Jim Inhofe

We have slain a large dragon. But we live now in a jungle filled with a bewildering variety of poisonous snakes.

The Combined Forces Command of the United States and the Republic of Korea must raise its readiness level so the North Koreans know that if they escalate the confrontation, they risk starting a war they know they will lose.

He views North Korea's ability to deliver a nuclear weapon on an ICBM as a matter of when, not if.

Every witness that we have had so far has talked about that.

You have been vocal about the differences of the EPA being about stewardship versus prohibition.

I agree with you that his singular focus on regulating a naturally occurring gas as a pollutant came at a heavy cost.

How is the EPA working to ensure that the most vulnerable communities are being considered?

I want to just remind you that we had a guy, I remember so well, Harry Alford, he was the President of the National Black Chamber of Commerce.

I remember so well, because I was all during the Obama administration, I was either the Chairman or the Ranking Member of this Committee.

The state of our environment is also fundamentally linked to the state of our climate.

Those are not achievements. Those are the exact opposite: a clear failure to act.

You could do better on this front. It is important that you do.

Twenty-seven States challenged the Clean Power Plan because they saw what the EPA was doing.

The American economy grew 2.4 million jobs since President Trump's election.

Administrator Pruitt is a key leader of the President's de-regulatory agenda, including ending the war on coal.

I would now think in the restructuring of the world that I tried to indicate, we should make an effort to have a dialogue with Russia.

It has been obvious to everyone that China and Russia have been modernizing their nuclear arsenals while we have been sitting around not doing anything on ours.

Somehow we have to get our arms around the nuclear proliferation, and the way to do it is to put a stop sign in front of Russia and have them come to their senses

Level playing field and government without picking winners.

The fact that Federal policy is stacked against liquid fuels.

I don't care whose role it is, but it's going to be something that's going to have to be addressed.

I think there is, kind of, unanimity on this Committee, when we had a hearing on this for air passenger and air cargo screening.

I authored Section 3134, creating an innovative program for lakes within Oklahoma and elsewhere in America.

Yes, well, my time is expired, but that is something we need to address.

Thank you, Chairman.