Jim Inhofe

What will you do to ensure the Corps maintains the ability to exercise its independent and primary decisionmaking authority as Congress intended?

The legislative debate regarding Clean Water Act jurisdiction will be a controversial issue that the Obama administration will have to deal with.

Are you willing to work with Congress, as well as the navigation industry, to try to find an answer to this problem?

I am in full support of all the nominees today on both panels.

I agree, Dr. Carter, most people believe that capability is not there, but the consequences of being wrong are just unbelievable.

It doesn't make sense to continue to spend money in maintaining these systems.

I don't want to go any further with this. I'm using up all my time and I didn't want to do that.

Are you saying then that you don't think we should proceed with that development and give a communication to the Governments of Poland and the Czech Republic?

It is my hope when we established the Africa Command (AFRICOM), that we would actually have the headquarters in Africa someplace.

I expect the new administration to support this critical requirement.

I look forward to working together with you and all the members of the committee as we begin the 111th Congress.

Unfortunately, even though it's my experience talking to the presidents, ... they think it would work better, but they can't sell the idea.

I had a very good conversation between flights, a few days ago, with President-elect Obama.

The military exchanges, the military training programs, should be seen in the light of a benefit to the United States, not as a favor to someone else.

If we don't do it, either China is going to do it, or somebody else is going to do it.

I think it is the more honest way of doing it.

I don't want anyone to go out of here saying that I want to have a carbon tax. I don't.

There are a lot of people who believe that should have been done for about $20 million.

I want a commitment that you will take the time in the next, let's say in the next 2 weeks, to pull up the record on my last Monday's speech, it was a whole hour on the floor of the U.S. Senate, on science.

You said scientific integrity and rule of the law, that is going to drive you.

I think he did a very good job in a very difficult environment.

I don't agree with the criticisms of many on this Committee on the current Administration not being forthcoming and providing all the information needed.

I tell you these things because I want both you and Ms. Sutley to succeed, and I want to work with you to protect the environment.

We cannot support plans pushed by Northeast and West Coast States that will hit coal-dependent Missouri and Midwest manufacturing jobs especially hard.

That means, for example, protecting Missouri families and workers from climate change proposals that would raise energy costs by $6.7 trillion.