Claim: Says the United States "actually exports more gasoline, diesel and other fuels than it imported in 2011 for the first time since, I think, 1949."
Fact-check: Robert Menendez claims U.S. fuel exports surpassed imports in 2011 for the first time since 1949
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Bill Wichert
Date published: 2012-04-11T00:00:00