Jim Inhofe

I am concerned that the Commission is not providing the policy and schedule guidance necessary for this process to proceed smoothly.

We need an adequate, reliable, and diverse energy supply to power this great nation of ours and nuclear energy is a vital component.

You can't let any group, any entity in Government, any bureaucracy, go that period of time without having oversight.

Nuclear is going to have to fill a great part of that.

I associate myself with all of your remarks and those of the Ranking Member, Senator Voinovich.

I think a lot of good things are happening. We are moving in the right direction.

We need to have adequate, reliable and diverse energy supply to power this great Nation of ours.

I believe what we need to do is understand that supply and demand still works. We have to increase the supply domestically, and we can do it by passing the Consumer-First Energy Act that has been proposed by Senator Domenici, myself, and…

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There have been several companies, organizations, unions, and environmental groups that have come out against this bill by sending letters urging Senators to vote no on the legislation. The American Farm Bureau Federation urges you to…

I want it made clear today, as we go into the debate, that when we look back at the clean air amendments of the 1990s, we had something like 180 amendments considered at that time and we had it on the floor for 5 weeks. This goes much…

One thing I wish to ask you to do is--we made the request when we first started--this is not a discussion on science. We are now talking about a bill. We want to talk about the bill. I am convinced that people coming down and talking about…

I commented earlier on his being a real champion for nuclear energy, and the recognition that we can't resolve the process we have without a very bold nuclear program. And I would say this: We have over 30 applications now in the process…

I am talking about by 2020 and some of the figures used are by 2030. An article in The Hill, just the other day--of course, that was before we had our recess--said that the Senate debate after Memorial Day could add up to 50 cents to the…

I had one chart that showed the United States. It showed how much it would cost an average household. My State, Oklahoma, and Texas were the largest hit. The increase for each family would be $3,300. Missouri was in the next tier down…

Senator Domenici is on his way, and I want to yield some time to him. He has been a real hero in our pursuing one of the forms we are going to have to have if we are ever going to run this great machine called America, and that is nuclear…

First of all, I agree wholeheartedly with the comments and the legislative ideas my friend from Colorado has. Again, it is a great frustration that we have tried so hard for so many years to expand our supply here in this country…

This whole idea of global warming is something that has been brought up by certain groups who have a lot to benefit from it, and has nothing to do with real science.

And, with all the hysteria, all the fear, all the phony science, could it be that manmade global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people? I believe it is.

I sent a letter to EPA requesting that they first respond to the public, ensuring their health and safety is not immediately at risk.

I appreciate EPA's timely response on both requests and am happy to know there is no immediate health risk.

I believe the answer is yes, as we will hear in testimony today.

I neglected to mention that when we went through this long and arduous legislation initially, there are probably not two Members of the Senate who are more opposed to each other philosophically than the two of us, Senator Boxer and myself…

Now, let me say that as a conservative standing here, that is a huge number. I think that may have been the largest nondefense spending bill at the time up to that time. But it is interesting that if we spend all of that, it is not going…