Jim Inhofe

The panel assessed that repeal of DADT poses a low risk to military effectiveness.

According to your report, 30 percent of those who turned in a survey said repealing DADT would have a negative impact on their ability to conduct their military mission.

Our military is meant for one thing: to fight and win America's wars, not a social science laboratory.

Now is the wrong time to overturn DADT. As U.S. troops remain in the thick of war in Afghanistan, there is risk involved.

70 percent of military members think that repeal would have a positive, mixed, or no effect on unit effectiveness.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. It has worked. I really believe it has worked.

This is not a social thing. This is combat effectiveness. That is what the country pays Marines to do.

They said earmarks are a gateway drug that needs to be eliminated in order to demonstrate that we are serious about fiscal restraint. There's just one problem with that. It's not true.

There's just one problem with that. It's not true.

I think also Senator Inhofe considered it a moral issue.

I hope to continue working in a bipartisan fashion to ensure we pass a WRDA next year.

I used to say that while I am ranked as the most conservative, there are some areas where I am a big spender.

It upsets people no end when they find out that the person who is ranked as the most conservative member of the U.S. Senate really likes the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate, and we have a lot of things in common.

It surprises a lot of people when they hear me say it is good to be back with you, but it is.

The President's fiscal year 2011 budget request provides for continuing the Secretary of Defense initiative to grow the acquisition workforce by 20,000 positions by 2015.

This level of spending will guarantee our qualitative and technological superiority.

We cannot sustain our military when programs are running 8 years behind schedule and 150 percent over budget.

DOD needs accurate cost estimates.

Congress and the DOD must reduce the complexity of the process by removing the multiple layers of oversight.

It is critical for DOD and Congress to work together to increase effectiveness and efficiencies but with a bottom line of always providing the necessary funds so that our troops are the best trained and equipped military in the world.

I support the overall efficiency initiative begun by DOD, I also have several concerns.

I firmly believe that alone it will not provide the funding for modernization and sustainment of our military.

Clearly, this is a successful program that must be dramatically expanded.

This is a way to unleash an enormous amount of private investments in public infrastructure.

Not only do we need to get the most for our Federal highway dollar, but we also need to encourage State and local governments and the private sector to invest as much as possible in roads and bridges.