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Lars Larson

Lars Larson

Mostly False

Driving an out-of-date figure

"Every time the weight of that vehicle is reduced by a hundred pounds, your chances of dying are going to go up by about 5 percent. Peel three hundred pounds off – you’re 15 percent more likely to die in that car."

Jim Moran

Jim Moran

Mostly False

Omits lucrative royalties

"And the revenue generated by drilling off Virginia’s coast? $40 million over 10 years."

David Dewhurst

David Dewhurst

Mostly False

California, maybe

Says gas costs $4.50 a gallon.

Barry Hinckley

Barry Hinckley

True

That's a lot of jobs, eh?

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

Rick Santorum

Rick Santorum

Pants on Fire!

About as many planned outages as blackouts caused by squirrels

President Barack Obama’s policies have forced "many parts of the country to experience rolling blackouts."

Lenny Curry

Lenny Curry

False

Newt did, Obama didn't

Says Barack Obama "promised" gasoline at $2.50 a gallon.

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Mostly True

He's talking licenses, not plants built

"We supported the first new nuclear power plant in three decades."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Half-True

Strong talking point meets messy reality

The U.S. has a "record number of oil rigs operating right now – more working oil and gas rigs than the rest of the world combined."

Rick Perry

Rick Perry

Mostly True

By a precise definition

Says there’s no proven instance where hydraulic fracking has polluted groundwater.

Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich

Mostly False

Not an apples-to-apples comparison

One estimate says there may be "three times as much oil in the United States as there is in Saudi Arabia."

Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich

False

This claim is a lemon

"You can’t put a gun rack in a [Chevrolet] Volt."  

Ron Paul

Ron Paul

Pants on Fire!

Only if you're returning the rental car after your Disney vacation

"Today gasoline hit $6 a gallon in Florida."

George Allen

George Allen

Mostly True

Presidents don't control gas prices

The cost of a gas tank fill-up has risen $30 since Barack Obama became president.  

Bob Marshall

Bob Marshall

False

A wet wipe will suffice

"You're supposed to throw away your shoes" if mercury from a broken CFL light bulb gets on them.

Jim Jordan

Jim Jordan

Half-True

Average cost to keep dropping with each car sold

"Federal, state and local governments have subsidized the production of the Volt to the tune of estimates between $50,000 and $250,000 per vehicle sold."

Stephen Fincher

Stephen Fincher

False

Many factors impact gas prices

"Studies show that if we opened one reserve in Alaska now, in five years, gas prices could be at $2 a gallon."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Half-True

Decline in dependence due to several factors

"For the first time in 13 years, our dependence on foreign oil is below 50 percent."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Mostly True

An accurate statistic, though administration was only one factor of many

"Right now, American oil production is the highest that it’s been in eight years."

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Half-True

A tale of two flips

"When I was fighting against cap and trade, the speaker was sitting down with Nancy Pelosi on a sofa encouraging it."

Robert Hagan

Robert Hagan

Half-True

Quake link to Kasich more than shaky

"We never had an earthquake in Youngstown until John Kasich was elected Governor,"

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