Jim Inhofe

Mr. Chairman, I'm still waiting for the song.

I have never found a farmer or a rancher or a forest owner, or anyone else, that didn't truly love the land.

Come to Oklahoma; you may find that is not the case.

I would say also, in your particular job, you depend on landowners, on the private sector to provide a lot of the funding and a lot of the resources necessary to have that conservation.

Russia is very apt to use energy dependence and energy capabilities as one of the tools.

S. 1266, the Enhancing Veteran Care Act, introduced by Senator James Inhofe (R-OK).

It's important we hold care providers accountable to the highest standards of excellence for our veterans.

We have had a lot of complaints. We have two major areas in Oklahoma--Muskogee and Oklahoma City--and we had felt it was mostly because of leadership.

I encourage swift passage of this important legislation.

I cannot imagine anyone would be opposed to.

There is no better group to give this contracting authority to than the regional VA directors who know firsthand the issues their medical facilities face.

We will make sure that we give the right treatment to our veterans.

I think the Coast Guard is actually almost a perfect training ground for this job.

I appreciate very much the time that you spent with me and with other members of this Committee prior to this hearing.

I'm glad to hear you say that your observation is that this Committee has a reputation of getting things done and avoiding some of the unnecessary steps that other bureaucracies do.

We are a farm State. We are a rural State, Oklahoma, and in Shattuck I can remember a guy, and, John, he had tears in his eyes, and he was talking about how his farm has been in their family for so many generations and all that, but they…

Either we make it so that companies and investors want to invest here and want to create jobs here, or we have failed.

I am glad that Obama is gone and the war on fossil fuels is officially over, I hope.

It is an immoral tax, we have already paid money on that, and all that.

Well, I am serious about that. He did it with the idea that this is better for the environment and all that, and I think, Mr. Lewis, if I judge from your statement, it sounds to me like Al Gore was wrong.

The mismanagement of the RFS has hurt every party involved.

I continue to oppose the RFS, which I have done since its creation in 2005.

I opposed both efforts. The world of liquid fuels has changed since then and we produce more oil here, import less and consume less gasoline and emit fewer emissions from oil-based fuels.

I have been with this issue probably longer than anyone at this table has, with the whole ethanol issue, and I remember when Al Gore invented it all.

I would like to state my support for Senate bill 1356, the Veterans Education Improvement Act of 2017.