the reason we have an africom military focus in that area is because of jim inhofe. e relationships that he built across the years there that brought down violence in africa, because when violence began to erupt in some countries, jim would get on a plane and would fly and would get the two leaders that were in conflict because he knew them both, together, and say we're going to pray together and we're going to resolve this right now. and he did. and while most of the world doesn't know what jim inhofe did in africa, he will be long remembered for his faith, his love for his family, and for what he did over and over again for the people of oklahoma and for africa. he was the longest-serving senator for the state of oklahoma. and he will be long remembered and appreciated in my great state. he will be appreciated by many of the staff members that worked alongside of him. i can assure you of that. he had 34 staff members that worked for him more than 10 years. for anyone that's in this body, we know how rare that is, because staff members tend to come and go. but for ji

president, jim inhofe is always ready to give that defense. jim is a man who pays lip service to his faith. he models it and he lives it. in word and deed he is a great ambassador for his savior. and i will miss his presentation and his witness. mr. president, while i will miss jim being in the senate, i'm glad that he and his beloved wife, kay, will now have more time to spend together with their children and grandchildren. and i wish him the very best of retirements. he has more than earned some time off. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. carper: mr. president, before the -- the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. carper: the bible study he's referenced is one that he and i and a handful of other democrats and republicans join in every thursday when we're in session with barry black, the chaplain of the senate. and it's been hosted literally in the hideaway of jim inhofe. so it's a home game for him but it's a home game for democrats. republicans, just to share some time together in prayer and faith and really some of the ch

jim inhofe is great. you hear that, jim? you know that story. so -- here's what happened. boeing says no way. the next week they said how about $5 million. i said no way. the next week they said $4.8. i said no, it has to have a 3 on the front of you. don't you understand you dumb son of a bitch? don't you understand? i turned out to be right, you know. turned out to be right. nobody gets that. no, got to have a 3. next day, they come back. 4.5 is our best offer. no, i'm not doing it. come back he were ready. a month goes by, another month, they never heard from me. they thought it was serious. i was. they came back at $4 billion. that's a lot of money, but i saved $1.6 billion, $1.7 billion. when i get foreign nations to pay us billions and billions of dollars. no one wants to talk about that. when i take soldiers out of the countries because they are not treating us properly. germany is an example. i have a german heritage like some of you. i said let's get it down from 50,000 to 25,000 because they are delinquent. they haven't been paying what they are supposed to be pa

we'll send jim inhofe back, and all of them. they have been fighting for us and they have been fighting for you. they are incredible, talented tough, strong people. and they love your state a lot. so thank you very much. so we built the greatest single economy in the world. and then we say not only the world, but actually in the history of the world they may never even challenge you. we did it. we had the best numbers anybody has ever had. african-american, hispanic american, the best employment numbers in history. the best stock market numbers in history. we were the envy of the world. everybody would come in to see me, presidents, prime ministers, kings, queens, dictators. the dictators would come and say congratulations on the economy. then the plague came in. and what we are doing we are doing it fast. we are doing record business. it's happening at a level and speed that nobody can believe. two week ago job numbers came in. the single biggest number in the history of our country. last week -- last week retail sales numbers

so i want to thank the armed services committee chairman jim inhofe for bringing the use it act one step closer to becoming law. mr. president, for the past four years congress has been able to pass the ndaa with strong top-line defense funding. the bipartisan budget act sets overtall defense funding -- overall defense funding levels for fiscal year 2021. longer-term funding is necessary, but it's uncertain. democrats have proposed stronger defense funding in the past -- they have opposed stronger defense funding in the past especially during the obama-biden administration. this history suggests that if democrats win the election, they will slow our nation's critical defense investments. the ndaa strengthens america's hand to stand up to foreign aggressors, to stand up against those people who are against american values. our ndaa will protect american

