Jim Inhofe

We know that there are many countries out there that are developing missile technology and other things that we're really not always number one.

What I'd like to have all of you do is give some thought to how the Federal Government, if we're talking about making changes, not just in this Act, but in other Acts, to try to enhance what this is all about today.

There's somehow this mentality in Washington that the government, the Federal Government, has to make these things happen.

I thank the Senator. I would say only that this is the one thing that we agree on. We disagree on a lot of things in this Chamber, but this is one that we have to agree on and do what is necessary to do our job.

It is interesting to hear the DACA talk. I think one should take a step back and look and ask: Is it really unreasonable to merely say that so long as we will obey the law, we are going to be all right? I think this President did the right…

Yes. All right. Well, my time is expired, but I'm very interested in this and how this works out in terms of the Federal versus the state.

Well, it may be litigated or challenged, but they're doing it right now.

The question is, 'Is the world coming to an end because of manmade gases?' And I say it's not.

So my role as General Counsel, if confirmed, would be to ensure that the statute is followed to the letter.

I appreciate very much both Admiral Buzby and Mr. Batory coming in and trying to educate me a little bit on an area.

I enjoyed our meeting very much, and I complimented the railroad industry for the crossings successes that we've had in Oklahoma.

What our President said is we'll reduce our CO2 emissions by between 26 and 28 percent by 2025, which was impossible.

Well, yes, everyone knows climate change is real, all scientific evidence, all scriptural evidence, all archeological evidence says it's real, it's out there.

All this would do is allow the land grant universities to have the same opportunities for a match that other universities have.

I look at countries like France, and the percentage of their total energy provided from nuclear, and I can't see, looking into the future, how we are going to be able to do it without becoming more aggressive than we have been, more…

If we are dependent upon fossil fuel and nuclear for 89 percent of the power it takes to run this machine called America and you do away with both of those, how do you run the machine? And the answer is you can't.

I am concerned about that as a national security issue.

Nobody questions that climate has always changed; all evidence, all scriptural evidence, all archaeological evidence. We all understand that.

You know, I never realized there was such an issue or there was a problem until Senator Sullivan was elected.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Unfortunately, those provisions were stripped out of the final bill by House Republicans.

I strongly support your efforts and the bipartisan efforts.

I'm glad you're ahead of schedule. I'll be looking forward to monitoring your success.

We don't very often around here have anyone ahead of schedule.

This independent authority is not going to come back to Congress and ask for additional funds, ever.