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Morning Consult
April 27, 2018
Lawmakers such as Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma have now called for an investigation of Pruitt's actions, and House Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) has requested from Pruitt all ... who is running for the Senate seat held by Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), alluded to the severity of the ethics allegationsÃâà...
E&E News
April 27, 2018
To some, Pruitt's demeanor threatened to exacerbate tensions with the White House, where distrust is already significant. Some within the administration are privately discussing whether Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist and staffer for Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) whom the Senate confirmed this monthÃâà...
AviationPros.com
April 26, 2018
To help the U. S. aviation industry close its skills gap and avoid the catastrophic job shortage that was recently forecasted by Boeing, a new job creation bill has been sponsored through bipartisan Senate support. Earlier this year, U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)Ãâà...
HuffPost
April 20, 2018
“Perhaps the cry of a baby will shock the Senate at times into speaking out and even crying out on the issues that confront our nation and the world,” he said. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) quipped back that: “They don't use diaper bags anymore. They're disposable diapers. I know because I've got 20 kids andÃâà...
Washington Examiner
April 9, 2018
Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., is asking the Army to consider assigning a special brigade of about 500 soldiers to Africa to help advise and assist local forces there. The proposal by Inhofe, a senior Senate Armed Services Committee member, would put one of the service's newly created units designed for suchÃâà...
KOKI FOX 23
April 5, 2018
TULSA, Okla. - Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe voiced his support for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt. Pruitt, the former Oklahoma Attorney General has been facing criticism lately related to multiple issues. The White House, congressional oversight committees and theÃâà...
The Hill
March 27, 2018
“We don't have any defense that could deny the employment of such a weapon against us, so our response would be our deterrent force, which would be the triad and the nuclear capabilities that we have to respond to such a threat,” Hyten told the Senate Armed Services Committee. To bolster missileÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
March 27, 2018
“Right now, we're helpless,” Republican Senator James Inhofe, a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was quoted by The Hill as saying in advocating for more funding for hypersonic missiles. The talk on Capitol Hill comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted that RussiaÃâà...
Washington Examiner
March 27, 2018
Sen. James Inhofe said he will introduce legislation aimed at preventing illegal immigrants who make it over the U.S. border from disappearing into the ... The senator said facility officials could not provide information about the immigrants it releases when new immigrants are delivered to the center and theÃâà...
Washington Examiner
March 26, 2018
Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., a senior Senate Armed Services member, and John Cornyn, R-Texas, the majority whip, wrote in a Monday letter to Trump. Taiwan has publicly expressed interest in acquiring the F-35, which is widely considered the most advanced fighter in the world, and the senators wrote thatÃâà...
Voice of America
March 24, 2018
McCain, who has represented Arizona in the Senate since 1987, has been absent since December while receiving treatment for brain cancer. ... Oklahoma Republican James Inhofe has led the Armed Services Committee in McCain's absence and is the first to acknowledge he has big shoes to fill, takingÃâà...
Tulsa World
March 24, 2018
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe says he doesn't like the $1.3 trillion omnibus appropriations bill passed by the House and Senate over the past few days, but he voted for it because it included a big boost in ... "In this very dangerous time, we've got to rebuild," Inhofe said Thursday afternoon prior to the Senate's vote.
Dover Post
March 24, 2018
A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Sens. Tom Carper, D-Delaware; Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma; Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts; Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota; Cory Booker, D-New Jersey; and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, led a successful effort to include the Brownfields Utilization, Investment andÃâà...
CNBC
March 22, 2018
John Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. This means that, as of now, the U.S. has to rely on ... Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., then asked the general to explain what a hypersonic weapon is and what it does. "A hypersonic threat is a system thatÃâà...
The Hill
March 22, 2018
Y.) on Tuesday, the House lawmakers urged the Senate to confirm Bridenstine "swiftly." "With many milestones fast approaching, NASA must have a presidentially appointed and Senate confirmed leader in place," the letter read. Trump nominated Bridenstine to lead the agency in September, but theÃâà...
GovExec.com
March 22, 2018
Some Republican senators expressed support for the new weapons. Sen. Jim Inhofe, the Oklahoma Republican chairing the committee in Sen. John McCain's absence, spent time drawing out the Pentagon's rationale and downplayed the divergence between the parties as “a little difference of opinion.”.
Defense One
March 20, 2018
Some Republican senators expressed support for the new weapons. Sen. Jim Inhofe, the Oklahoma Republican chairing the committee in Sen. John McCain's absence, spent time drawing out the Pentagon's rationale and downplayed the divergence between the parties as “a little difference of opinion.”.
KUOW News and Information
March 17, 2018
A longtime aide to Sen. James Inhofe, known for his climate-denying antics on the floor of the Senate, Wheeler worked on environmental legislation for more than 15 years in various roles on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. He helped to defeat a 2008 climate bill before leaving toÃâà...
NonDoc
March 16, 2018
Amid all the noise, bickering and partisanship in Washington, D.C., something simple – and yet remarkable – just took place in the U.S. Senate. ... and this is one in which Oklahoma's senators, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), worked hard behind the scenes to make it happen.
