Jim Inhofe

It took me about a year and the Obama administration to realize that there is more and more and more coming, more damage that is coming.

These rules are truly the poster child for what is wrong with "sue-and-settle" tactics under the Obama administration.

Yes, I understand that.

I get the impression that the EPA does not really care about that because the damage is already done.

While I would normally be coming down at this time to talk about the Transportation reauthorization bill, which is one of the most significant bills we will be considering--there are problems right now in getting it done before the House…

But I still think that can be done. There is this urgency. We have worked long and hard. People say they haven't had time to get into this thing. We passed our bill. They have had 5 or 6 weeks to absorb this. And this argument that we have…

Reclaiming my time, I don't know what they would do, how long they would stay. If we don't finish it until they already are gone, then we know that.

Is the Senator aware that around the same time that happened, in my State of Oklahoma, we were in the process of the last long-term bill in 2005. A mother with three children was driving below a bridge in Oklahoma City. Some concrete…

Would the Senator join me in reaching out to try to see if we can get unanimous consent to go ahead and move forward? I know what we are doing is more significant than other things that are going on. If they don't like the bill for some…

I appreciate that. The only other question I have is the second part that I will ask. There is time to do this. I am going to personally make every effort--and I think Senator Boxer shares my anxiety over getting this bill into a position…

It is incomprehensible that we didn't have full access to that, and I think most of the people agree with that.

President Obama promised that his nuclear deal with Iran would not be based on trust, but rather unprecedented verification.

If the Senator from California will yield, let me make one statement, and then I will be coming back later to talk about some of these amendments that will be coming up. One issue we need to clarify with our people on our side is that the…

OK, it was my understanding that was the case. I have checked with the leaders of the banking committee, and I think they are anticipating that could happen. So I appreciate it, and I just wanted that clarification as to where that problem…

I have been listening. I say to my good friend that I am concerned about that. As the Senator from Michigan knows, there are several titles in this bill. I chair the Environment and Public Works Committee, which is about 90 percent of the…

The CSB has been criticized for advocating for things like inherently safer chemicals in the European safety case standard instead of investigating the causes of accidents and making recommendations based on the evidence.

Thank you, Dr. Kulinowski.

Thank you, Mr. Nadeau, for an excellent statement.

By the admission of President Obama's first director, Lisa Jackson, of the EPA, when asked the question when she was sitting at the table right where you are sitting today, if we were to pass some type of a cap and trade legislation…

That is not exactly true, because that was on a majority, a vote on a motion to proceed.

There is going to be a big accountability moment in November 2016, when the Republican party has to take what is presently its theory about carbon change.

I said no, what they are telling you isn't true. We are not going to be passing cap and trade as they told you.

I do think that Citizens United has had a really, really unfortunate effect on this conversation.

The next President could revoke an executive agreement with Iran 'with the stroke of a pen,' and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time.

I have stood on the floor. I was down there during the time that right after Tom Steyer put in his $75 million to elect people that wanted to revive the old global warming argument.