Jim Inhofe

Is the Senator aware that since back to and including the First World War the outcome of every war has been determined by energy? Is the Senator aware that we are now 56.7-percent dependent upon foreign countries for our ability to fight a…

I started out with 16 amendments, and I have 3. I think if everyone did this, we would be able to complete this bill. It is very important we have the Defense authorization bill and we act on it. So I will do my part.

I would like to add a similar resolution passed by the Oklahoma Transportation Commission also supports US 287 as the preferred route to Denver, CO. I think it should also be noted that the Texas Department of Transportation has indicated…

I want to get on record urging the President to work closely on any proposed action that could take place as a result of the U.S.S. Cole tragedy, to work closely on the matter, in full consultation with all members of the Joint Chiefs of…

The western land now will go not to the politicians in Puerto Rico but to the residents of the island of Vieques, and in the event something should happen that they should vote to reject the Navy, then it is not going to go into some…

I believe the language in this bill is going to offer the self-determination of the people of Vieques to support the Navy live range, and I have every expectation that is exactly what is going to happen. American lives are at stake.

That is exactly right. My concern has been, I hope and I will go on record right now and I am already on record saying, if we have this referendum, this will be the last time that we should allow a referendum to take place on closing a…

I appreciate very much getting that into the Record because that testimony came out in our committee meetings. The Senator from Kansas is right. Sometimes when you sit in a committee meeting in Washington, everything is filtered. You do…

I believe that it is not the intent of the conferees to require that the Department of Defense prepare a weapon system analysis AOA as required for the Department of Defense Directives for system milestone reviews. Instead, I believe what…

I rise to ask my friend, the distinguished chairman of the Appropriations Committee, for clarification on the language in the Defense appropriations conference report concerning the Crusader program. The language states that fifty percent…

It is exactly the sort of arrangement which you have outlined that the language in Title III is intended to promote. It is the committee's hope that additional government facilities will pursue such initiatives in order to increase their…

Even though I believe we need to have a specific time in the future when Impact Aid is fully funded, I recognize there will have to be some kind of discipline in the number of amendments that are coming up to the Labor-HHS appropriations…

I remind you, back in 1993, at the end of the Bush administration--he was ready to go out of office-- there were 109 vacancies in the Federal judiciary. In other words, the Democratic controlled Congress failed to fill these vacancies…

I thank my friends from Vermont, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Colorado, and Oklahoma for their interest in the reauthorization of Impact Aid and how it affects our States and most importantly our children. I look forward to working together…

I suggest to you, Mr. President, that while this is onerous enough, this is not happening in a vacuum because at the same time people are going after this voting block by offering clemency, something else is going on right now, something…

Of course. The Senator was reading from the report. I would like to read the next paragraph that he overlooked. It says they are recommending: Action by Congress to remove the current 2% oxygen requirement-- That is right before ethanol…

Section 606 subparagraph (6) of S. 2279 will have the unintended consequences of limiting competition at Chicago's O'Hare airport. I have spoke at length with Senators Lott, McCain, and Ford regarding my concerns with this provision and…

This is very simple. It is not a complicated thing to deal with. It simply says that we take the language that is supported and has been put in by the distinguished Senator from Vermont and add--I will read it one more time, these words…

Studies suggest that U.S. allied casualties may be increased by as much as 35 percent if self-destructing mines are unavailable, particularly in the halting phase-- The halting phase, we are talking about should the North Koreans come down…

I find a discrepancy in what you hear in the field and what you hear from the chiefs. I am not saying this critically of the current chiefs, but I think the chiefs have always reflected the philosophy of the President. The President is the…

The Johnson O'Malley program is a supplemental education program designed to benefit Indian children aged 3 through grade 12 attending public schools. I'm concerned that permitting tribes the option to use these funds within employment and…

I thank Senator Campbell for clearing up these concerns. I'm encouraged by the assurances that the Johnson O'Malley Program will not be adversely affected by this measure.

The last thing I mention is, I read an article in the Wall Street Journal, I think last week, that talked about the nations that have actually had this happen, causing great increases in taxes to try to stop that particular habit--Denmark…

I had an experience. Over the Easter recess, I went on a missionary trip over to west Africa to Togo, Nigeria, Benin, and that area. I thought it was the appropriate thing to do, to go over and talk about Jesus on the Easter break. The…

If you will yield further, you are talking about the child tax credit, you are talking about the education incentives, the estate and gift tax reductions, the IRA exemptions, the corporate AMT reductions--all of these would be offset in…