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Charlie Crist stated on June 06, 2010 in an interview with CNN's Candy Crowley.:

"BP is setting up claims offices throughout the state."

By Aaron Sharockman• June 15, 2010

Laura Tyson stated on August 15, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'':

"Unemployment for those with college educations is now 4.5 percent. Unemployment for those with more than a college education, below 4 percent."

By Louis Jacobson• August 17, 2010

Mitch McConnell stated on June 09, 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."

By Louis Jacobson• June 14, 2010

Ed Schultz stated on May 05, 2010 in a broadcast of the Ed Show:

"Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu received almost $1.8 million from BP over the last decade."

By Catharine Richert• May 14, 2010

Lee Fisher stated on June 16, 2010 in a news release:

Rob Portman has taken more than $125,000 from "Big Oil."

By Stephen Koff• August 6, 2010

Bill Hammond stated on August 21, 2012 in an opinion article in the Houston Chronicle.:

Says "if current trends continue, by 2040, one out of three Texas workers will not have a high school diploma."

By W. Gardner Selby• September 14, 2012

Alex Sink stated on December 07, 2010 in a meeting of the Florida Cabinet:

"150,000 (oil spill) claims have been filed by Floridians, but only 40 percent of them have been paid."

By Aaron Sharockman• December 8, 2010

Sharron Angle stated on July 07, 2010 in a local radio interview:

On whether BP's $20 billion fund to compensate oil spill victims is "a slush fund."

By Martha M. Hamilton• July 13, 2010

James Carville stated on June 08, 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."

By Amy Sherman• June 16, 2010

Mark Kirk stated on July 08, 2010 in a campaign ad:

"Alexi Giannoulias' top aide was a longtime BP lobbyist."

By Robert Farley• July 8, 2010

National Taxpayers Union stated on September 02, 2010 in a television commercial:

Proposed tax changes are a "handout" to BP.

By Louis Jacobson• September 10, 2010

Facebook posts stated on March 07, 2022 in a Facebook post:

U.S. imports 1% of its oil from Russia while “Exxon, Chevron, BP and Shell profits are at their highest level in over 7 years.”

By Andy Nguyen• March 10, 2022

Todd Gilbert stated on February 12, 2020 in a floor speech.:

“America’s carbon emissions are being reduced at a rate far higher than any country in the world.”

By Warren Fiske• February 24, 2020

David Porter stated on July 28, 2010 in a press release.:

Jeff Weems' "legal record is one of defending BP, Enron and just about every big oil company against the working man."

By W. Gardner Selby• September 12, 2010

Ron Klein stated on June 28, 2010 in a fundraising e-mail:

"West has raised $2 million from those that would leave our beaches in ruins, end Social Security and Medicare, and give corporations free reign."

By Amy Sherman• July 1, 2010

Stanley Litow stated on February 07, 2023 in a news release:

“Lifetime earnings of someone with a college degree is over a million dollars more than those entering the workforce without one.”

By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento• March 8, 2023

Sacramento Bee Editorial Board stated on February 06, 2013 in an editorial.:

Says Texas ranks last in the percentage of residents with high school diplomas.

By W. Gardner Selby• February 8, 2013

Rick Scott stated on September 14, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

Says the Panhandle has had its highest-ever bed tax collections in 2011.

By Amy Sherman• September 23, 2011

Alex Sink stated on July 08, 2010 in a statement on her campaign website:

"Florida’s high school graduation rate falls well below the national average."

By Cristina Silva• July 8, 2010

Jim Justice stated on June 10, 2019 in a press conference:

China today is "burning seven to eight times the amount of coal that we’re burning in the United States."

By Minh Do• December 4, 2019

Tax break extension a Compromise for Perry

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• July 25, 2011

BP liked Obama, but oil stained Palin's hands too

By Robert Farley• May 25, 2010

Accusations fly in campaign for Obama's old senate seat

By Robert Farley• July 8, 2010

Oil companies talk about low-carbon projects. How much do they spend on them?

By Jon Greenberg• November 8, 2021

UPDATED: California pokes at Texas mostly hold up

By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby• February 14, 2013

Alex Sink decides against run for governor in 2014

By Katie Sanders• September 20, 2013

BP's 'slush fund'? Oops! They didn't mean that!

By Martha M. Hamilton• July 13, 2010

BP apologist in charge after 2010? Not so fast

By Robert Farley• June 23, 2010

A guide to the attacks on Patrick Murphy’s resume

By Amy Sherman• June 29, 2016

On 'This Week,' Bill Maher calls for a fact-checker

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 2, 2010

As Obama heads to Gulf, the facts on the spill

By Bill Adair• May 28, 2010

PolitiFact's Fall TV Preview

By Bill Adair• September 6, 2010

Checking up on Gov. Bob McDonnell’s claims on higher education

By Jacob Geiger• January 31, 2011

Rick Perry fulfills, achieves compromises on 54 percent of his campaign promises

By W. Gardner Selby• January 28, 2013

Message Machine: Checking the ads in Illinois

By Bill Adair, Robert Farley• July 10, 2010

Our favorite pundit fact-checks of 2010

By Robert Farley• December 29, 2010

Keeping tabs on the 2010 "Texan of the Year"

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• December 28, 2010

Pants on Fire, from both the right and the left

By Robert Farley, Catharine Richert• May 14, 2010

It's Jolly vs. Sink for the seat formerly held by Young

By Joshua Gillin, Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders• January 15, 2014

Fact-checking Florida’s swing-district congressional race