>>and get serious and oklahoma republican jim inhofe says congress should work to stop migrants from coming into the us in the first place we don't have the. >>the resources to take care of unlimited people in the country president trump extended an olive branch over the weekend he tweeted that he's willing to meet with democrats to discuss what they witnessed at the border. >>in washington, i'm anna warning keep. >>9.11 survivors are one step closer to securing their compensation for decades to come. the us senate passed a bill today extending their compensation claims fund. the bill cleared the house earlier this month and president trump is expected to sign it. the move will extend the fund that's compensating first responders and others who were injured. during the 2001 terrorist attacks and their aftermath rescuing people in removing debris under hazardous conditions. the original fund was running out of money. it was set to expire in december next year. now the final cover costs without any financial limits. its case suspected cost about $10 billion over the next decade.

senator jim inhofe. he was an extraordinary gentleman. and you can't say gentleman enough when it came to jim inhofe. if he was a man of -- he was a man of humility, of decency and of kindness. and he took everyone he met with those qualities. he was also a man of deep principle. but what made him a great senator, in fact, one of the best that that has served in this body, is that he was always looking for principled compromise. he was always trying to reach across the aisle and and see if he could, working with others, find a way forward that would be better for the country. so i was terribly saddened yesterday when i learned of jim's passing. he was a leader, he was a gentleman, he was all that we expect a senator to be and much more. for three decades he served on the armed services committee in both and house and the senate. i had the privilege to serve with him as a member of the senate armed services committee. we were in turn both chairman and ranking members, both the senior republican and the senior democrat on the committee for

president, i extend my condolences to jim inhofe, the senior senator from oklahoma, and his wife kay on the loss of their son perry. the entire senate family was saddened to hear of dr. inhofe's death. he was a young man, 52 years of age, dmil killed in a plane crah early sunday. flying airplanes is in the blood of jim inhofe and his family. i really care a lot about jim inhofe. he and i are unquestionably friends. we may not agree on all political issues, but we agree that we're friends. i have had the good fortune of working to get to know this good man. i've helped him when i could. he's helped me when he can. and we put all of the disagreements to one side and look at each other for what we are outside of of our politics. i have confidence that he's going to do well. he is a man of great faith, and i feel comfortable that he will be able to work his way through this. madam president, my heart also goes out to the residents of the philippines who are drastically affected by this terrible, terrible storm that hit one of their -- one or two or three of their islands over the weekend.

last month oklahoma senator jim inhofe faced an unspeakable tragedy. s son perry, 52 years old, died in a plane crash. senator inhofe hasn't spoken publicly about it until now. as he prepares to gather with family for the holidays, he wanted to share his story. for senator jim inhofe, politics is his life. but flying is his passion. he got his pilot license as a young man, and around oklahoma, he is known to fly himself to campaign events. that skill, he says, got him into the u.s. senate. >> back in 1994, i was running in a race that i was 32 points behind, but i was everywhere. i would get into one of my planes and i could be from the panhandle down to southeastern oklahoma in a matter of two hours, and it took my opponent about seven hours to do the same thing. >> reporter: a love passed down to his two sons, perry and jimmy who, every year, made the trip with their father to the famed oshkosh air show. but last month, a family tradition turned tragic. perry inhofe crashed while flying a twin engine plane outside tulsa. he was one day short of his 52

jim inhofe, you better vote for him. he's great.] but we will get to him and james lankford in a second. two great senators. you have great senators. we passed v.a. choice. they haveand years, wanted to do it for almost 50 years, we got it done, we get a lot of things done. if you are a veteran and you have to wait in line for one week, two weeks, three weeks, five weeks, seven weeks, two months, what happens is you go outside, you get a private doctor, you get fixed up, and they pay your bill. we take care of the bill. you get immediate service. it has never happened before. 91%.pproval rating is now that's how good it is. never been anywhere near that number. v.a. accountability. we had a lot of bad people in the v.a., people that didn't love our vets. sadistic.t were stoo a lot of bad people. you couldn't get rid of them, because they were -- let's say it could be unions, it could be civil service. so you couldn't get it done. for decades, they wanted to get it changed. i got it done with those people and your congressman, who i

