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Staff Writer, St. Petersburg Times

Asjylyn Loder covers energy for the St. Petersburg Times.

Featured Statements

Barack Obama
stated on February 10, 2008 in a campaign rally in Alexandria, Va.:

Americans "have never paid more for gas at the pump."

By Bill Adair • February 11, 2008
Rudy Giuliani
stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.:

"We haven't built a refinery, I think, in 30 years."

By Asjylyn Loder • January 10, 2008
Bill Richardson
stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.:

As secretary of the Department of Energy under former President Bill Clinton, "I created reserves of home heating oil."

By Asjylyn Loder • January 6, 2008
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 19, 2007 in a speech in Knoxville, Iowa:

"Average families are spending roughly $2,000 more a year on energy costs. ... It's like a $2,000 energy tax in just the last seven years, more than three times what the typical American family received from the Bush tax cuts."

By Asjylyn Loder • January 2, 2008
Barack Obama
stated on December 26, 2007 in a speech in Iowa:

"Gas prices have never been higher, and Exxon Mobil's profits have never been higher."

By Asjylyn Loder • December 31, 2007