Jim Inhofe

“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.”

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

“A lot of people didn't like John McCain.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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'd have a hard time supporting Chris Christie.”

“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.'”

“I'm really proud to say that in the recorded history of our family, we've never had a divorce or any kind of homosexual relationship.”

“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.”

“People are, well, only human. We know that. The rule of law is borne out in identifying, condemning, and punishing those who violate the standards on which we all agree. This is exactly what we do in America.”

“Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science.”

“A country's adhering to the rule of law does not mean that its citizens will not do bad things.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”