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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.
Since my colleague has the last say, may I have 30 seconds to finish? I was going to respond to the comment about the deficit. We ought to be concerned. I am concerned about the deficit. What is interesting about this debate, I am ranked…
The surge, however, in Iraq, we ended up with close to 165,000 troops in a period of time of 18 months.
This disparity is--it's hard for me to describe to people why this number will work in Afghanistan when it took so much more in Iraq.
The CERP is an 'absolutely critical and flexible counterinsurgency tool' and '[we] do not judge at this point that the language needs to be changed.'
Just as we have done in Iraq, we will execute this transition responsibly, taking into account conditions on the ground.
Yes, you have. And all the way through this thing, I have been wondering when they talk about economic damages, that sounds good.
If we were to take the cap altogether off it could be instituting a de facto ban on offshore drilling.
I am one of these few in Congress who believes in order to run this machine called America we have to have fossil fuels.
I would say this would put them in a more advantageous position than they would be in today.
The limits that were put in place back during the Exxon Valdez... that $75 million is too low, we all understand that, and it certainly needs to be changed.
I think they underestimate the impact of the cap, and so I support the change proposed in S. 3305.
If we get this wrong, we could set back this Nation's energy future for decades.
I respectfully call on President Obama--and my colleagues here in the Senate--to concentrate on fixing this problem.
If the liability cap is increased to levels we understand are now under consideration, in our view only the major oil companies and the NOCs would be in a position to do this.
The President's active drilling suspension alone will result in the loss of 3,000 to 6,000 Louisiana jobs in the next few weeks.
If you stop the drilling, stop our ability to produce and export our own resources, we are going to have to be reliant upon foreign countries.
We do have a lot of people right now who are trying to use this very tragic situation to advance their own agendas.
I respectfully call on President Obama and my colleagues here in the Senate to concentrate on fixing the problem.
I am concerned that the President's moratorium on deepwater drilling could harm the economy in the Gulf.
The Army will begin fielding the new M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round cartridge in June 2010.
No. My answer to the question is, as I said, we don't know where that cap should be. You are coming up with a cap that might end up being the appropriate cap for everyone. But my understanding now would be that the only ones who would be…
I disagree with the notion that you are either for or against big oil and all of that. Big oil would love to have these caps up there so they can shut out all the independents. We have independents in my State of Oklahoma, and right now 63…
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