anyone who knew jim inhofe knew that he was a dedicated christian. inhofe was a man of great faith with, in particular, a heart for sub i-saharan africa. he visited there countless times, encouraged numerous, probably hundreds of his fellow senators and representatives to accompany him to visit some of the most challenged countries in sub-saharan africa. he hosted countless prayer breakfasts there. he got to know the leaders in those countries and their families by name. he was a remarkable christian friend to those in africa. jim inhofe was an accomplished pilot. he flew solo around the world at age 56. as a member of congress, he was known as a straight shooter who was not afraid to challenge the conventional wisdom, as he did so on numerous occasions. jim and his wife kay were married for 64 years. together they had four children and 12 grandchildren, one of whom they found and adopted and rescued during a trip to africa. i would mention that kay inhofe has been a special friend and advisor to my wife gail for these decades. again, i'm informed th

a senator named jim inhofe known for his interest in african affairs. on. the model on on what i did you know paula it's what you might think you fight. inhofe was one of the stars of the coney 2012 video. with all the problems that are out there no one is more severe than one in the middle age and takes their lives a little bit. assistant on to this senator jim inhofe from oklahoma must be pretty close to the ngo because in one of the other videos we have we see him taking part in one of the n.g.o.s protests. areas. his interest in uganda goes back many years. in this press release from 2006 he was already raising the alarm about what he called northern uganda is terrorist group the l r a. when i go he says i'm doing my jesus thing when he goes and meets with foreign leaders he says i'm a u.s. senator i'm a conduit to u.s. power and money if you want to get there you go through me and you go to jesus. the senator will not answer our questions what's clear is that for decades a radical fellowship has been pulling strings behind the scenes to get uganda to a

before i recognize i want to go back to jim inhofe. for those who will remember he was a climate change denier. on those memorable things he did enough it was springtime or big snowfall he went and gathered snow in front of the u.s. capitol and made snowballs. brought them into the chamber and said for those who don't think climate change is real look at all the snowballs. he ended up initially to be the cochair and co- sponsor for that diesel emission reduction act which is done a whole lot to reduce diesel admissions and help us with the battle on climate change so god bless jim inhofe thank you. chris, welcome. i think if i am not mistaken previously a member a valued member of this committee. we are grateful you can join us this morning. you are not recognized, go ahead please be at some point in time may be right after senator ben holland i need to run over to the homeland security committee having a hearing on permitting which my colleagues know it's a big deal for all of us. i have to slip out of part of that. >> when you step o

a senator named jim inhofe known for his interest in african affairs. on. the lot of us on all of that and he had a problem with it is what you might think you feel i. didn't hoff was one of the stars of the coney 2012 video. all the problems that are out there no one is more severe than when the mutilation takes the lives of the little kids. a scintilla this senator jim inhofe from oklahoma must be pretty close to the ngo because in one of the other videos we have we see him taking part in one of the n.g.o.s protests. areas and. his interest in uganda goes back many years. in this press release from 2006 he was already raising the alarm about what he called northern uganda as terrorist group the l r a. when i go this is i'm doing my jesus thing when he goes and meets with foreign leaders he says i'm a u.s. senator i'm the conduit to u.s. power and money if you want to get there you go through me and you go to jesus. the senator will not answer our questions what's clear is that for decades a radical fellowship has been pulling strings behind the scenes to

jim inhofe the same man who force than in turn to make a snowball to prove climate change is a hoax these people shouldn't be on committees they should be in a retirement home trying to convince a nurse the bible is the farmers all the knack but all three senators co-sponsored the restoring internet freedom act and or well even named proposal to eliminate f.c.c. rules that prohibit. from blocking waddling or prioritizing internet websites and applications in exchange for payment unfortunately blocking and throttling is already happening before where requests for over thirteen thousand net neutrality complaints against comcast proves this and in a vague attempt at transparency the f.c.c. released these complaints one day before the deadline to publicly comment on repealing net neutrality. so while the f.c.c. tries to stifle evidence that telecom giants don't have our best interests small businesses can still make their voices heard and i know some of you are watching right now don't deny it you can sign on to that same letter to the f.c.c. and keep the web open for business dot com d

