Latest Fact-checks on Edward Markey Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Edward Markey stated on October 26, 2017 in a statement: Says HIV and AIDS rates have spiked "due to increased heroin and fentanyl use." Edward Markey stated on April 20, 2017 in a tweet: "Trump looking to open up E Coast & new areas for offshore oil drilling when Congress has passed no new safety standards since BP" Edward Markey stated on June 20, 2010 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': "We only have 2 percent of the oil reserves in the world, and we consume 25 percent of the world's oil on a daily basis." Edward Markey stated on June 15, 2010 in a statement at a hearing of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee: "Right now every single one of the (oil) companies here today and dozens of others are drilling for free in the Gulf of Mexico on leases that will cost American taxpayers more than $50 billion in lost royalties." Edward Markey stated on June 20, 2009 in a press release.: Says the Congressional Budget Office estimates a cap-and-trade program would cost the average family the equivalent of "a postage stamp a day."
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Edward Markey stated on October 26, 2017 in a statement: Says HIV and AIDS rates have spiked "due to increased heroin and fentanyl use." Edward Markey stated on April 20, 2017 in a tweet: "Trump looking to open up E Coast & new areas for offshore oil drilling when Congress has passed no new safety standards since BP" Edward Markey stated on June 20, 2010 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': "We only have 2 percent of the oil reserves in the world, and we consume 25 percent of the world's oil on a daily basis." Edward Markey stated on June 15, 2010 in a statement at a hearing of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee: "Right now every single one of the (oil) companies here today and dozens of others are drilling for free in the Gulf of Mexico on leases that will cost American taxpayers more than $50 billion in lost royalties." Edward Markey stated on June 20, 2009 in a press release.: Says the Congressional Budget Office estimates a cap-and-trade program would cost the average family the equivalent of "a postage stamp a day."
Edward Markey stated on October 26, 2017 in a statement: Says HIV and AIDS rates have spiked "due to increased heroin and fentanyl use."
Edward Markey stated on April 20, 2017 in a tweet: "Trump looking to open up E Coast & new areas for offshore oil drilling when Congress has passed no new safety standards since BP"
Edward Markey stated on June 20, 2010 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': "We only have 2 percent of the oil reserves in the world, and we consume 25 percent of the world's oil on a daily basis."
Edward Markey stated on June 15, 2010 in a statement at a hearing of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee: "Right now every single one of the (oil) companies here today and dozens of others are drilling for free in the Gulf of Mexico on leases that will cost American taxpayers more than $50 billion in lost royalties."
Edward Markey stated on June 20, 2009 in a press release.: Says the Congressional Budget Office estimates a cap-and-trade program would cost the average family the equivalent of "a postage stamp a day."