Jim Inhofe: “Thank you. Mr. President, I may want to ask for a couple more minutes. First of all, let me state to the junior Senator…”

“Thank you. Mr. President, I may want to ask for a couple more minutes. First of all, let me state to the junior Senator from Oklahoma that I was not aware of this debate coming up. However, I don't have to practice for a debate; it comes from the heart. Let me also say to one of my best friends in the Senate, Senator Voinovich, that he is doing his job. We may come to a different conclusion on this particular issue, but I know he is in a real situation. You have shared that with several of us. Let me suggest to you, Mr. President, that there is something sadly lacking in this debate; that is, in the State of Oklahoma. There are only two of us in the Chamber from Oklahoma. We know what Oklahomans want. It is kind of interesting because Senator Coburn and I have kind of the same philosophy--we want to keep it the same place. We have different styles when we talk about trying to reduce the size of government. He talks about projects, and I talk about reducing appropriations. We both want to get to the same place. He has been an advocate and has talked about term limitation. I believe that everyone, if they don't want to go along with term limitations, ought to have to go out like I did and serve in the real world for 30 years, get beat up by the bureaucracy, and then you can come here and speak from the heart as a citizen back home. But when you look at our State of Oklahoma--and I read this section out of the U.S.…”