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All Fact-checks for Cap and Trade

stated on May 1, 2018 in a debate

"All the things Patrick (Morrisey) is saying — (that I supported) Hillary Clinton, cap and trade, Planned Parenthood — PolitiFact went through each and every allegation and said, ‘False, False, False, False.’ "

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stated on May 29, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press"

"I believe we should have tax on carbon and deal aggressively with climate change. That is not (Hillary Clinton's) position."

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stated on February 4, 2016 in a Democratic debate in New Hampshire

"Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real."

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stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News

"I have never supported cap and trade."

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stated on April 19, 2015 in an interview on CBS' Face the Nation

"I can tell you with certainty (cap and trade) would have a devastating impact on our economy."

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Sheldon Whitehouse

stated on December 17, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor

"61 percent of non-tea party Republicans actually agree...there is 'solid evidence the earth is warming,' ...[but] 70 percent of tea partiers, contrarily, say there is 'no solid evidence' the earth is warming."

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Sheldon Whitehouse

stated on November 13, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate

In a poll, "53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as 'ignorant,' 'out of touch' or 'crazy.'"

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stated on October 31, 2012 in a radio ad

Says that Sherrod Brown is an "Obama rubber stamp" for "supporting the job-killing cap and trade plan."

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce

stated on July 26, 2012 in a TV ad.

Tim Kaine supported "higher energy costs for families."

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stated on February 14, 2012 in a video ad airing in Michigan

Says Mitt Romney supports cap and trade.

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stated on January 23, 2012 in a debate in Tampa, Fla.

"When I was fighting against cap and trade, the speaker was sitting down with Nancy Pelosi on a sofa encouraging it."

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stated on December 3, 2011 in a Republican presidential candidate forum

"I never favored cap and trade."

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Democratic National Committee

stated on November 28, 2011 in a Web ad

Says Mitt Romney has said different things about whether global warming is caused by humans

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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."

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stated on June 13, 2011 in testimony to the General Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities committee

"One of the reasons that Budweiser stayed in New Jersey is the money they got from RGGI to put solar on their roof to save on their energy costs."

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stated on May 9, 2011 in a press release

Says Ocean Spray is moving its Bordentown processing facility to Pennsylvania largely because of costs associated with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

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Anonymous GOP critics

stated on June 7, 2011 in a web news story

Commerce Secretary nominee John Bryson "appears to endorse world government."

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stated on March 11, 2011 in a Twitter post

"Since President Obama took office, gas prices have gone up 67 percent."

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Ohio Coal Association

stated on March 1, 2011 in testimony to a House subcommittee

Says that President Obama said in 2008 that his proposed greenhouse gas regulations "will bankrupt" anyone who wants to build a new coal-fired power plant.

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stated on October 7, 2010 in e-mail and blog postings

The cap-and-trade bill before Congress "prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator."

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Latest promises about Cap and Trade

Create incentives for tree planting and promote carbon sequestration

Use revenue from cap and trade to support clean energy and environmental restoration