National Review: The Corner: Inhofe's Perfect Score

Friday February 26, 2010

Jay - One of the things I like about Inhofe is his sense of humor. Sure, he's an "adamant denier," but he does it with a smile. The other side seems to grimace on, blogs against the current. Six years ago, when Inhofe was in Milan, green activists were so infuriated by his mere presence that they papered "Wanted" posters with his picture across the conference center, emblazoned with his famous quote about global warming: "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people." His quip: That was the "first time the environmentalists have ever quoted me accurately."

Just recently, in December, Inhofe led a "truth squad" at the Copenhagen climate summit. Mother Jones, for one, was not amused. Not that Inhofe cares. He who laughs best . . .

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Americans for Tax Reform: Senator Inhofe Urges EPA to Reconsider Endangerment Findings

Thursday February 25, 2010

Dear Senator Inhofe:

On behalf of Americans for Tax Reform, and millions of taxpayers, I would like to thank you for your report titled Consensus Exposed: The CRU controversy, which formally requested the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider its endangerment finding on the basis that they relied on the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, which have now been revealed to be full of faulty science.

Your response to the EPA's endangerment findings is wholly appropriate given the de-legitimization of the once esteemed University of East Anglia‘s Climatic Research Unit (CRU), and subsequently, the United Nation's IPCC reports, many of which were authored by CRU scientists or drew heavily from CRU findings.

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Grist: James Inhofe, Senate's top skeptic, explains his climate-hoax theory

Thursday February 25, 2010

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), one of the world's most vociferous climate skeptics, is practically giddy these days. He's argued since 2003 that global warming is a massive "hoax" being played on the American people, and now he believes he's got more backing than ever before for his claim, from "Climategate" emails to errors in the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to the recent blizzards in Washington, D.C. (He gleefully hyped an igloo built by his grandkids as "Al Gore's new home.")

Inhofe didn't get as much attention as he might have hoped for during his December visit to Copenhagen to denounce climate treaty negotiations, but he tried to reclaim the stage this week during a Senate hearing that addressed EPA's efforts to regulate greenhouse gases. He argued that "the science of the IPCC ... has been totally discredited" and unveiled an 84-page report titled ‘Consensus' Exposed: The CRU Controversy. "It's a report on the scandal that has become known as Climategate," he explained. "Many of [the world's leading climate] scientists have manipulated data to fit preconceived conclusions ... They cooked the science." Inhofe's report even suggested that some climate scientists "may have violated federal laws."

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ARTICLE AND INTERVIEW: Inhofe, Coburn explain split vote

Tulsa World and the Pat Campbell show

Thursday February 25, 2010

Posted by: David Lungren David_Lungren@epw.senate.gov

 In Case You Missed it . . .  

Tulsa World  

Inhofe, Coburn explain split vote

By: JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau

Thursday, February 25, 2010

2/25/2010

LISTEN: Sen. Inhofe on the Pat Campbell Show - Jobs Bill Vote

Link to Article

WASHINGTON - Oklahoma's two Republican U.S. senators split Wednesday on a jobs bill, and both used dramatic language to explain their votes.

Sen. Jim Inhofe voted for the bill, which passed the Senate by a vote of 70-28, while Sen. Tom Coburn voted against it.

"The real outrage is how long it took Congress to act,'' said Inhofe, who focused on transportation funds that have been provided by several stop-gap provisions.

"Oklahoma and states across the nation have been forced to pay a steep price, in many cases with significant jobs losses and canceled highway projects, because of the failure of Democrats and Republicans in Washington to come together sooner to get the job done.''

Citing a figure from the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Inhofe said the new bill, which extends the highway program until Dec. 31, will restore $15 million a month to the state.

"I have said repeatedly that transportation infrastructure is one of the best forms of stimulus spending that the government has at its disposal,'' he said, pointing to job creation and other economic benefits provided by road projects.

As the top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Inhofe is a major player on transportation issues.

His office also provided comments from Oklahoma Transportation Secretary Gary Ridley expressing support for the Senate-passed provisions.

"Today we have projects sitting in queue but can't move forward on them because of lack of funds,'' Ridley said. "This winter has been especially hard on our bridges. In fact, we have had to close a bridge (at 163rd East Avenue and I-44) in Tulsa because it was unsafe.''

He called a longer-term extension of road funds imperative and thanked Inhofe for his "tremendous leadership'' on the matter.

