James Inhofe actually said...

"traffic deaths are traffic deaths no matter how they occur."

"What I oppose is forcing a one size fits all Washington solution to all the States."

"The reason the safety program is so successful is that it requires States to examine data on where people are dying and where accidents are occurring."

"Although 23 percent of the U.S. population live in rural areas, in 2007 rural fatalities accounted for 57 percent of all traffic fatalities in 2007."