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National Republican Congressional Committee

National Republican Congressional Committee

Mostly False

What about the price spike in 2008?

Gas prices have gone up 99 percent since Obama became president, "the highest gas price increase since Carter."

Mike Huckabee

Mike Huckabee

Pants on Fire!

Scores of permits granted

President Obama's refusal to grant permits for offshore drilling is one reason gasoline prices are soaring.

Barry Hinckley

Barry Hinckley

True

That's a lot of jobs, eh?

"More than 27,000 Rhode Island jobs depend on trade with Canada."

National Republican Congressional Committee

National Republican Congressional Committee

Pants on Fire!

Can’t be responsible if you’re not in office

 Rep. David Cicilline is responsible for the federal loan guarantee to Solyndra, the failed solar company

Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse

Mostly False

Oil rarely used to generate power.

"[Renewable energy] projects . . . get us off foreign oil and away, step by step, from these foreign entanglements that we have to get into to defend our oil supply."

Jack Reed

Jack Reed

Half-True

For R.I., N.Y. and N.J. are the biggest culprits

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."

Mike Stenhouse

Mike Stenhouse

Pants on Fire!

Light on the truth

"It’s just crazy that the government will ... make it illegal to use the old [incandescent] bulbs."

Jon Brien

Jon Brien

Pants on Fire!

But we don't burn oil to generate electricity

Woonsocket needs a garbage-burning power plant because "residents are paying through the nose for electricity that’s fueled by foreign oil, at prices that are skyrocketing."

Jack Reed

Jack Reed

True

Enough is enough

"New England already has access to ample supplies of natural gas."

Laurence Ehrhardt

Laurence Ehrhardt

Pants on Fire!

A lot of hot air

If the Stamp Farm wind turbine is built, the "health risk of 'flicker' impact created by shadows of blades of turbines poses real and significant health risks, particularly seizures."

Chain e-mail

Chain e-mail

Pants on Fire!

Wrong a year ago, wrong now

The cap-and-trade bill before Congress "prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator."

John Loughlin

John Loughlin

False

Claim is mostly hot air

Tells David Cicilline, "94 percent of the carbon emissions which you so want to get rid of are caused by nature."

Patrick Lynch

Patrick Lynch

Half-True

True for long-term, not short-term

"Deepwater's own testimony . . . is they said they'll create six jobs."

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