Jim Inhofe: “We are now to the point where we are going to have a vote on cloture. It is absolutely necessary. The alternative to…”

“We are now to the point where we are going to have a vote on cloture. It is absolutely necessary. The alternative to this would be an extension. Probably 20, 30 different times Members have come in and said we should have an extension. If we have an extension, we will not have streamlining provisions, and we cannot move on with IPAM. We cannot immediately start constructing these roads and bridges. It doesn't make any sense to stall and stall and wait around and do nothing. We want to get this bill on the road. That is what we are going to do, and we are going to do it today. I regret a lot of people who wanted to have amendments considered during the last 2 weeks have not been able to do so. I regret that some people just blocked them from having that opportunity. There have been a lot of objections that have come up on this bill. Members keep talking about the 40-percent increase--40-percent increase. That is 40 percent over 6 years.”