Coburn said Washington politicians proved that they cannot curb their spending addiction even after passing legislation requiring that all new spending be offset.

"This bill is designed to preserve the jobs of members of Congress, not to help out-of-work Americans,'' he said. "These kinds of budget gimmicks would send any businessman to prison, but in Washington it is common practice to hide the true costs from taxpayers.''

A similar point had been made earlier in the day by Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., the ranking member on the Senate Budget Committee, who described the accounting used on the road funds as the kind of sleight of hand that sends people to jail.

That triggered an unusually sharp comment from Inhofe, who pointed out his own conservative credentials and asked Gregg where his concern was when Congress voted for the $700 billion financial bailout.

The other major provision of the bill would provide tax incentives for businesses to hire the unemployed.

The bill now goes back to the House for further action.

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Inhofe Op-Ed: Punitive taxes would cost jobs, hitting economy (The Hill)

Thursday February 25, 2010

The surest way to rejuvenate our ailing economy, create American jobs, and strengthen our energy security is through an "all-of-the-above" energy policy that encourages production of our vast domestic resources. We can and should utilize all of the energy available to us, including natural gas, oil, coal, and nuclear - along with emerging alternative energy sources like wind, biofuels, geothermal, and solar. A new non-partisan government report shows that America is an energy-rich nation. The Congressional Research Service found that America's combined supply of recoverable natural gas, oil, and coal is the largest on Earth. In fact, the CRS reports that America's recoverable resources are far larger than those of Saudi Arabia (3rd), China (4th), and Canada (6th) combined - and that's without including America's immense oil shale and methane hydrates deposits. Additionally, just-released Department of Energy statistics show that the United States has eclipsed Russia as the world's largest producer of natural gas.

To the detriment our energy security and the economy, the Obama administration - through, in some cases, explicit regulations and purposeful inaction - is keeping much of our abundant energy supply off-limits. As with most of my colleagues, I appreciated President Barack Obama's support for nuclear energy and natural gas during his State of the Union address last month. But the release of the Obama budget just one week later told a much different story, especially when it comes to natural gas.

The Obama administration's 2011 budget - once again - proposes a crippling tax increase on America's homegrown natural gas and oil industry - specifically, $36.5 billion of new taxes, which would be paid by consumers in the form of higher heating bills and higher prices at the gas pump. (It's worth noting the stubbornness of this administration: This tax comes after Congress rejected Obama's $31 billion energy tax increase in last year's budget.)

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Lou Dobbs: Inhofe Deserves a Great Deal of Applause and Respect and Has Been Vindicated On Global Warming.

Wednesday February 24, 2010

Posted by: David Lungren David_Lungren@epw.senate.gov

 

 

The Lou Dobbs Radio Show - February 24, 2010

Lou Dobbs: The timing is good.  And I'm going to say this, because one of the things I don't think happens often enough in our society - in part because it doesn't happen so often that we have public figures who stand up, who put their, you know, set their feet squarely forward, and say, "This is nonsense.  We have to be fact-based, we have to be rational.  And this nonsense has to end."  James Inhofe has been such a man over the past 6-7 years.  He sometimes stood absolutely alone, and was demonized, vilified, ridiculed by the national media.  He stands now, in 2010, as a man utterly vindicated, and for whom I think everybody needs to, you know, extend a round of applause.  Senator Inhofe, thank you very much for being with us today. 

Senator Inhofe: Thank you so much.

Lou Dobbs: You got it.  You take care.  Now, you know, it's funny.  The national media doesn't like to give credit where credit is due, because of the politics they can't, the bias.  But, I mean really, this man at many junctures was absolutely singular, he was absolutely alone in resisting a wave of popular faddism, which was climate change and global warming.  So, I sincerely mean that.  He deserves a great deal of both applause and respect for what he has done.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Oklahoman: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe challenges EPA's climate change policies

Wednesday February 24, 2010

WASHINGTON - Sen. Jim Inhofe on Tuesday continued to try to discredit a major climate change report, as a hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency's budget became a partisan debate on policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Inhofe, R-Tulsa, told EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson that her agency's steps to limit greenhouse gases were based on a report by an international climate change panel that made major errors and was driven by politics.
But Democrats said Republicans were the ones driven by politics and were doing the bidding of the energy industry in trying to cast doubt on climate changes that had been confirmed by numerous scientific bodies.

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