Jim Inhofe

Then I will last ask you your view on the carbon capture and storage technology.

Can you further explain how purchasing of the allowances and the subsequent trading of them will not reduce greenhouse gas emissions, I think you said, by one ounce?

Cap-and-trade is a temple of doom, it would lock in disasters for our children and grandchildren.

I really appreciate that response. In fact, I agree with your response. It is an all of the above response and I appreciate it.

A more honest assessment combines our 21 billion of proven reserves with the MMS, the BLM, the USGS estimates of undiscovered technically recoverable oil resources.

Eighty-three percent of America's Federal onshore lands are either inaccessible or restricted due to our policies here.

We have heard, time and time again, that America possesses just 3 percent of the world's oil reserves and that we use 25 percent of the world's oil.

I would like to insert into the record the statement by the Chairman of the Finance Committee and a member of this Committee, Senator Baucus, who says it is a tax measure.

I think the American people deserve to know how legislation will affect their energy bills and jobs.

We support allowing America to harness its own abundant, clean, affordable energy.

We will oppose proposals from the other side of new energy taxes which will cost us jobs and hurt America.

And that is what we really want, daylight and accountability.

Nichols said that she and Browner put nothing in writing ever.

The idea of having to go to 30 different governmental agencies, do you not find that to be more than just a little ridiculous?

Thank you, Madam Chairman.

We want to make sure that any inquiries that we have from this side, the minority side of the aisle, you will treat the same as though they were coming from the majority.

NEPA should achieve environmental goals without unnecessarily obstructing economic and energy development.

I do agree with his statement when he talked about the czars are not accountable for their actions to the Congress.

My State's experience is that heavy handed regulations that ignore economic realities and property rights do not work.

The Chesapeake Bay Program is a regional partnership that was started in 1983.

A top down, heavy handed Federal approach will not lead to the kind of real changes that are necessary to ensure the health of the Bay.

Would it not be the fastest way to deal with, and maybe the only way to seriously deal with, global warming in this generation?

A carbon trade war will hurt Missouri farmers who could no longer export crops overseas and manufacturing workers who could no longer export their products.

Waxman-Markey not only threatens our economic security at home with massive job losses, but also threatens our economic security by starting a new international carbon trade war.

Waxman-Markey will kill 2.5 million U.S. jobs, even after including new green jobs.