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Barack Obama stated on January 25, 2011 in the State of the Union speech:
"The Interior Department is in charge of salmon while they're in fresh water, but the Commerce Department handles them when they're in saltwater."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 26, 2011
Stop Gillnetting Now stated on May 30, 2012 in campaign press statement:
Says "Oregon is one of only three states that allow the use of gillnets on inland waters."
By Janie Har• June 14, 2012
Elizabeth Warren stated on December 10, 2019 in a policy white paper:
"Roughly one in four fish eaten in the United States was caught here and sent to Asia for processing before being re-imported for American consumers."
By Jon Greenberg• December 13, 2019
Salmon for All stated on August 01, 2012 in a guest column:
"This ban will only apply to Oregon commercial fishermen. Washington commercial fishermen would still be allowed to use gillnets on the Columbia River."
By Janie Har• August 9, 2012
Facebook posts stated on September 08, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says aquatic life near Alaska, Canada and Australia have been found with cancer and mutations as a result of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
By Daniel Funke• September 11, 2019
Bloggers stated on August 28, 2017 in tweets:
Photo shows a shark swimming on a freeway in Houston.
By Joshua Gillin• August 28, 2017
Facebook posts stated on April 16, 2024 in a post on Facebook:
Video shows dolphins saving a mother whale and newborn from sharks.
By Madison Czopek• May 13, 2024
Marcy Kaptur stated on February 29, 2012 in a House of Representatives floor speech:
Says Lake Erie contains more native fish than all the other Great Lakes combined.
By Sabrina Eaton• March 22, 2012
Facebook posts stated on December 09, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Tyson Foods may put insect protein in your chicken nuggets.
By Jeff Cercone• December 14, 2023
Put Alaska First PAC stated on June 02, 2014 in a television ad:
"It was Dan Sullivan who wrote a bill to cut Alaskans out of those decisions" about where they can hunt and fish.
By Lauren Carroll• June 13, 2014
Bloggers stated on May 02, 2017 in Internet posts:
"Barack Obama arrested in a Japanese drug bust."
By Joshua Gillin• May 17, 2017
Viral image stated on April 06, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“59 people die as pastor gives them dettol to drink in church to prevent coronavirus.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 8, 2020
David McKinley stated on September 23, 2019 in a news release:
"About 95 percent of America’s production of ethylene is produced on the Gulf Coast in Texas and Louisiana."
By Matthew Digby, Minh Do• October 10, 2019
Dave Weldon stated on June 17, 2012 in a statement on Central Florida News 13’s 'Political Connections':
"There’s no wildlife" in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
By Katie Sanders• June 21, 2012
Nancy Pelosi stated on April 16, 2020 in a statement:
“Even President Trump’s own EPA has admitted that this rule (on air pollutants) threatens to cause serious health problems including brain damage and death and to inflict billions of dollars of economic damage on our struggling economy.”
By Miriam Valverde• April 23, 2020
Josh Mandel stated on May 21, 2021 in a tweet:
“The federal government spent over $500k trying to force fish to exercise on treadmills, an additional $150k to see if gingerbread houses are earthquake proof.”
By Jon Greenberg• May 24, 2021
Morgan Griffith stated on February 18, 2011 in an e-mail newsletter and House floor speech.:
"Not even expensive bottled water, like Perrier and Evian, are of good enough quality to pump out of mines in Southwest Virginia, according to the EPA regulation."
By Jacob Geiger• March 22, 2011
Bloggers stated on April 04, 2017 in a headline:
Says President Barack Obama "tax audit exposes MILLIONS in offshore accounts stolen from taxpayers."
By Joshua Gillin• April 14, 2017
Facebook posts stated on January 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says a video shows Joe Biden boasted in 2006 “about voting for ‘700 miles of fence’” and “talking about immigration in some entirely different ways than he does today.”
By Tom Kertscher• January 26, 2021
Instagram posts stated on May 29, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Bragg’s apple cider vinegar uses Bill Gates’ ‘Apeel’ apples, which harm the body.
By Sofia Ahmed• November 20, 2024

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