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Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on April 10, 2012 a Web ad
Says oil "production's down where Obama's in charge."
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By Becky Bowers • April 13, 2012
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on March 30, 2012 a television ad
"Mitt Romney’s pledged to protect (oil companies') record profits – and their billions in special tax breaks, too."  
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By Amy Sherman • April 6, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 23, 2012 a speech in Miami
The U.S. has a "record number of oil rigs operating right now – more working oil and gas rigs than the rest of the world combined."
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By Amy Sherman • March 1, 2012
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on January 25, 2012 a congressional hearing
"Federal, state and local governments have subsidized the production of the Volt to the tune of estimates between $50,000 and $250,000 per vehicle sold."
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By Sabrina Eaton • January 31, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 18, 2012 a campaign commercial
"For the first time in 13 years, our dependence on foreign oil is below 50 percent."
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By Stephen Koff • January 26, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 23, 2012 a debate in Tampa, Fla.
"When I was fighting against cap and trade, the speaker was sitting down with Nancy Pelosi on a sofa encouraging it."
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By Katie Sanders • January 24, 2012
Robert Hagan
Robert Hagan
stated on January 10, 2012 a news release
"We never had an earthquake in Youngstown until John Kasich was elected Governor,"
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By Aaron Marshall • January 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 3, 2012 an Obama for America video
President Barack Obama "put in place historic fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks to lower costs at the pump and reduce dependence on foreign oil."
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By Becky Bowers • January 6, 2012
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on November 10, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor
In Rhode Island, "only 5 percent of ozone pollution is from local or in-state sources. . . Ninety-five percent comes from outside of our borders, particularly the Midwest."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 27, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 4, 2011 an Americans for Prosperity Foundation summit speech
Solyndra "had robots that whistled Disney songs. I'm not kidding."
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By Becky Bowers • November 17, 2011
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on November 8, 2011 an interview on The Daily Show
Solar and wind energy are "both cheaper than nuclear right now."
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By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on November 1, 2011 a speech on energy policy at University of New Hampshire
The United States sends "$300 billion -- half our trade deficit -- overseas for oil to unstable and unfriendly regimes."
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By John Gregg • November 8, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 6, 2011 a press conference at the White House
The Arab Spring … "drove up gas prices."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on August 27, 2011 a campaign event
"The United States is the No. 1 country in the world for energy resources. … We are the king daddy dogs when it comes to energy."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2011
Tom Kean
Tom Kean
stated on August 1, 2011 a question-and-answer column in The Star-Ledger
"I built the last nuclear plant — not only in the state, but in the country."
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By Erin O'Neill • August 9, 2011
Kris Jordan
Kris Jordan
stated on June 15, 2011 a speech in the Ohio Senate
"Fracturing or horizontally fracturing the shale to open up larger pockets of natural gas ... has been used for over 60 years and, as of 2009, over 80,000 wells have been fracked in Ohio."
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By Joe Guillen • July 19, 2011
AmeriPAC
AmeriPAC
stated on May 16, 2011 a fundraising letter
Compact fluorescent light bulbs are "toxic" and "not environmentally friendly."
Half-True
May 24, 2011
Michael Williams
Michael Williams
stated on April 26, 2011 a tweet.
"Gas prices have gone up $2 since Obama took office."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 22, 2011
Dan Boren
Dan Boren
stated on April 27, 2011 an interview on Fox News
"A vast majority of the production in the United States comes from small independent oil and gas companies."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 3, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on March 3, 2011 a House committee hearing
"Due to a flaw in the 1995 Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act numerous oil companies are now drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in federal lands and paying no royalties to the federal government."
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By James McCarty • March 24, 2011
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