James Inhofe actually said...

"I want to thank Chairman Boxer for holding this hearing, and I also want to note how deeply saddened I am by the loss of life that's been experienced at the chemical plant incidents over the last year..."

"What I would say to all of our colleagues, and we do not like to think about this, but Russia is thinking about it, China is thinking about it, Iran is thinking about it."

"China... says, 'if we launch our DF31A ICBMs over the North Pole, we can easily destroy a whole list of metropolises on the east coast.'"

"It seems like we have had a move that recognizes the triad's importance and the need to modernize nuclear weapons."