PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The subject of high fuel prices came up during last week's Eyewitness News debate between Democrat U.S. Rep. James Langevin and Republican challenger Michael Riley.
Langevin, asked about energy, said the United States should tap whatever natural resources it can, but added, "The reality is that the United States doesn't have enough of the world's energy supplies to make a real appreciable difference in controlling or bringing down our energy costs.
"Under the Obama administration we are drilling and producing more domestic energy supplies than we ever had before and it really hasn't had much of an impact on bringing down energy prices," he said.
PolitiFact Rhode Island examined Langevin's claim about energy production and ruled it Half True. Read the complete analysis here.