Jim Inhofe

With all of the hysteria, all of the fear, all of the phony science, could it be that man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people? It sure sounds like it.

My focus is on issues where I can make a difference to stop the liberal agenda being pushed by President Obama.

When I was in the Army, 100 percent of our effort was to really be sharp, and soldiers, we were under live fire all the time.

I just want to get back to the point where America has the best of everything.

Drive around through the state of Oklahoma, and you find some areas that really need to be improved.

A lot of times, politicians will go to where their strongest force is and do things for them, and that's the type of thing they do that I find offensive.

I'm of the school that you've got to show a distinction between Democrats and Republicans. And in order to have the base energized, you've got to show that the party stands for something.

I'd have a hard time supporting Chris Christie.

As a country, we have confronted and controlled the most common sources of ozone precursors, and our options are few and far between to handle what remains, which is mostly naturally occurring ozone and ozone transported from other countries such as Mexico.

In order to build anything from factories to schools to hospitals, one must jump through a series of regulatory hoops, giving EPA veto power over any major projects.

When I was mayor of Tulsa, Tulsa County was in nonattainment of the 1979 ozone NAAQS, so I have seen firsthand the economic impacts associated with the challenges of attainment and the legacy of EPA intervention that continues long after meeting the standard.

You can go ahead and break a law, and you can come to a sanctuary city, and they wouldn't enforce the laws.

There are a lot of problems in this country having to do with permissiveness.

Nothing could move me away from my admiration of Jeff Sessions.

Is global warming causing more extreme weather events of greater intensity, and is it causing sea levels to rise? The answer to both is an emphatic 'no.'

Numerous studies have shown that global warming can actually be beneficial to mankind.

I take my religion seriously.

God is still up there. The arrogance of people to think that we, human beings, would be able to change what He is doing in the climate, to me, is outrageous.

Whenever the media asked me how much I have received in campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry, my unapologetic answer was, 'Not enough.'

Kevin Durant would be welcome back in Oklahoma any time he's willing to come, and I want to be the first one he calls. He took care of the victims of our tornadoes. He took care of families. Took care of little kids. So, he has a heart, and he's not a bad ballplayer.

The hoax is that there are some people who are so arrogant to think that they are so powerful, they can change climate. Man can't change climate.

A lot of people didn't like John McCain.

If they're in cell block 1A or 1B, these prisoners - they're murderers, they're terrorists, they're insurgents. Many of them probably have American blood on their hands. And here we're so concerned about the treatment of those individuals.

I do not think our priorities are misplaced when we are looking at creating a whole new class of children from these gay marriages who could end up completely dependent on the State, on the taxpayers - the American people.

As we continue to make great progress in the war on terror, now more than ever, it is important that members of the international community stand-by and bolster the efforts of the emerging diplomatic leaders in Iraq and Afghanistan.