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Jim Inhofe

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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.

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Jun 21, 2016

This legislation overhauls a 40-year-old law that never worked, a law that was supposed to regulate chemicals used in products that we rely on every day.

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Jun 21, 2016

I have introduced legislation, S. 2072 alongside my colleague and friend, Senator Claire McCaskill.

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Jun 21, 2016

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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Jun 21, 2016

There are millions of people in this country who live with asthma.

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Jun 21, 2016

The Program's ability to provide flexibility provided communities with the tools they needed to control emissions more efficiently.

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Jun 13, 2016

Thank you Subcommittee Chairman Rounds for convening today's oversight hearing, and thank you to our witnesses from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Inspector General…

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Jun 13, 2016

What concerns me is if it is a case of a corporation, corporations or an individual could own stock in a corporation, the corporation could own two or 300 or many, many more.

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Jun 13, 2016

the WOTUS issue is arguably the most significant issue of all the over-regulations that we have, at least in my State of Oklahoma

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Jun 13, 2016

I agree with Senator Markey when he said that both GAO and IG have to be independent.

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Jun 8, 2016

the action that we took in passing the TSCA bill on chemicals could go down as the most significant environmental improvement in 25 years.

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Jun 8, 2016

If EPA can convince the Courts to uphold their approach to regulating the utility industry through means Congress never authorized...

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