Jim Inhofe

I used to say it and it really surprised them, that Barbara Boxer and I are good friends.

Where environment is concerned it's hard to know where domestic policy ends and where foreign policy begins.

I was very relieved when the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay on October 9, 2015, that prevented this rule from going into effect.

I believe he achieved what he wanted, and that is this government that was anti-Russian... has turned its head away.

Russia presents the greatest threat to our national security.

I think that's very significant, and I would look for him to stop the lull and get back in.

If the Senator will yield, I would observe the number of people who said--when the bill first started out, there was a lot of opposition. There was opposition in our committee. I think a lot of the people on the committee were surprised…

I consider this irresponsible.

I have asked for a list of all ongoing research projects.

The NRC owes it to the citizens of California and to the Nation to make safety the highest priority.

I believe it is time for oversight to take place.

There should be cuts in the budget commensurate with this lighter workload.

Thank you, Senator Boxer.

I believe this shows the NRC's bureaucracy has grown beyond the size needed to accomplish its mission.

How do you develop a budget and meet your responsibility to be good stewards of taxpayer dollar?

I want our nuclear plants to be safe, and they are safe.

I would like to ask for a copy of the analysis by your economists and the technical experts you used, who advised you.

The overregulation by the EPA... is the No. 1 concern of all the problems we are having.

To either imply or portray that the United States Army Corps of Engineers is a co-sponsor, co-author, or contributor to these documents is simply untrue.

This is not one of those examples of, hey, on the one hand, on the other hand.

As a result, the Corps' review could not find a justifiable basis in the analysis for many of the documents' conclusions.

To me, this is further confirmation that the EPA is truly an agency that is out of control.

I would hope that all members of this subcommittee agree that when agencies make claims about a rulemaking record that are flatly contradicted by senior staff within an agency, that is a cause for concern.

According to the one court that has looked at the merits of this rule, EPA and the Army simply made up new tests for expanding Federal control over land and water without any support in the record.

We recognize that the EPA may have been in the driver's seat in developing the legally questionable WOTUS rule, but Assistant Secretary Darcy signed the rule, along with Administrator McCarthy.