the U.S. economy over $5 trillion"

By Linda Qiu • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2016 an economic address in Detroit:

"The Obama-Clinton war on coal has cost Michigan over 50,000 jobs."

By Louis Jacobson • August 9, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2016 a foreign policy speech:

"ISIS is making millions of dollars a week selling Libyan oil."

By Chris Nichols • April 27, 2016

Jeff Bridges
stated on March 28, 2016 a Facebook video:

"Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 14, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic debate in New Hampshire:

"Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 10, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on December 8, 2015 an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor:

"We now have more jobs in solar than we do in oil."

By Nick Reid • January 29, 2016

Lamar Smith
stated on December 6, 2015 Op-ed column in the San Antonio Express-News:

"The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has estimated that the Obama administration’s Power Plan will cause energy costs in Texas to rise as much as 16 percent per year."

By Filipa Ioannou • December 17, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on December 8, 2015 an interview with NPR:

"Mike Morell testified and told Congress that the reason Obama has not bombed ISIS' oil fields is they're concerned about global warming."

By Linda Qiu • December 14, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 comments during the CNBC debate.:

Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich "got lucky with a thing called fracking," which "is why Ohio is doing well."

By Linda Qiu • November 2, 2015

Israel O'Quinn
stated on August 10, 2015 a speech.:

On unemployment rates: "We have counties in Southwest Virginia that are well into double digits and some that are pushing 20 percent."

By Warren Fiske • August 17, 2015

Mike Huebsch
stated on April 7, 2015 testimony before a state Senate committee:

"The elimination of essentially every automobile would be offset by one volcano exploding."

By James B. Nelson • April 17, 2015

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