Jim Inhofe: “While I would normally be coming down at this time to talk about the Transportation reauthorization bill, which is one…”

“While I would normally be coming down at this time to talk about the Transportation reauthorization bill, which is one of the most significant bills we will be considering--there are problems right now in getting it done before the House leaves, but we are going to make every effort to have it done by the end of this week. I think that is very important because, for all of the reasons we talked about, we can't continue to do part-time extensions that don't allow us to get to any of the real problems we have. However, that is not why I came to the floor this afternoon. I am here this afternoon to speak on a different topic. (The remarks of Mr. Inhofe pertaining to the introduction of S. 1877 are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')”