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Latest Fact-Checks In Gas Prices

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 his 2015 State of the Union address
"America is No. 1 one in oil and gas."  
True
By Lauren Carroll • January 21, 2015
Glenn Hegar
Glenn Hegar
stated on January 2, 2015 speaking to reporters
The "average taxpayer will see the equivalent of a 2 percent pay raise as a result of low fuel prices."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 10, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 14, 2014 a press conference in Burma
Keystone XL allows "Canada to pump their oil, send it through our land, down to the Gulf, where it will be sold everywhere else."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • November 20, 2014
Edward Lindsey
Edward Lindsey
stated on November 10, 2014 an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story
Georgia has some of the highest gas taxes in the Southeast but one of the lowest taxes on gasoline for transportation in the nation.
Mostly True
By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • November 18, 2014
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on July 1, 2013
Says Obama policies contributed to gas prices rising from $1.89 in January 2009 to $3.51 today.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • July 23, 2013
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 26, 2013 a constituent email
A recent study of a proposed cap-and-trade policy’s effect on Wisconsin consumers showed it could "raise gasoline prices by 141 percent and electricity rates by 171 percent" by 2030.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • April 28, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 16, 2012 a debate
"There are more oil rigs in operation in the United States than the rest of the world combined."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 22, 2012
Michael Riley
Michael Riley
stated on September 30, 2012 a news release
"When Congressman Langevin took office, gas was around $1.70 per gallon, and now it is near $4 per gallon."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 8, 2012
Billboard
Billboard
stated on July 23, 2012 a billboard
The price of gasoline was at $1.85 a gallon when President Barack Obama took office and has since nearly doubled because of his policies
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • August 24, 2012
stated on July 2, 2012 a news release
The United States can immediately tap a domestic energy resource of "more than 1.5 trillion barrels of oil, six times more than Saudi Arabia."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • July 12, 2012
stated on March 29, 2012 a radio ad
"The failed economic policies" of President Barack Obama, the Democrats and the Federal Reserve "are making gas prices higher while America’s economy is running on fumes."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • May 4, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on April 20, 2012 a news release.
Gas prices have gone up 99 percent since Obama became president, "the highest gas price increase since Carter."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • April 29, 2012
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on April 15, 2012 an op-ed in POLITICO
At the same time gas prices have increased, "the share of the oil market controlled by speculators has more than doubled over the past 10 years."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • April 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2012 a Rose Garden speech
In the past three years, "we've added enough new oil and gas pipeline to circle the Earth and then some."
True
By Molly Moorhead • April 23, 2012
American Energy Alliance
American Energy Alliance
stated on March 27, 2012 a television ad
Gas prices have doubled because "Obama opposed exploring for energy in Alaska. He gave millions of tax dollars to Solyndra, which then went bankrupt. And he blocked the Keystone pipeline. So we will all pay more at the pump."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 19, 2012
Mike Dovilla
Mike Dovilla
stated on March 13, 2012 a letter to the editor
Says President Obama's decision to not issue a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline meant "we were denied the ability immediately to reduce prices at the pump."
False
By Tom Feran • April 17, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2012 a post on Facebook
"In April 1997, there was a ‘gas out’ conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight."
Pants on Fire!
By Erin O'Neill • April 15, 2012
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on April 2, 2012 a robocall
President Obama's refusal to grant permits for offshore drilling is one reason gasoline prices are soaring.
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 12, 2012
American Energy Alliance
American Energy Alliance
stated on March 27, 2012 a video ad
"Obama opposed exploring for energy in Alaska."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • April 2, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 25, 2012 a campaign appearance in Wisconsin
Says Mitt Romney said "we are going to have to live with high gas prices, it's a good thing because it will reduce consumption, we don't want to produce any more gasoline."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • March 28, 2012
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