James Inhofe actually said...

"I have a hard time explaining to people back home why I sit on this Committee, and at one time chaired this Committee, and we still have that disparity between mandates and availability."

"Americans fight wars to protect their fellow Americans from evil harms. Period."

"do you agree that a rephasing of the sequester cuts... would be beneficial and would allow each of you to make smarter decisions that reduce some near-term risk?"

"isn't it true that last year you were forced to take money out of your base budgets to pay for shortfalls in the Afghanistan warfighting effort because the White House chose not to request additional ..."