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James Mountain Inhofe is a former United States Senator from Oklahoma, serving from 1994 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Inhofe is known for his strong conservative views, particularly on issues related to national defense and environmental policy. He gained notoriety for his skepticism regarding climate change, famously calling it a hoax. Throughout his tenure, he held significant positions, including Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
All right. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be recognized as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator does not have the right for a unanimous consent, as the Senator does not have the floor. The Senator from New…
We all talked about and made our own comments about what happened in Paris and the President coming up with a commitment that he would be reducing CO2 emissions by between 26 and 28 percent by 2025, and then we made an effort through every…
on Wednesday we are going to be voting on something significant, which has been a source of discussion recently, and I wanted to put a little different perspective on the problems that are in Puerto Rico right now. Puerto Rico has $90…
I think it's really significant, because that's exactly what we're talking about doing right now.
I have to get on the record after the events of the last week and the claims that some of my colleagues made on the Senate floor and that the mainstream media have published about the horrific event in Orlando. Before we had all the facts…
let me just say that my friend from Ohio is truly passionate. In the years I have been here, I have not heard of anyone who is stronger and has a better understanding of this issue than the Senator from Ohio. I find myself listening as he…
I ask unanimous consent to be recognized for such time as I may consume as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The Presiding Officer is a member of the Committee on Armed Services who may very well remember when we passed a law, and that law said the President was not going to be able to release anyone from Gitmo until 30 days' notice is given to…
Finally we just worked through all of our differences and decided to replace it with legislation that will do good things for our environment, do good things for our health.
I have introduced legislation, S. 2072 alongside my colleague and friend, Senator Claire McCaskill.
Our bill would direct the EPA to implement a program allowing communities to enter into voluntary, cooperative agreements with the EPA.
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