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Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on May 31, 2011 in an interview on Fox News:
We are looking at "150,000 barrels (of oil) per day less next year, and 200,000 barrels per day less being able to be developed from the gulf the year after" because of the moratorium on new drilling enacted by the Obama administration.
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • June 3, 2011
AmeriPAC
AmeriPAC
stated on May 16, 2011 in a fundraising letter:
"The new light bulbs will cost roughly six times the cost of the light bulbs we now use."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • May 23, 2011
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on February 3, 2011 in a committee hearing.:
The war in Iraq was a major factor in blowing "the top off the price of oil." 
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger • February 14, 2011
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on January 27, 2011 in remarks to the Senate Tea Party caucus meeting.:
Federal Reserve policies have led to a 69 percent rise in corn prices, 44 percent rise in wheat prices and 15 percent spike in sugar prices over the last year.
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger • February 4, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on January 25, 2011 in a response to the State of the Union address:
The federal government "now tells us which light bulbs to buy."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2011
Joe Barton
Joe Barton
stated on August 19, 2010 in a speech.:
"Eighty percent of the oil we're discovering, we're discovering in the deep Gulf" of Mexico.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 28, 2010
Joe Barton
Joe Barton
stated on November 11, 2010 in a speech at The Heritage Foundation.:
Says you can buy four light bulbs for $1.99 at Walmart, while a single compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) costs "$10 a pop."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 21, 2010
Sierra Club
Sierra Club
stated on October 13, 2010 in a TV ad:
Robert Hurt supported a bill that helped the uranium industry after taking contributions from the industry and because his father had a stake in it.
Mostly False
By Michael Martz • November 1, 2010
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on July 13, 2010 in a campaign ad:
Ron Johnson is "willing to hand over the Great Lakes to the oil companies."
Mostly False
By Cary Spivak • September 3, 2010
George Packer
George Packer
stated on August 8, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":
Despite the U.S. spending $10 billion on Iraq's electrical system, Baghdad still only gets five hours of electricity a day.
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • August 10, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on July 6, 2010 in a television campaign ad:
A bill to cap carbon emissions "could cost Ohio 100,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • August 2, 2010
Georgia politicians
Georgia politicians
stated on July 20, 2010 in political campaign:
Georgia is "the Saudi Arabia of pine trees."
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe • July 25, 2010
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 14, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Russ Feingold "voted against the law that protected our lakes" and "was the only Great Lakes senator to vote no."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2010
Jeff Weems
Jeff Weems
stated on June 26, 2010 in a speech:
"I’m running against a groundhog. He saw his shadow on the primary day, and no one has seen him since."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 6, 2010
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Hatch
stated on June 16, 2010 in an interview on the Fox Business network:
"We get 30 percent of our oil from the Gulf (of Mexico)."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2010
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on June 16, 2010 in an interview on CNN and a posting on Twitter:
The White House has "refused" international help in dealing with the oil spill.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 16, 2010
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 16, 2010 in a press release:
Says the EPA "outsourced the scientific basis for its greenhouse gas regulation to a scandal-plagued international organization that cannot be considered objective or trustworthy."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 11, 2010
Lamar McKay
Lamar McKay
stated on May 2, 2010 in an interview on ABC News' 'This Week':
A letter from BP to the Minerals Management Service "actually recommends improvements and specific recommendations around safety regulations should they choose to change them."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 2, 2010
House Natural Resources Committee Republicans
House Natural Resources Committee Republicans
stated on April 5, 2010 in a news release posted on his website.:
"Obama did not open new lands to offshore drilling – all of these areas were already open for drilling once Congress and President Bush lifted the moratorium in 2008. Instead, President Obama yesterday announced what areas he would CLOSE to offshore drilling."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • April 23, 2010
Farouk Shami
Farouk Shami
stated on February 9, 2010 in a press release:
"Mayor White has major stake in Barnett Shale production company."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 22, 2010
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