Jim Inhofe

Science continues to evolve constantly.

I would say this, I don't think that he has actually heard a response.

The President has a right to nominate people who support his agenda, but the Senate has a right and responsibility to review his nominees to make sure they are qualified and responsible professionals.

I would really like to see the legal opinion on the EPA's authority to regulate emissions from airplanes.

I am hoping you would try to put something in place to preclude that from happening again.

Are you going to respond to our requests directly to us, not filtering it through the Administration?

I would suggest to you no one disagrees climate is changing. That is not the issue.

I don't think that is clear to the Administration.

I would only respond the same as I did to the last one, that the EPA could vacate the bill by making a spurious decision and I would oppose this amendment.

If you talk to any of the farmers or ranchers in Oklahoma and you will find they look to us, not the unelected bureaucrats, for the interpretations.

With Congress suggesting that we could allow a Federal bureaucracy or an administrator to make a determination as to our intent and then to overturn a law passed by this Congress goes to the very heart of what is wrong with Washington, DC…

Thank you, Senator Markey.

I urge an aye vote. I want to have a roll call on this.

I believe that would render S. 1140 ineffective, in my opinion.

I know what it is like to receive the edicts that come from Washington.

I hope you will agree that this bipartisan bill is a reasonable way forward to prioritize smog in the most polluted areas while not imposing undue costs on the American economy and work force.

In Oklahoma, we are doing it right too, because all 77 of our counties... are all in compliance now.

I would ask unanimous consent that letters from two Democratic Governors, of Virginia and Kentucky, be made a part of the record.

Do you think with the new standards, there would be a disruption of Federal funds, significant cost increases, and new prohibitions on much needed capacity projects?

My observation was that at that time he will be 110 years old, so it is pretty easy to make those commitments.

I want to thank you for the opportunity to come before this committee and introduce the CASE Act today.

I have always stood in favor of clean air--I was an original cosponsor of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments and Clear Skies--but this proposal, like many of the EPA's recent proposals, will have negligible environmental benefits, is based…

I have always stood in favor of clean air. I was an original co-sponsor of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments and Clear Skies, but this proposal, like many of the EPA's recent proposals, will have negligible environmental benefits.

I would say no and even Steve Beshear, the Democrat Governor of Kentucky, agrees.

A new standard at this time is not only irresponsible, but also impractical and economically destructive.