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Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on July 14, 2009 an op-ed article in the Washington Post.
"Job losses are so certain under this new cap-and-tax plan that it includes a provision accommodating newly unemployed workers from the resulting dried-up energy sector, to the tune of $4.2 billion over eight years. So much for creating jobs."
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By Catharine Richert • July 16, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2009 a speech at the White House.
"Californians consume 40 percent less energy per person than the national average"
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By Catharine Richert • July 7, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 19, 2009 remaks made at an electric car testing center
"The 1908 Model T earned better gas mileage than a typical SUV sold in 2008."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 19, 2009
James Inhofe
James Inhofe
stated on December 15, 2008 in a news release
Energy nominee Steven Chu has called coal "his worst nightmare."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 18, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 5, 2008 Youngstown, Ohio
McCain, "voted against renewable sources of energy, against biofuels, against solar power, against wind power.... "
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By Seth Stern • August 22, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 11, 2008 a speech in Dayton, Ohio
"We've heard talk about curbing our use of fossil fuels in nearly every State of the Union address since the oil embargo of 1973."
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By Alexander Lane • July 18, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 18, 2008 Springfield, Mo.
"I've always said it's (offshore drilling) up to the states and I still say that."
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June 26, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 17, 2008 a speech on energy in Houston
Obama "wants a windfall profits tax on oil to go along with the new taxes he also plans for coal and natural gas."
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By Bill Adair • June 18, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 21, 2008 a debate in Austin, Texas.
"We borrow money from the Chinese to buy oil from the Saudis."
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By Adriel Bettelheim • May 12, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 5, 2008 a television interview
A gas tax holiday "would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 16, 2008 in a television ad
Barack Obama is "the only candidate who doesn't take a dime from oil company PACs or lobbyists."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 17, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 26, 2007 Stratham, N.H.
"(McCain) was opposed to ethanol. Now he's for it."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 23, 2007
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