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Kevin Coughlin
stated on August 18, 2011 in a campaign speech:

Says there’s not "much evidence to suggest that people have (contributed to global warming) or can do very much to change anything."

By Sabrina Eaton • August 31, 2011
Rick Perry
stated on August 17, 2011 in a campaign stop in New Hampshire:

Scientists are "questioning the original idea that man-made global warming is what is causing the climate to change. … (It is) more and more being put into question."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 22, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
stated on August 11, 2011 in an interview with the 'Miami Herald.':

"The weight of the evidence (on global warming) is that most of it, maybe all of it, is because of natural causes ... it’s fair to say the science is in dispute."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 14, 2011
Eric Cantor
stated on August 1, 2011 in a message on Twitter:

"There are no tax increases in this debt limit bill. Period."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 2, 2011