farmers, home builders and county commissioners all representing standing along side of me, also jim inhofe who's been so terrific in so many yways, and great friend of mine john baraso -- one of the rules most strongly opposed by farmers, ranchers and agricultural workers all across our lands, prohibiting them from being allowed to do what they're supposed to be doing. it's been a disaster. the clean waters act says that the epa is regulate navigatable waters that affect interstate commerce but a few years ago the epa decided that can mean nearly every puddle or every ditch on a farmer's land ta they decide, right? >> yes, sir. >> the epa regulators were putting people out of jobs by the hundreds of thousands. and regulations and permits started treating our wonderful small farmers and small businesses as if they were a major industrial polluter. they treated them horribly, horribly. if you want to build a new home for example you have to worry about getting hit with a huge fine if you fill in as much as a puddle just a puddle on your lot. i've seen it. in fact when it was first shown to m

you know right now the very very ugly senator jim inhofe while speaking to a group of journalists in washington on tuesday the oklahoma senator criticize president obama for using the families of newtown victims to pressure congress to pass gun control legislation he said quote see i think it's so unfair of the administration to hurt these families to make them think this has something to do with them when in fact it doesn't yes that's right jim inhofe things gun control laws have nothing to do with families of shooting victims that's ridiculous and it's just very very ugly. coming up economics isn't as confusing as all those beltway wants to make it seem actually it's pretty simple explain in just a moment. an issue three could you take three. or four charges three. major and three. three stooges free. download free books clothing videos for your media projects free media oh don carty dot com. the international and world in the very heart of moscow. as we talked about at the beginning of the show president obama released an austerity budget today that will over the long haul take mo

moment to wish the very best and pay tribute to two individuals -- richard shelby of alabama and jim inhofe of oklahoma. senator shelby is a gifted legislator and southern gentleman whose impact on this nation will not soon be forgotten. his colleagues and constituents know him for his long record of championing economic development. as a champion in the house of representatives and in the senate for our military, as leader of the appropriations committee here in the senate. richard shelby is the quintessential problem-solver. he's always known how to sit down, negotiate, and get a result. and i wish him the best in this final month of his career in once again getting a result. indeed, the jobs created through richard shelby's legislation and committee work number in the hundreds of thousands, the hundreds of thousands of jobs. so it's no surprise that there are now monuments to richard shelby's leadership all over alabama and the entire nation. as his next-door neighbors across the state line, we mississippians have directly benefited from his leadership. so i wish him and his wife annette

(jim inhofe/(r) oklahoma):"we know that we can sa in the air, debatable." but democrats cry foul. pointing to provisions blocking planned parenthood funding and stripping a ban on confederate flags in military cemeteries. (bill nelson/(d) florida): "the display of the confederate flag. there's some people that want the display in some areas. what does that have to do with zika?" while campaigning in the sunshine state hillary clinton also accused republicans of playing people before politics and finally vote in favor for a clean funding bill to fight zika right here in florida." the bill needed 60 votes to pass. but senate democrats blocked the measure. "on this vote, the yays are 52, the nays are 46." several congressional republicans have suggested they might lump zika funding in with other government spending measures -- resolving the issue before the end of the month. (john cornyn/ (r) texas): "no one should doubt the gravity of the threat or the long term health coe to get our work done." i'm mary moloney reporting. ((kirsten joyce)) >>> today, donald trump and hillary clinto

it is fitting and appropriate that we named this year's ndaa after jim inhofe and i thank our staff on both sides of the aisle and legislative counsel and c.b.o. for their tremendous contributions as well. yesterday was the 81st anniversary of the devastating attack on pearl harbor. we built the strongest military in the world with a mission to protect the greatest nation on earth. this bill before us today will ensure our military can continue to carry out that sacred mission. i urge all members to support it and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the gentleman from washington state is recognized. mr.smith: i yield myself the balance of our time. really, i can't say it any better than the speaker said. that was an outstanding work we have done and the policy we have put forward. we have come together in a bipartisan, bicameral way to reflect our values and supports the men and women who serve in our military and gives us the opportunity to meet our national security requirements. it has been an outstanding process with pretty much

