Jim Inhofe

This data show a warming to about 1940, little change from 1940 to the mid-1970s, and then further warming. Senator Inhofe implies that these changes are inconsistent with the global warming hypothesis and with climate models. This is…

The policy is what I was trying to get to. First, it is a fact that the tax ran out during a Democratic administration, that of President Clinton. Secondly, the policy to say let's pass a tax on any business out there, or any industry out…

Are you aware that 70 percent of the cleanups are paid for by the polluter today?

No one is more concerned about devastating sites than I am. I would say this. We are going to correct it. We are in the process of cleaning it up. A lot of the funding is not going to be coming from the Superfund that is in place right…

I want my colleagues from Michigan, Ohio, and the many other donor States to know that I am committed to improving the return to donor States. It is my intention that any comprehensive 6-year reauthorization bill considered by the Senate…

Yes. That is the type of activity for which we should reserve criminal prosecution. I also remind my colleague that the Clean Water Act clearly allows prosecution for deceitful or purposeful environmental damage, or for fraudulent efforts…

Indeed. I also wish to draw the Senator's attention to the Clean Air Act, which has a different, and I suggest, more appropriate provision of negligent endangerment.

The American Waterways Operators have devoted a great deal of time to training mariners and vessel operators. Clearly, the Coast Guard goes to great lengths to ensure its officers and staff are well trained. However, unfortunately…

Yes. Recent court decisions have made it clear that employees, at any level, who are involved in environmental accidents, can be prosecuted criminally, and potentially imprisoned. These are non-deliberate environmental accidents that do…

I do not want to suggest for a minute that we should make it easier for polluters to damage the environment or put the public at risk.

I agree with my colleague. States should be able to provide incentives for energy production, much like the Federal Government does including incentives in this bill. I believe that this issue is something that should be addressed by the…

If there is anything he overlooked, it was in addition to our having electricity, power, and energy in the country, it is also the No. 1 national security issue. I can remember, as can the Senator from Idaho, way back in the Reagan…

I thank the Senator. I recall that he almost had tears in his eyes when he talked about the poor people of Ohio and the fact they have to make decisions about eating and heating their homes. It is a very serious thing.

With limited resources available for the competing needs of modernization and force sustainment, it is imperative that crucial programs like non-line of sight cannon receive the requisite congressional oversight to ensure their timely…

Not under a Republican administration. If the Senator feels strongly about believing the Concord Coalition over that great former President John Kennedy, it is his option to do that.

I didn't say he was bipartisan. He said he advocated a reduction in tax rates to increase revenue, and it worked. Look at the Democrat Governor out in New Mexico who did the same thing. It is one of the very few States that is increasing…

This Senator wants to bring up the point that there is no reason to come in here and talk about which party was responsible. We all know, and the Senator from South Carolina knows, that the recession we are in right now began in March of…

I think we have responded to everything the Senator from North Dakota has said. I would only say that there are a lot of forces out there against it. But every argument that is against it, that is a legitimate argument, is an economic…

I will be working very closely with you, Doctor, as we discussed in my office yesterday, on a pet project I have had for quite some time, and that is Indian diabetes and some of the unique problems that we are facing there.

I strongly agree with the Senator from Georgia. I truly believe our depots are a national asset and we should address the basic question of ``core'' requirements. Currently, there is no acceptable definition of ``inherently governmental''…

I also have concerns about this provision and the effects it would have on our ability to meet production needs to get necessary meals to our service men and women in the field.

I am currently opposed to this proposal, as I am concerned about how the Refuge's expansion would impact the area's tax base.

Let me just share a thought with you, in response to the question that was asked to you by Senator Warner.

In October of 2000, I, along with JoAnn Emerson, Joe Knollenburg, and others, filed a lawsuit against the National Assessment on Climate Change for three principal reasons.

Yet, somehow the EPA revived the National Assessment by submitting it to the United Nations as Chapter 6 of the Climate Action Report 2002 as a, quote, 'policy position' or an official statement of the U.S. Government.