Jim Inhofe

I can remember 10 years ago, when I was the Chairman of this committee, when Republicans were the majority, and we looked at the false science.

The most important thing in dealing with this is that we do it on sound science.

Simply put, the presence of a substance in the body at any level cannot be interpreted as being adverse.

I am glad we are doing this. We have had nothing but global warming hearings for the last 2 years, and there are other issues that we need to get to.

I'd rather be conservative in our estimates. I have to at least express the opinion of one member of this panel who's very much disturbed over what could happen to the United States with this change in policy.

Even if that's true, we still have that timeframe between 2015 and 2020 that is very disturbing to me.

I want you to send me something that is convincing that we would have that by 2020.

I think the previous administration, in talking about the third site, felt the same as I do.

Taiwan, along with Japan and South Korea, continues to be one of the strongest democratic partners of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region and serves as a model of freedom and democracy.

I disagree with that, and I will submit for the record evidence that it would have been 2015.

We have the technology to counter the threat; we need to take the steps to field a layered ballistic missile defense in Korea which mitigates the risk to our assets and personnel.

We were involved and consulted in the development of the central limits of the New START treaty.

We cannot take our influence in the region for granted and that our status as the partner of choice is difficult to maintain given the constraints such as limitation of our security assistance programs

North Korea is a threat and their pursuit of nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities should not be misinterpreted.

Yes, the President's budget provides adequate funding to address our Nation's most critical needs to maintain our deterrent and global strike capabilities.

It is critical that the Nuclear Triad, as well as Missile Defense, remain a viable and effective mechanism for preventing those that mean this country harm from doing so.

As we continue to fund Pakistan's efforts, a concern has resonated, at least with me, that we might be inadvertently getting those fundings to the wrong places.

I would ask you, just in the remainder of the time that I have, now that you're going out and you can reflect back...

I've spent a disordinate amount of time in some of the African nations, and I've left... with the idea that we made a mistake, at one time, on our IMET program.

I certainly wish you luck. It's been 39 years, is that how long?

I think most of the members on this committee are actually co-sponsors of the legislation that we have that would be helpful to resolve that.

My personal feeling is he has a tough job, but he's a tough guy and he's been able to do it.

The Americans across the country, they understand this. The polling is showing that 2-to-1 say that it shouldn't be closed.

The attacks leading up to September 11 were not the result of holding detainees in GTMO.

There's never been a case of water-boarding, and the conditions, the treatment of the people, are good down there.