Jim Inhofe

It's a very frightening thing.

I wrote them down. You said we are in the most dangerous security environment the world has ever known, and I agree with that.

First of all, I want to inform the Senator from Utah that in Oklahoma, our fastest growing population has been Hispanic for 25 years. I used to be a commercial pilot in Mexico. I know Hispanics. When I was the mayor of Tulsa, we appointed…

One last question. You have answered it already, and this is not whether or not we want to vote for or against Miguel Estrada, but does he deserve a vote, a public vote, on the floor of the Senate?

I recall, though, another hearing, the origin of filibuster dealing back with the days of civil rights. And what comes to my mind is, as I have been listening to these questions being asked and the objections to Miguel Estrada by the…

Based on the Senator's answer to my last question, it is clear that the UKB will no longer be able to make a claim to the riverbed lands. However, the bill still provides a means for the UKB to raise the riverbed claims it might otherwise…

By including section 9, Congress is making it clear that other than this change in forums for riverbed matters, it is not Congress's intent to express any opinion or have any effect on the claims the UKB might bring. Isn't that correct?

I strongly believe that it vital to pass full and comprehensive reauthorization of the Price-Anderson Act. The law has worked well and has been considered a model in other countries. It insures against terrorism against the plants and has…

It was my wish we would have a stronger amendment. There was one in the House that mentioned Yasser Arafat. I think we should be mentioning Yasser Arafat. We are in a war on terrorism. He is a terrorist. Sometimes we forget that in 1973 he…

I think, Mr. Chairman, it is going to have to cost more if we have that commitment that we are going to send them out with the best.

The Army could use another 40,000 troops in order to accomplish the current mission in profile.

It is not a lack of patriotism. It is not a lack of desire, but they cannot do it and hold onto their jobs.

We have to have something that is better.

Everyone I have talked to in the Army said 'We have to have the Crusader.'

I could announce to you right now, as I did in my office yesterday, that another Army veteran and myself are going to form the Army Caucus.

With the resources we have right now, we are not ready to the level that I think we should be ready.

It bothers me when I see the very things you are talking about, that we are going to be moving into some kind of a force, but we are not sure what it is.

When the Senator from Montana referred to me as a producer, he was referring to the State of Oklahoma which is a production State. I don't think inadvertently he also referred to me as a producer. And I was. I started out at the age of 17…

Let me explain the amendment very briefly. I apologize to the Senator from Georgia. All this does is take the peanut program, which is a dramatically changed program, and delay its implementation for a period of 1 year. Here is the problem…

I say to Senator Stevens that I appreciate all his hard work on the Defense appropriations bill. I would like to discuss pending actions on the Crusader Program. Crusader is a critical transformation system, which is already a generation…

I have to admit I prefer the provisions of Senator Durbin's bill. On a freestanding bill, I am a cosponsor. I think it is a good idea. This also affects something no one has talked about, and that is Meigs Field. So I have some selfish…

I strongly believe we need to have a comprehensive energy package brought to the Chamber. Today we are 56.6 percent dependent upon foreign countries for our oil supply. That means we are 56 percent dependent upon foreign countries for our…

On this point, I have looked at the Kyl amendment, and his language affects a different section. Mine is just found in the section dealing with impact aid under ``basic support.'' Now, the change in funding came from the construction…

I have an amendment I will be offering having to do with impact aid. That is a very significant issue. One of the best programs Congress put together was way back in the 1950s. That was when they made a determination that if the Federal…

This is an issue we have addressed many times. We addressed it first during the budget consideration when we were going to increase impact aid by $300 million. Unfortunately, the appropriators have brought it down to an amount a little…