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Trebor Banstetter stated on March 01, 2015 in a newspaper article:

Georgia has one of the nation’s highest jet fuel taxes.

By Nancy Badertscher• March 31, 2015

Trebor Banstetter stated on February 02, 2015 in in a statement:

A bill to eliminate Delta Air Lines’ jet fuel tax breaks "violates federal law and puts the state at risk of losing critical funding from the Federal Aviation Administration."

By Nancy Badertscher• February 23, 2015

Bob Buckhorn stated on September 02, 2011 in in an interview on WEDU-TV:

"One international flight a day in a wide-bodied jet ... one flight daily generates $150 million a year and approximately 2,300 jobs."

By Becky Bowers• September 12, 2011

Eddie Rodriguez stated on June 22, 2011 in a forum.:

Says Texas is the only state that exempts jet fuel from its state motor fuels tax.

By W. Gardner Selby• July 15, 2011

Jay Inslee stated on March 19, 2019 in in an interview:

"We have flown a Boeing 737 across the Atlantic Ocean on biofuels. We have flown F-18s."

By John Kruzel• March 21, 2019

Sheldon Whitehouse stated on November 18, 2012 in a newspaper column:

"We have more people working in clean and green energy than in oil and gas in this country."

By John Hill• November 30, 2012

Facebook posts stated on February 15, 2021 in a text post:

Says Joe Biden planned a winter storm as "warfare, an attack on Texas by altering the jet stream."

By Daniel Funke• February 16, 2021

Rick Perry stated on February 05, 2010 in an online ad:

Says Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison "took 154 private flights all funded by taxpayers" though "commercial flights were readily available at a fraction of the cost."

By W. Gardner Selby• February 10, 2010

Akbar Al Baker stated on March 16, 2015 in an interview:

The average age of planes in the Qatar Airways fleet is about four years while Delta Air Lines flies planes that are 35 years old.

By Nancy Badertscher• May 19, 2015

Juda Engelmayer stated on March 13, 2015 in interviews:

Creflo Dollar needed a $65 million Gulfstream G650 to carry thousands of pounds of food and other supplies -- as well as the Word of God -- worldwide.

By Nancy Badertscher• March 23, 2015

Joe Biden stated on April 30, 2009 in an interview on "The Today Show":

"When one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 4, 2009

Donald Trump stated on March 24, 2020 in a campaign ad:

Says Nancy Pelosi’s coronavirus bill includes “tax credits for solar and wind energy … retirement plans for community newspaper employees … $300 million for PBS … climate change studies” and more.

By Louis Jacobson• March 24, 2020

X posts stated on January 30, 2025 in an X post:

“The VIP on the Black Hawk helicopter that crashed was Barack Obama.”

By Sofia Ahmed• January 30, 2025

Bloggers stated on August 06, 2017 in Internet posts:

U.S. Sen. John McCain "was singlehandedly responsible for starting a fire on (the) USS Forrestal aircraft carrier."

By Joshua Gillin• August 7, 2017

Peter Pantuso stated on June 07, 2011 in a speech at a press conference.:

Commercial buses in the United States have "a stellar safety record, a safety record that exceeds that of any other commercial mode or surface transportation mode."

By Jacob Geiger• June 11, 2011

Threads posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a Threads post:

The Black Hawk helicopter involved in the American Airlines crash “was being controlled remotely.”

By Sofia Ahmed• February 3, 2025

Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“Pilot of Blackhawk helicopter that crashed into passenger jet at Reagan National was a transgender woman named Jo Ellis.”

By Loreben Tuquero• January 31, 2025

Facebook posts stated on March 25, 2020 in on social media:

Nancy Pelosi ordered a 220-seat Boeing 757 to fly to her home state, costing taxpayers nearly $5.8 million annually.

By Patrick Orsagos• June 12, 2020

Instagram posts stated on February 01, 2025 in an Instagram post:

Recent plane crashes in the United States were “human sacrifice rituals” for the Super Bowl.

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 7, 2025

Instagram posts stated on October 18, 2024 in an Instagram post:

As part of his “charitable donations,” in 1990 Donald Trump “chartered a private plane to get Nelson Mandela to America when the U.S. government wouldn't help."

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 19, 2024

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