Claim: The RESTORE Act started as an "effort to dedicate as much BP fine money as possible towards Gulf Coast restoration" but now "could steer money to places like the Great Lakes and West Coast."
Fact-check: Marco Rubio says oil spill fine money could go to Great Lakes and West Coast
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Amy Sherman
Date published: 2012-03-22T00:00:00