Military Times
March 14, 2018
Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the issue may be worth revisiting in the near future, given the ... Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., and committee's No. 2 Republican, put it more bluntly: “It's about perceived colonialism.” He said worries about U.S. forcesÃâà...
Norman Transcript
March 11, 2018
Though far from defined, Sen. Jim Inhofe, as the chair of Transportation Subcommittee, will have a large hand in drafting infrastructure legislation. He said the plan will target road and ... “I feel like we have some strong support with our congressional delegation,” she said. “I really do. Even though I mayÃâà...
Truth-Out
March 10, 2018
Joining him in that vote favoring torture were today's right-wing all-Ssars: Jeff Cornyn, Ted Stevens, Jim Inhofe, Pat Roberts and then-Senator Jeff Sessions. In 2009, Cochran voted against the Affordable Care Act, and just last year signed a letter urging President Trump to abandon the Paris Agreement,Ãâà...
kfor.com
March 9, 2018
But lawmakers are still looking for more change. U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe and James Lankford introduced a new bill to improve care available at VA hospitals around the country. On Friday morning, U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe, as well as Congressman Markwayne Mullin, sat down with two of Oklahoma's VAÃâà...
AOPA Pilot
March 8, 2018
Sen. Inhofe spoke about the importance of recruiting the next generation of America's workforce, saying, “Our aviation industry needs skilled workers and the aviation maintenance industry provides high-paying, high-skilled jobs across the country. Aviation is an economic multiplier, connecting localÃâà...
RealClearPolitics
March 8, 2018
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) appeared on Maria Bartiromo's FOX Business Network show to discuss Gary Cohn, tariffs, President Trump's way of negotiating, and North Korea. Inhofe said he doesn't really care that Cohn is gone because "he didn't like me anyway." He added that Cohn's departure is anÃâà...
DefenseNews.com
March 3, 2018
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., recently wrote to Mattis to request specifics on the DoD's ongoing consolidated audit process. Enzi expressed concern after the DoD Office of the Inspector General found numerous problems in the Defense Logistic Agency's financial statements,Ãâà...
Land Line Magazine
February 28, 2018
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, recently suggested that an infrastructure bill may not pass this year. ... Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., provided Land Line with the following statement: “Any time you work on a big, bipartisan bill it will be challenging, but you can't write it off because of that.
Southernminn.com
February 28, 2018
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, led a delegation of House and Senate members to South Korea and Japan. The delegation included Sen. Joni Ernst and Sen. Dan Sullivan of the Senate Armed Services Committee andÃâà...
Washington Examiner
February 27, 2018
Sen. Jim Inhofe is one of the Senate's stalwart conservatives and senior-most defense voices, whether he is pushing back against climate change fears or slamming Democrats for hurting the military by triggering a government shutdown last month. Inhofe sits on the Senate Armed Services CommitteeÃâà...
Washington Examiner
February 26, 2018
Sen. Jim Inhofe is one of the Senate's stalwart conservatives and senior-most defense voices, whether he is pushing back against climate change fears or slamming Democrats for hurting the military by triggering a government shutdown last month. Inhofe sits on the Senate Armed Services CommitteeÃâà...
Mother Jones
February 26, 2018
But in the annals of science, let's not forget it also gave us the snowball on the floor of the Senate. On this day, three years ago, Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), chair of the Senate ... 26, 2015, WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT JIM INHOFE'S SNOWBALL ON THE SENATE FLOOR. pic.twitter.com/2DItVa2fgy.
Taiwan News
February 21, 2018
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A delegation from the U.S. Senate and House Committee on Armed Services visited Taiwan on February 20. ... discussion of a new round of American armaments and military equipment sales to Taiwan, the delegation, led by Republican Senator James Inhofe, made no mention ofÃâà...
DefenseNews.com
February 7, 2018
Lawmakers have reached a two-year deal that would set defense spending at $700 billion for 2018 and $716 billion for 2019. (Sgt. Aaron Ellerman/Army). WASHINGTON — Senate leaders have reached a two-year deal that would set defense spending at $700 billion for 2018 and $716 billion for 2019.
Federal Times
February 5, 2018
“The bill I'm introducing with Senator McCain today doesn't solve every immigration issue, but it does address the two most pressing problems we face: protecting ... Sen. Jim Inhofe may be the one running the Senate Armed Services Committee's hearings and answering reporters' questions. But he insistsÃâà...
Politico
December 31, 1999
Three other Republicans, including staunch Pruitt ally Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), told POLITICO on Monday that they would also support hearings by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to look into the former Oklahoma attorney general's actions. Their words came as Pruitt, who hasÃâà...
Science Magazine
December 31, 1999
The move places pressure on President Donald Trump's administration and the Senate to secure long-term leadership for the agency. Last September, the ... This is the real reason for Rubio's blockade, according to Senator Jim Inhofe (R–OK), who spoke to The Oklahoman for an article published today.
DefenseNews.com
December 31, 1999
The letter, to the lead Senate appropriators for defense, Sens. Thad Cochran, R-Miss, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., was led by Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support Chairman Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., and Ranking Member Tim Kaine, D-Va., as well as members Mike RoundsÃâà...
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