Well, what I'm saying is I've been the ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Jim Inhofe
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James Mountain Inhofe is a former United States Senator from Oklahoma, serving from 1994 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Inhofe is known for his strong conservative views, particularly on issues related to national defense and environmental policy. He gained notoriety for his skepticism regarding climate change, famously calling it a hoax. Throughout his tenure, he held significant positions, including Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
Litigation is a real problem, particularly when you have a project like you were describing, where stakeholders get involved, they are at the table helping develop the project, and then an outside group comes in at the very end and undoes…
I was the author. In fact, all nine members of this committee, who are also on Environment and Public Works, supported it.
And I think we successfully did this in some of our, in our FAST Act, the previous transportation bill prior to that, and we got some things done that otherwise we would not have gotten done. It was a joint effort, very bipartisan effort…
Last week I introduced a bill that pertains to the FERC permitting, providing for all Federal, State, and local regulatory agencies to come to the table early to coordinate their participation.
In taking the action, I believe the Commission is moving to regulate what the EPA is better equipped to review.
Well, that is good. Well, Mr. Elliott, I wish I were younger, again, but not necessarily to start a new career all over again.
That was considered to be the first major environmental achievement in the last decade.
But not only do the small business owners suffer from the natural disasters to rebuild and all of that...
the FTC has sought significant civil penalties, even when violations are unintentional and injury to the consumers is minimal or non-existing.