they have jim inhofe is expected to chair the senate environment and public works committee. >> firstall global warming is not taking place. kind of laughable right now with all the records being sent. got to understand we have people tied up in trying to make this hoax a reality. >> it's just a hoax isn't it. i wouldn't hold out too much hope for facts and science for those theories to be put on a board. it won't pe etched in stone from this ground but they will get some support on keystone pipeline. president obama has addressed the keystone pipeline. doengt want you to miss it. >> on keystone pipeline there's an independent process that is moving forward. i will let that process play out. i have given perimeters how i think about it. ultimate is it going to be good for the american people, is it going to actually create jobs and reduce gas prices that have been coming down, and is it going to be on net something that doesn't increase climate change that we're going to have to grapple with. there's a pending case before nebraska judge about some of the sighting, the process is movin

jim inhofe today became the first lawmaker to take a look at those cia pictures. 15 of them, he says. and he will join us live in just a moment for his first national television interview since he looked at those pictures. what did osama bin laden look like? how did it affect him? that's live and first on fox report coming up. the defense secretary robert gates has called the al qaeda in the arabian peninsula that terror groups most dangerous branch. now the leader of that branch is directing a new threat toward americans. the details on that coming up. plus, now we know osama bin laden kept a private journal. so what did ubl write in his diary? leads for investigators? that's coming up from the journalists of fox news tonight on "the fox report." losing weight clicked for me when i realized that weight watchers online was for guys, too. i'm like, it's not rainbows and lollipops. ter i read this beer cheat sheet, i knew what the difference was between a light beer and a dark beer as far as points go. i use the grilling cheat sheet -- you drag it over onto the grill and it gives you a

. (♪) [thud] >>> tonight, we have learned that former oklahoma senator jim inhofe has died, days afterong-serving senator, supporting the military and america's veterans. in one of his more controversial moments, he famously brought a snowball onto the senate floor, claiming it as evidence that global warming was not real. senator james lankford tonight calling him an institution in the senate. jim inhofe was 89. >>> tonight, newly released body cam video showing the dramatic rescue of seven boaters injured after crashing at high speed into a bridge in the florida keys. first responders arriving at the scene in little torch key, climbing onto the 35-foot boat as it was sinking. eight people were on board. three victims, including a child, were air-lifted to the hospital. >>> when we come back here tonight, health officials confirming a case of human plague right here in the u.s. >>> and the giant pandas have now arrived, we'll show you in a moment. hey! i'll give you $574 if you switch. for gerald? well, okay. so, what about $574 for switching your home insurance to allstate? oh, i try

oklahoma senator jim inhofe says members of the u.s.r comrades who are gay. >>> in nevada tea party endorsed candidate sharon angle is surging in the fight to challenge senator harry reid. >>> and the "washington post's" ruth marcus says it's easier for a brilliant, accomplished woman like elena kagan to get a supreme court nomination than to get a man. we'll see what our panel thinks about that one. with us tonight, publisher karen hunter and radio talk show host heidi harris. let's go in reverse order. ruth marcus had an interesting piece today in the "washington post." provoked by the elena kagan situation and questions about her personal life. and ruth marcus says it's very difficult for women to -- for smart, accomplished women to find mates. and it's very unlikely that they will find guys who are comfortable with the women being smarter than they are. karen hunter, what do you think? >> well, i mean, the statistics are there. we can drum them out and obviously, you know, they do point to that -- in that direction. i think that's r

are dissatisfied schooltime award as not to go to oklahoma senator jim inhofe the republican senator was appearing on fox news this morning to talk about guantanamo bay and a host of brian kilmeade asked inhofe if the u.s. should allow the detainees to get mel i visit from their families so here's what he added say. keep in mind these detainees they had things they'd never had before you and your biggest problem get billy's right you know what it's obesity you're eating better than they've ever eaten before they had better medical care they're better they have legal counsel i mean you know you got to draw the line somewhere. here's senator inhofe talk about it i mean you get most sounds like club med they get great food to fatten up awesome medical care and the city is located in a nice warm tropical climate sound like a dream vacation spot right ok obviously i'm at a loss for words here the flippin attitude of senator inhofe kind of makes me want to puke there one hundred seventy two captives still being held at the facility and while they may have access to some legal counsel they'

