James Inhofe actually said...
As someone who has been considered many times in the ranking system as the most conservative member of the U.S. Senate, I have always said that in some areas I am a pretty big spender, national defense, infrastructure, something that we should be doing in our Committee, and I know that Senator Carper agrees with that, and unfunded mandates because these things are very, very expensive.
Context
Inhofe discusses balancing spending on defense and infrastructure with concerns about unfunded mandates.
03/16/2011