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E. Frank Stephenson stated on August 14, 2015 in a Georgia Public Policy Foundation blog post:

"Contrary to media reports, Georgia’s gas tax change led to no price increase at the pump."

By April Hunt• September 9, 2015

Chain email stated on October 25, 2019 in a chain email:

"14,000 abandoned wind turbines litter the United States."

By Madison Czopek• October 25, 2019

Hank Gilbert stated on September 12, 2010 in a campaign video.:

Says gas pumps in different parts of Texas are missing state inspection stickers and/or their inspections are out of date--and that's cheating consumers.

By W. Gardner Selby• October 16, 2010

Facebook posts stated on March 17, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“In April 1997, there was a ‘gas out’ conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.”

By Madison Czopek• March 22, 2022

Fred Upton stated on March 08, 2011 in a letter to fellow Members of Congress:

A bill that would halt the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases would help "stop rising gas prices."

By Louis Jacobson• March 14, 2011

Facebook posts stated on June 04, 2019 in a Facebook post:

People are attaching HIV-infected needles to gas station pump handles.

By Samantha Putterman• June 24, 2019

Ron DeSantis stated on June 02, 2021 in a press conference:

Says Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “spent millions of dollars to put her face on every gas pump across this state.”

By Jon Greenberg• June 4, 2021

Dennis Kucinich stated on March 03, 2011 in a House committee hearing:

"Due to a flaw in the 1995 Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act numerous oil companies are now drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in federal lands and paying no royalties to the federal government."

By James McCarty• March 24, 2011

Tim Michels stated on June 23, 2022 in Twitter:

The cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline by Joe Biden “killed hundreds of jobs, sent gas prices way up.”

By Kelly Smits• July 21, 2022

Ilyse Hogue stated on March 12, 2014 in an interview on "The Daily Show":

"Medicare has spent $172 million on penis pumps in the last five years at $360 a pop."

By Katie Sanders• March 24, 2014

Thom Tillis stated on October 26, 2021 in a tweet:

"Gas in North Carolina increased 14 cents per gallon this past week, the highest in the nation."

By Paul Specht• October 29, 2021

Jeff Merkley stated on June 16, 2011 in a speech on the Senate floor:

Oil companies are able to sell oil that costs no more to produce today than it did one year ago.

By Charles Pope• June 4, 2011

Jim Webb stated on February 03, 2011 in a committee hearing.:

The war in Iraq was a major factor in blowing "the top off the price of oil."

By Jacob Geiger• February 14, 2011

Jeff Merkley stated on March 04, 2011 in a letter to President Barack Obama:

Tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve would immediately lower gasoline prices

By Charles Pope• March 12, 2011

Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on December 01, 2010 in a press release:

"A 5 percent increase in domestic production would increase the world supply by less than 1 percent and do almost nothing to our dependence on foreign oil. This would also have virtually no effect on the price of gas at the pump."

By Amy Sherman• December 13, 2010

Billboard stated on July 23, 2012 in a billboard:

The price of gasoline was at $1.85 a gallon when President Barack Obama took office and has since nearly doubled because of his policies

By James B. Nelson• August 24, 2012

John McCain stated on June 17, 2008 in Houston, Texas:

"We must deal with the here and now and assure affordable fuel for America by increasing domestic production."

By Robert Farley• June 19, 2008

Sherrod Brown stated on March 23, 2012 in a news release:

Says excessive speculation is pushing up oil prices and a recent report estimates it "adds 56 cents to every gallon of gasoline siphoned from the pump."

By Peter Krouse• May 2, 2012

Ron Johnson stated on September 26, 2022 in TV ad:

Says Mandela Barnes “supported a 20% increase in the gas tax.”

By Laura Schulte• October 6, 2022

Michele Bachmann stated on July 24, 2011 in a prepared statement:

Says Tim Pawlenty said in 2006, "The era of small government is over... the government has to be more proactive and more aggressive."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 26, 2011

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