Inhofe Opening Statement at EPW Hearing on NRC’s Implementation of Fukishima Recommendations
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a full committee hearing entitled, “NRC’s Implementation of the Fukushima Near-Term Task Force Recommendations and other Actions to Enhance and Maintain Nuclear Safety.” Read More
Inhofe Statement on President’s $3 Billion Climate Change Pledge
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released the following statement in response to President Obama pledging $3 billion to the United Nations' (U.N.) Green Climate Fund: Read More
Inhofe Opening Statement at EPW Nomination Hearing for Virginia Lodge, Ronald Walter
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today submitted for the record the following statement for a full EPW committee hearing to consider the nominations of Virginia T. Lodge and Ronald A. Walter to be Members of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority: Read More
Inhofe: U.S.-China Climate Deal a Non-Binding Charade
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement today about the announced deal between the United States and China to address climate change: Read More
Inhofe Statement on IPCC Synthesis Report
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today made the following statement in response to the release of the International Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Synthesis Report: Read More
Inhofe travels to support allies in Lithuania, Ukraine, Jordan
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today returned from a national security trip to Eastern Europe and the Middle East where he met with leaders of Lithuania, Ukraine and Jordan. Read More
Inhofe Urges EPA to Abandon New Refinery Requirements
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, sent a letter Tuesday to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy urging the EPA to withdraw its proposed new control requirements for petroleum refineries. In the letter, Inhofe highlights that the new requirements are not justified by a sound risk assessment; do not provide meaningful benefits to human health or the environment; and fail to comply with EPA’s mandate under Section 321(a) of the Clean Air Act, which requires a continuous evaluation of the regulations' impact to employment in the United States. Read More
Inhofe Praises EPW Republican Report on Hydraulic Fracturing
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, praised the EPW Committee Republicans’ report released today titled, “Setting the Record Straight: Hydraulic Fracturing and America’s Energy Revolution.” Read More
Inhofe Raises Concerns Over Duplicative EPA OIG Report
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, Thursday sent a letter to Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) again inquiring into the OIG's duplicative report on the effectiveness of states’ hydraulic fracturing regulations. Read More
Inhofe Opening Statement at EPW Hearing to Consider Nominations to NRC
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) committee, today delivered the following opening statement at an EPW hearing to consider the nominations of Mr. Jeffery M. Baran and Mr. Stephen G. Burns to be Members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Read More