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Gordon Challstrom stated on January 15, 2014 in a campaign website statement:
"Oregon and the federal government now have more than one million acres of burnt land and millions of trees are being left to rot."
By Dana Tims• February 21, 2014
George LeMieux stated on June 04, 2010 in a meeting with the St. Petersburg Times editorial board.:
"There's more than 100,000 people working at the Department of Agriculture. That's 1 employee for every 30 farmers."
By Aaron Sharockman• June 8, 2010
Instagram posts stated on February 06, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Arson, not climate change, caused Canada’s record 2023 wildfire season.
By Jeff Cercone• February 12, 2024
Social Media stated on June 13, 2024 in in social media posts:
Video shows Biden wandered off from world leaders at G7 skydiving event.
By Jeff Cercone• June 14, 2024
Dana Perino stated on April 22, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News:
"A lot of the problems with forest fires ... is because of bad policy (not to clear out the forests) that was put in place by environmentalists."
By Jon Greenberg• May 1, 2014
John Delaney stated on August 27, 2019 in an interview:
The Amazon rainforest fires are "directly related to trade" tensions between the United States and China. 
By John Kruzel• September 6, 2019
Doug Ducey stated on April 13, 2016 in a press conference on fire season:
"90 percent of fires in Arizona are human-caused."
By Anthony Cave• April 19, 2016
Occupy Democrats stated on July 11, 2014 in a Facebook photo post:
Says Ted Cruz "was just bribed by the Kochs to introduce a bill that would give them and their allies America’s national forests, parks, and other public lands and open them for mining, drilling, fracking and logging."
By W. Gardner Selby• August 17, 2014
Joe Biden stated on July 13, 2016 in a speech in San Diego:
"95 percent of the world’s customers are … beyond our shores."
By Louis Jacobson• July 15, 2016
Citizens Against Government Waste stated on August 31, 2022 in a Facebook ad:
“More than half of the $739 billion tax increase (in the Inflation Reduction Act) will go to wasteful Green New Deal programs like tree equity, 'clean' garbage trucks, and studying cow farts."
By Jessica Riley, Sierra Worden• October 25, 2022
Jeb Bush stated on October 21, 2015 in a post on his website:
"The federal government owns about half of the West, yet it continues to acquire more land."
By Joshua Gillin• October 27, 2015
Jon Tester stated on August 03, 2018 in on candidate's website:
Says Matt Rosendale "consistently supported land use rules that would help developers like him and hurt farmers in Montana."
By John Kruzel• August 9, 2018
Herschel Walker stated on August 22, 2022 in a tweet:
Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock "are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it.”
By Tori Gantz, Louis Jacobson• September 1, 2022
Mitt Romney stated on September 19, 2012 in remarks in Atlanta:
"Redistribution" has "never been a characteristic of America."
By Louis Jacobson• September 20, 2012
Joe Biden stated on November 01, 2023 in a speech in Northfield, Minn.:
"Over the past four decades, we’ve lost over 400,000 farms in America (and) over 140 million acres of farmland. And that’s an area roughly equal to the size of Minnesota, North and South Dakota combined.”
By Louis Jacobson, Renee Romo• November 7, 2023
Georgia politicians stated on July 20, 2010 in political campaign:
Georgia is "the Saudi Arabia of pine trees."
By Jim Tharpe• July 25, 2010
Jim Hightower stated on September 06, 2011 in an interview.:
Says Rick Perry and the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature "managed to slash the budget of the volunteer fire departments in our state by 75 percent in the last legislative session," reducing their abilities to fight recent wildfires.
By W. Gardner Selby• September 13, 2011
Bonnie Reiss stated on June 08, 2016 in a newspaper column.:
"When he served as governor, Schwarzenegger preserved more land than any other gubernatorial administration in California’s history."
By Chris Nichols• July 1, 2016
New Jersey Sierra Club stated on May 17, 2011 in a press release:
"Every year the state loses 8,000-10,000 acres of land in bear country."
By Bill Wichert• June 10, 2011
Instagram posts stated on July 07, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Antarctica has “an entrance to a different world” — a “mythic land” with green forests, giant animals, and “extraterrestrial technologies.”
By Luiz Romero• July 26, 2022

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FACTSHEET: Reducing the national debt

By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 12, 2010

Graham promoting himself as foreign policy expert

By Nancy Badertscher• September 21, 2015

Fact-check: Did California Gov. Gavin Newsom cut $100 million in fire prevention?

By Amy Sherman• January 15, 2025

The Truth-O-Meter and the 2013-15 state budget

By Tom Kertscher• June 28, 2013

The fastest-growing, and fastest-declining, jobs in the US

By Louis Jacobson• February 21, 2020

Fact-check: Los Angeles fires fuel falsehoods, including by Trump, about water management

By Jeff Cercone, Caleb McCullough• January 10, 2025

Greatest hits of Florida's U.S. Senate race

By Katie Sanders• November 5, 2012

Fact-checking the July 27 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• July 27, 2014

A look into the business practices of Indiana's Republican Senate candidate Mike Braun

By Manuela Tobias• May 21, 2018

How climate change is making wildfires worse

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PunditFact fact-checks the July 27 news shows

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UPDATED: Curious claims we heard at the Texas Tribune Festival

By W. Gardner Selby• October 18, 2015

Climate scientists reject Trump’s prediction 'It’ll start getting cooler' in California

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Were the founding fathers 'ordinary people'?

By Tom Kertscher• July 2, 2015

Stakes high for AJC PolitiFact Georgia

By Willoughby Mariano• September 19, 2010

Can Donald Trump get rid of national monument protections?

By Jon Greenberg• May 2, 2017

On eve of the State of the Union address, a look at income inequality

By Louis Jacobson• January 28, 2014

What's in the COVID bill for health insurance and the ACA?

By Emmarie Huetteman• March 9, 2021