Latest Fact-Checks In Oil Spill

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Edward Markey
Edward Markey
stated on June 20, 2010 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press':
"We only have 2 percent of the oil reserves in the world, and we consume 25 percent of the world's oil on a daily basis."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 22, 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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 15, 2010 in a speech from the Oval Office:
"Oil companies showered regulators (at the Minerals Management Service) with gifts and favors, and were essentially allowed to conduct their own safety inspections and write their own regulations."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 17, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on June 10, 2010 in a speech:
"The minute this proposal for near-beach oil drilling came up, I was against it."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2010
Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson
stated on June 7, 2010 in a blog post:
"The last major oil spill from a drilling accident in America happened over 40 years ago in 1969."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • June 17, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 15, 2010 in an address from the Oval Office:
"I've issued a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling."
Half-True
June 16, 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
Edward Markey
Edward Markey
stated on June 15, 2010 in a statement at a hearing of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee:
"Right now every single one of the (oil) companies here today and dozens of others are drilling for free in the Gulf of Mexico on leases that will cost American taxpayers more than $50 billion in lost royalties."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2010
Bart Stupak
Bart Stupak
stated on June 15, 2010 in a Congressional hearing:
"While Exxon Mobil has 40 pages on its media response strategy, its plan for resource protection is only five pages long and its plan for oil removal is just nine pages long."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 16, 2010
James Carville
James Carville
stated on June 8, 2010 in a fundraising letter:
Alex Sink was "the first official who said that BP should pay $25 million for an ad campaign to promote Florida tourism."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 16, 2010
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on June 13, 2010 in a discussion on ABC's 'This Week':
The Obama administration "has been constrained by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which basically gives the responsible party the lead role in trying to not only fix the problem, but contain the problem."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 15, 2010
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on June 9, 2010 in a Senate floor speech:
"A major part" of the climate change bill sponsored by Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman "was essentially written by BP."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2010
VoteVets.org
VoteVets.org
stated on May 26, 2010 in a TV ad:
The American Power Act "would cut our dependence on oil in half."
Half-True
June 3, 2010
Scott Maddox
Scott Maddox
stated on May 25, 2010 in email to supporters:
After the oil spill, Congressman Adam Putnam "doubled down saying all energy sources, including oil drilling in the Gulf, should be considered just days after the oil spill started."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 2, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 27, 2010 in a press conference at the White House:
"The Interior Department has only 30 days to review an exploration plan submitted by an oil company. That leaves no time for the appropriate environmental review. The result is, they are continually waived."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2010
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on May 30, 2010 in an interview on ABC news "This Week'':
The federal government only ordered BP to pay "to do one of those six segments" of sand barriers for Louisiana.
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 1, 2010
Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
stated on May 20, 2010 in an interview with Jay Leno on NBC's The Tonight Show:
Halliburton gave Dick Cheney a $34 million payout when he left the company to join the presidential ticket.
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on May 15, 2010 in email:
"Rick Scott's even saying he wants more offshore drilling."
True
By Amy Sherman • May 18, 2010
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on May 5, 2010 in a broadcast of the Ed Show:
"Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu received almost $1.8 million from BP over the last decade."
Pants on Fire!
By Catharine Richert • May 14, 2010
Mary Landrieu
Mary Landrieu
stated on May 4, 2010 in an interview on CNN:
"In the last 10 years we've only had 7,000 barrels of oil spilled in the Gulf ... not counting hurricanes. This well is spewing that amount every day and a half."
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • May 13, 2010
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