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Fact-checks (3799)

Instagram posts stated on July 07, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“Biden admits $5 gas is being done on purpose” and “this has been his plan all along.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 18, 2022
Ron Johnson stated on March 18, 2022 in Twitter:
Gas prices are high “due to the Democrats’ war on fossil fuels.”
By Laura Schulte• March 29, 2022
Facebook posts stated on November 19, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Low gas prices in Russia, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia show that Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone Pipeline project is to blame for U.S. prices.
By Tom Kertscher• December 1, 2021
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
John McCain stated on June 17, 2008 in Houston, Texas:
We are "borrowing Saudi money for Saudi oil" with the result being "dependency and debt."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 20, 2008
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
Dave McCormick stated on August 25, 2024 in a TV ad:
Sen. Bob Casey “voted to sell American oil to China.”
By Caleb McCullough• August 28, 2024
Richard Hudson stated on January 12, 2023 in a tweet:
“Joe Biden’s war on American energy caused this crisis and his only response has been to drain our strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level since 1983.”
By Paul Specht• January 30, 2023
Herschel Walker stated on July 13, 2022 in a tweet:
Democrats, including President Joe Biden, “stopped domestic drilling” for oil, driving gasoline prices higher.
By Louis Jacobson• July 22, 2022
Donald Trump stated on April 04, 2011 in an interview on Fox News:
"Libya supplies the oil for China. We get no oil from Libya."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 11, 2011
Roger Williams stated on July 01, 2013 in :
Says Obama policies contributed to gas prices rising from $1.89 in January 2009 to $3.51 today.
By Sue Owen• July 23, 2013
Kevin McCarthy stated on June 17, 2022 in a tweet:
“American oil is … more affordable” than foreign oil.
By Jon Greenberg• June 24, 2022
Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2017 in a tweet:
"Long gas lines forming in North Korea."
By Louis Jacobson• September 19, 2017
Rick Perry stated on November 22, 2011 in the CNN Republican presidential debate:
"When you sanction the Iranian central bank, that will shut down (Iran's) economy."
By W. Gardner Selby• November 23, 2011
Facebook posts stated on June 03, 2022 in Facebook posts:
A BP oil executive named Brice Cromwell blamed the Biden administration for high gas prices.
By Gabrielle Settles• June 7, 2022
John McCain stated on April 10, 2008 in a speech in Brooklyn, N.Y.:
If the U.S. stops adding to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, it "will lessen worldwide demand for oil" and reduce prices.
By Wes Allison• April 16, 2008
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
Eric Hovde stated on March 29, 2012 in a radio ad:
"The failed economic policies" of President Barack Obama, the Democrats and the Federal Reserve "are making gas prices higher while America’s economy is running on fumes."
By James B. Nelson• May 4, 2012
Center for Western Priorities stated on February 05, 2015 in a post on the organization's website:
"Oil companies can obtain an acre of public land for less than the price of a Big Mac."
By Jon Greenberg• February 16, 2015
Facebook posts stated on October 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Gas prices were WAY higher in 2008, under REPUBLICAN president George W. Bush.”
By Gabrielle Settles• October 25, 2021

Articles (1598)

No easy answers on reducing U.S. gas prices, despite political ads’ claims

By Tom Kertscher• June 15, 2022

Why is the US selling stockpiled oil to China? We have answers

By Louis Jacobson• July 11, 2022

McCain's drilling won't dent gas prices

By Robert Farley• June 19, 2008

With time and money, US can replace banned Russian imports with domestic oil

By Madison Czopek• March 9, 2022

Corporate profits do not drive inflation, but inflation boosts company profits

By Louis Jacobson• December 10, 2022

Mix 'n match creditors with causes

By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 20, 2008

Tales of light bulbs, gas prices and spilled milk

By Martha M. Hamilton• March 14, 2011

Not just oil: How the Strait of Hormuz blockage affects US consumers, from fertilizer to helium

By Louis Jacobson• April 6, 2026

McCain energy claim low on fuel

By Wes Allison• April 16, 2008

Looming food shortages? Probably not in the US

By Jon Greenberg• April 18, 2022

Fact-checking attacks from Ron DeSantis and Charlie Crist in Florida's only gubernatorial debate

By Yacob Reyes, Amy Sherman• October 24, 2022

Ask PolitiFact: Why are gas prices going up?

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• March 9, 2022

PunditFact fact-checks the Jan. 11 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• January 11, 2015

Fact-checking the Jan. 11 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• January 11, 2015

Why are oil prices so high? And what can be done about it?

By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2021

Gasoline prices: Where they stand now, and why

By Louis Jacobson• October 25, 2022

Joe Biden’s release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: What you need to know

By Louis Jacobson• November 24, 2021

Strait of Hormuz: What to know about the crucial oil passage Iran might block following US strikes

By Madison Czopek, Ella Moore• June 23, 2025

Russia’s economy and Western sanctions: What you need to know

By Louis Jacobson• February 25, 2022

Oil reserves tapped, promise kept

By Robert Farley• June 24, 2011