Jim Inhofe

There is a variety. We can get together and decide what we want to do on a State level.

It is not going to happen unless somebody does something.

I can't think of any place else in government where you have to ask permission to let the private sector pay for something.

We are going to tell the whole world that we are navigable in Oklahoma.

We are, in Oklahoma, America's most inland warm water port.

It is not just the coastal States that we are interested in.

Let me make a comment to the Senator from West Virginia. One of the problems we have right now is that during the last administration, there was a war on fossil fuel--which includes coal and nuclear also--and some of the damage has already…

I can remember during the last year, year before last, when we would have our meetings, when I would report on what this Committee is doing.

We have been over to the Democrat side; we have had private meetings on the floor. And we have been successful in the past.

It is going to cost money, and we have to figure it out, and we can't think small; we have to think big.

For the first time you recognized freight as being a primary driver of transportation spending.

Thank you, Mr. Policinski. Also thank you for being specific, because you specified five things.

We need to spend close to $2 trillion in the next 10 years to improve all of our infrastructure.

According to the World Economic Forum, the U.S. ranks 12th in overall infrastructure quality.

The more delays we see, the further behind we will become.

Since President Trump has been in office, we have seen a 3 percent growth in the economy.

I question whether or not there is built into the JCPOA the appropriate penalties involved for their failure to do so.

Despite losing more than 4,500 American lives and spending more than $1 trillion in Iraq since 2003, our hasty, I felt, ill-thought-out troop withdrawal opened the door to Iran to accomplish its strategic objectives in Iraq.

The President also was encouraged by the recent decision to move the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, in concert with current law and broad bipartisan support.

I'm very encouraged that under the leadership of President Trump, America is beginning to reclaim some of its worldwide leadership that has waned for the past eight years.

It's long past time for us to turn our attention to the broader strategy and the national objectives in that region.

If we do not consolidate our recent gains in the Middle East and ensure that the United States and its partners are positioned to maintain a foothold and strong relationships in the region, we will end up facing down the same problems…

We must remain engaged in the Middle East because the stability of the region is vital to our national interests and international security alike.

The President's decision last week to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital acknowledges what many of us have long believed.

The war on fossil fuel has ended, but we still are not getting where we need to be in nuclear.