"We're building a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline, which is North America's largest and most expensive infrastructure project ever."
Sarah Palin on Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 in St. Louis, Mo. >>Details
"Obama, Biden and their liberal allies oppose clean coal."
John McCain on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 in a radio ad. >>Details
"I fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history."
Sarah Palin on Saturday, September 6th, 2008 in a radio address >>Details
"Through competition as governor, I got agreements to build a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline."
Sarah Palin on Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 in Virginia >>Details
"Senator Obama thinks we can achieve energy independence without more drilling and without more nuclear power."
John McCain on Thursday, September 4th, 2008 in >>Details
Drilling in ANWR would have minimal impact, covering only "2,000 out of 20-million acres."
Sarah Palin on Friday, August 29th, 2008 in an interview on CNBC >>Details
"As governor, I've stood up to ... the big oil companies."
Sarah Palin on Friday, August 29th, 2008 in Dayton, Ohio >>Details
McCain "said no to higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars."
Barack Obama on Thursday, August 28th, 2008 in a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Denver >>Details
"Today, we import triple the amount of oil than we had on the day Senator McCain took office."
Barack Obama on Thursday, August 28th, 2008 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver >>Details
"Barack Obama and Joe Biden oppose new drilling at home and oppose nuclear power."
Republican National Committee on Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 in a statement on the RNC Web site >>Details
McCain’s energy plan is a "single-answer proposition" — new domestic oil drilling.
Brian Schweitzer on Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 in >>Details
The U.S. energy policy is to "borrow money from China to buy oil from countries that don't like us."
Mark Warner on Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 in Denver >>Details
McCain, “voted against renewable sources of energy, against biofuels, against solar power, against wind power.... "
Barack Obama on Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 in Youngstown, Ohio >>Details
Oil companies "haven't touched" 68 million acres where they already have rights to drill.
Barack Obama on Monday, August 4th, 2008 in Lansing, MI >>Details
John McCain worries about nuclear waste in Arizona, but not in Nevada.
Barack Obama on Saturday, August 9th, 2008 in a television ad >>Details
John McCain refuses to support a new bipartisan energy bill "because it would take away tax breaks from oil companies like Exxon Mobil."
Barack Obama on Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 in a news release >>Details
"We could save all the oil that they’re talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups."
Barack Obama on Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 in Springfield, Mo. >>Details
Obama said his proposed $1,000 emergency energy rebate "will be enough to offset the increased cost of gas for a working family over the next 4 months."
Barack Obama on Friday, August 1st, 2008 in a town hall in St. Petersburg, Fla. >>Details
"Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump? O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma!"
John McCain on Monday, July 21st, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
"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."
Barack Obama on Friday, July 11th, 2008 in a speech in Dayton, Ohio >>Details
The U.S. government spends less on energy innovation "than the pet food industry invests in its own products."
Barack Obama on Friday, July 11th, 2008 in the campaign's energy plan. >>Details
Says Obama opposes lower gas taxes, nuclear power, new offshore drilling and doesn't have "new solutions" to the energy crisis.
Republican National Committee on Sunday, July 6th, 2008 in a TV ad. >>Details
Says Obama opposes offshore drilling and a gas tax holiday.
John McCain on Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 in a Web ad. >>Details
Says Obama opposes innovation, the electric car and "clean, safe, nuclear energy."
John McCain on Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 in a Web ad >>Details
"I've always said it's (offshore drilling) up to the states and I still say that."
John McCain on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 in Springfield, Mo. >>Details
We are "borrowing Saudi money for Saudi oil" with the result being "dependency and debt."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 in Houston, Texas >>Details
"We must deal with the here and now and assure affordable fuel for America by increasing domestic production."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 in Houston, Texas >>Details
Obama "wants a windfall profits tax on oil to go along with the new taxes he also plans for coal and natural gas."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 in a speech on energy in Houston >>Details
A gas tax holiday is a gimmick that "every economist says will just go into the pockets of the oil companies."
Barack Obama on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 in a Q&A in Cape Girardeau, Mo. >>Details
A gas tax holiday "would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28."
