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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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Feb 8, 2016

The fiscal year 2016 NDAA directed deployment of a long-range discrimination radar or other appropriate sensor capability to support the defense of the Homeland against Iran by 31 Dec 2020.

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Feb 8, 2016

What are we doing to protect our missile defense capabilities against a cyber-attack?

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Feb 8, 2016

the problem--one of the problems that we're having is that we don't--we have the wrong priority on defending America.

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Feb 8, 2016

When we were initially starting, the first Obama budget in 2009, it cut missile defense by $1.4 billion.

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Feb 8, 2016

We meet today to discuss the Federal Government's encroachment on State rights to manage fish and wildlife populations.

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Feb 8, 2016

I was fortunate enough to be over in the Ukraine, back when Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk were successful in their parliamentary elections, and the first time in 96 years there's not one Communist in the Parliament.

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Feb 8, 2016

the highest court in the country has serious reservations on the legal soundness of the rule.

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Feb 8, 2016

the defense of the American people shouldn't have a pricetag.

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Feb 8, 2016

no State should fear any penalty for heeding the Court's decision.

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Feb 8, 2016

Our potential adversaries are pursuing advanced weapons development not seen in decades.

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Feb 8, 2016

I was really coming here for two purposes. One was to learn a little bit more about Alaska and the other was to let this committee and the witnesses know that the problems you have up there are not unique to Alaska.

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Feb 8, 2016

I am glad that we are--there are so many people out there and they think that we are just--that Israel is always the beneficiary of everything that goes on. That is not true at all.

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