Jim Inhofe: “All right. Mr. President, I was telling my good friend from Connecticut a few minutes ago, if we keep hearing it…”

“All right. Mr. President, I was telling my good friend from Connecticut a few minutes ago, if we keep hearing it repeated that ``the science is real, the science is real, the science is real,'' sooner or later they are going to start believing it. Nothing could be further from the truth. Let me just say, first of all, reference was made by one of the speakers to the Byrd-Hagel resolution that was passed 95 to 0. What did that resolution say? The resolution said, if there is economic damage or if the developing countries do not have to do the same thing the developed nations do, then we are not going to ratify the treaty. That is exactly what they came back with. So here we have a situation now that is even worse because we are talking about passing a bill that would put the United States of America in a position where they have to do something that not only the developing nations do not have to do, but even the developed nations do not have to do. So I can tell you right now, there are a lot of people in China who are rejoicing, thinking: Boy, all those American jobs are going to come to us if they pass this. In India, they are rejoicing; in Brazil, the same thing. In South Korea, President Roh, and President Vincente Fox of Mexico would be delighted to think about the great jobs that would go there--many of which have already gone there because of some of our overregulation in this country. Like Kyoto, this is an extreme approach.…”