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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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Aug 4, 2015

These regulations are the product of backroom sue and settle tactics with radical environmental lobbying organizations.

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Aug 4, 2015

A very good friend of mine said at one time, elections have consequences.

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Aug 4, 2015

Senator Inhofe. Senator Whitehouse, I appreciate the fact you have a lot of passion on this issue, but I also appreciate the fact we have had many hearings on this.

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Aug 4, 2015

I think this is an opportunity to have debate in the committee, but in the end, the Administration's regulatory prerogative, which the Supreme Court said in June on the MATS rule, they had overreached their authority and had not considered…

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Aug 4, 2015

The attacks on affordable energy are huge.

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Aug 4, 2015

on behalf of myself and my cochair of the Army Caucus, the senior Senator from Rhode Island, Mr. Reed, I rise today to honor GEN Raymond T. Odierno, the 38th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, and one of our Nation's finest military…

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Aug 4, 2015

I would just observe that talking about climate change, we have had a lot of committees to do that and that is not what we are doing today.

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Aug 4, 2015

On that happy note, we have good news, and that is the vote has been moved to 2 o'clock...

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Aug 4, 2015

The biggest problem in getting the wind from where the wind blows to where the people live who want that electricity is the environmentalists who are blocking the building of the transmission lines to carry that energy.

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Aug 4, 2015

I am here in support of my friend from West Virginia and her legislation, Affordable Reliable Energy Now.

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Aug 4, 2015

For us in Delaware, we are the lowest lying State in America, think about that.

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