Jim Inhofe

I think this has been a really good panel to get people on the ground, doing it on a day-to-day basis.

What I am trying to get at here is those are 10 specific things.

We must allow our commanders an opportunity to address those recent changes in the law and to monitor and assess their effectiveness.

Under the Constitution, Congress has the unique responsibility to make rules to govern and regulate our military.

He has said that an undisciplined operation costs lives.

This responsibility is particularly important as we evaluate the effectiveness of the UCMJ in the context of combating sexual assault.

We cannot abolish sexual assault by legislation alone.

In a combat environment, noncompliance with rules and undisciplined operations cost lives and negatively impacts the mission.

We should not delay considering things that could make immediate, positive changes.

Sexual assault and harassment are unacceptable problems within our military and our society.

We must never take this vital readiness tool from our commanders.

We cannot, however, simply prosecute our way out of this problem.

Our commanders haven't had time right now to implement the most recent changes, and some think we need to change things again.

I believe maintaining the central role of the commander in our military justice system is absolutely critical.

The Services are consistent in their position that initial and final disposition authority should reside in the commanders, as is currently the case.

Creating artificial distinctions between offenses should not supplant a commander's case-by-case evaluation of an alleged offense.

A $168 million reduction to the B-61 LEP would slip the delivery of the first production unit past fiscal year 2019 and impact our commitment to our NATO and Asian allies.

One last question. Even though I disagree with the answer of the Senator from Michigan for the second question, the first question is whether the Senator from Michigan finds it objectionable that it increased by 100 percent over the past 4…

If I may ask my colleague one last question. The Senator from Michigan believes it is going to be going down, but it did not go down when the unemployment rate went down between the 2 years of 2010 and 2011. What would be different about…

In listening to the comments of the Senator from Michigan in opposition to this amendment, this occurred to me: Does the Senator from Michigan see that there is anything wrong with the fact that this program has increased by 100 percent in…

If I could quickly respond, I recall the Senator from Michigan speaking about her family background in Oklahoma. The only thing I disagree with is we have always had these. Statistics show they are not any more intense; they are not…

Unfortunately, the future of American nuclear energy is facing many of the same hurdles as the oil and gas industry and one of the key threats is overregulation by the Government.

The irony is, in this case, 14 years ago at the same time I was there when the same tornado tracked the same area and hit the same ground, the same.

When I talk about energy independence, I am not just talking about oil and gas production. Nuclear energy is, without question, one of the most important assets.

One of the most exciting developments over the past few years has been the tremendous expansion of oil and gas drilling.