Barack Obama on Monday, May 5th, 2008 in a television interview >>Details
"If you are driving on average in America this summer, you'll save — according to Department of Energy figures — about $70."
Hillary Clinton on Sunday, May 4th, 2008 in Indianapolis >>Details
There are prototype cars that get between 100 and 150 miles per gallon and "we could have those cars in your garages in a couple of years."
Hillary Clinton on Friday, May 2nd, 2008 in a speech at a Democratic Party dinner >>Details
"If Senator Clinton or John McCain had stood up in previous years for increases in fuel efficiency standards . . . then we would not be in this same situation in the first place."
Barack Obama on Sunday, May 4th, 2008 in an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press. >>Details
McCain says the price of a gas tax "holiday" would be about the same as "a Bridge to Nowhere (or) another pork barrel project."
John McCain on Thursday, April 24th, 2008 in an interview on the Fox News Channel. >>Details
Says Obama flip-flopped on a gas-tax "holiday."
Republican National Committee on Thursday, April 24th, 2008 in a Web video. >>Details
"Barack Obama accepted $200,000 from executives and employees of oil companies."
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Pennsylvania. >>Details
"Obama voted for the Bush-Cheney energy bill that put $6-billion in the pocket of big oil."
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Pennsylvania. >>Details
Barack Obama is "the only candidate who doesn’t take a dime from oil company PACs or lobbyists."
Barack Obama on Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 in in a television ad >>Details
If the U.S. stops adding to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, it "will lessen worldwide demand for oil" and reduce prices.
John McCain on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 in a speech in Brooklyn, N.Y. >>Details
Both McCain and Bush favor tax breaks for oil companies.
Campaign to Defend America on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 in a television ad >>Details
Obama voted for "tax subsidies and giveways" that have slowed oil companies from pursuing clean energy sources.
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 in a campaign rally in Harrisburg, Pa. >>Details
"We send a billion dollars to foreign countries every day because of our addiction to foreign oil."
Barack Obama on Thursday, February 21st, 2008 in a debate in Austin, Texas. >>Details
Americans "have never paid more for gas at the pump."
Barack Obama on Sunday, February 10th, 2008 in a campaign rally in Alexandria, Va. >>Details
"Gasoline would rise in price by approximately 50 cents a gallon" if the McCain-Lieberman bill became law.
Mitt Romney on Monday, January 28th, 2008 in West Palm Beach, Fla. >>Details
"We have more coal reserves in the United States than they have oil reserves in Saudi Arabia."
Rudy Giuliani on Friday, January 25th, 2008 in Boca Raton. >>Details
"So that 2005 energy bill was a big step backwards on the path to clean, renewable energy. That's why I voted against it."
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 in debate in Las Vegas >>Details
"(My dad) used to campaign against the gas-guzzling dinosaurs."
Mitt Romney on Monday, January 14th, 2008 in a TV interview on CBS. >>Details
"We haven't built a refinery, I think, in 30 years."
Rudy Giuliani on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
As secretary of the Department of Energy under former President Bill Clinton, "I created reserves of home heating oil."
Bill Richardson on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
"Gas prices have never been higher, and Exxon Mobil's profits have never been higher."
Barack Obama on Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 in a speech in Iowa >>Details
"Well, you know, the Teamsters wanted to drill in Alaska. I voted against drilling in Alaska. So it's not like I'm a slam dunk on every issue."
Dennis Kucinich on Thursday, November 15th, 2007 in Las Vegas >>Details
"It doesn't make sense to me to send $1-billion a day out of our country. We can be energy independent and should be."
Mitt Romney on Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 in Florida. >>Details
"If we manufactured 5-million of these 2.5-meg windmills across the country, we could electrify the entire nation — the entire nation."
Mike Gravel on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 in a debate in Hanover, N.H. >>Details
"(McCain) was opposed to ethanol. Now he's for it."
Mitt Romney on Thursday, April 26th, 2007 in Stratham, N.H. >>Details
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