James Inhofe actually said...

"We need to wean ourselves off of foreign oil, at least the excessive reliance we have, and this will not do it."

"I do not think this bill is going to pass. It will pass out of this committee... But on the floor it will not."

"the American people did wake up. And I am confident they will do that again."

"Eighty-one billion dollars, that would just be the death knoll of some of our oil and gas producers."