a senator named jim inhofe known for his interest in african affairs. on. a lot of us on on what i'm going to call you on it what you like to thank you for writing. inhofe was one of the stars of the coney 2012 video. for all the problems that are out there no one is more severe than when the middle aged takes the lives a little bit. assistant on to this senator jim inhofe from oklahoma must be pretty close to the ngo because in one of the other videos we have we see him taking part in one of the n.g.o.s protests. here years and his interest in uganda goes back many years. and this press release from 2006 he was already raising the alarm about what he called northern uganda as terrorist group the l r a. when i go this is i'm doing my jesus name when he goes and meets with foreign leaders he says i'm a u.s. senator i'm a conduit to u.s. power and money if you want to get there you go through me and you go to jesus. the senator will not answer our questions what's clear is that for decades a radical fellowship has been pulling strings behind the scenes to get

they had been employed by republican senator jim inhofe of the climate change denying truth squad.'m assuming that's really no coincidence, that this is a rather tight-knit and self-promoting group. >> right. that seems unlikely to be a coincidence. one of them worked for inhofe before he joined the council on environmental equality and one joined inhofe after he left the council. although, both ended up working for energy. one worked for first energy and the other worked for the national petrochemical association, a trade industry group. >> c.r.e.w. has done much to monitor, sort of, and document, really, the revolving door between industry and administration officials. but one of the things that i think is important in policy development, generally, is the expertise of former officials. people who have had policy-making jobs in previous administrations who therefore have the expertise about how legislation affects what the government actually does, about how policy actually hits the road when it actually goes into effect. and that those people can be a real asset in the debate, e

and right now the very very ugly senator jim inhofe while speaking to a group of journalists in washington on tuesday the oklahoma senator criticize president obama for using the families of newtown victims to pressure congress to pass gun control legislation he said quote see i think it's so unfair of the administration to hurt these families to make them think this has something to do with them when in fact it doesn't yes that's right jim inhofe things gun control laws have nothing to do with families of shooting victims that's ridiculous and it's just very very ugly. coming up economics isn't as confusing as all those beltway want to make it seem actually is pretty simple explain in just a moment. let me let me i want to know why don't you let me ask you a question. here on this network is what we're having a debate we have our knives out. the truth is this is what it's about staying there to get here in this great way of being i don't want to talk about the name and we. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so. you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else y

we start with senator jim inhofe who chairs the armed services committee. >> while we are waiting for other senators let me once again encourage members to come down and talk about their amendments it is an awkward situation that we have here and we are all aware of this that the senate rules state that amendments cannot come to the floor except by unanimous consent. well that means if there is one person who objects to having an amendment come up in being considered, then all that person has to do is object and frankly, that happened last year. we had a couple of members that were holding out for an amendment, non- germane amendment that they wanted considered and they stated they held up all other amendments. well, that happened and it looks like it's happening again this year. but we are prepared the sheer because anticipating that would be the case we passed yesterday the 93 amendments with the bill that we went to as the underlying bill. so, we are now at 93 amendments in addition to the amount is that we already have. probably in excess of 200 amendments that we have had on this

by this autumn, senator jim inhofe will have been a stalwart champion for oklahomans and a hugely impactful senator for 28 years. he's led crucial committees, shaped major legislation, and helped keep the needs and concerns of middle america at the forefront of this institution. and its work. the fruits of jim's labors are apparent across his beloved home state and our whole country. most recently, atop the armed services committee, he's been a remarkable advocate for fellow veterans, for today's servicemembers, and for the needs of our national security. we'll have much more to say about senator inhofe's storied service as we move through the remainder of this year and this congress. but for now i just want to congratulate our colleague, his wife kay, and their 20 kids can and grandkids on a well-earned retirement to which they are now looking forward. and i'm very glad we'll have the senator's wisdom and leadership to call upon for 10 more months, especially at a time such as this. now, one final matter -- i was saddened to hear this morning that richard blum, the husband of my friend and