Inhofe Thanks Boxer for Setting Hearing on GSA Conference
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, on Friday thanked Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., for scheduling a committee hearing on the scandal over the $823,000 training conference held by a government agency in 2010.
Boxer, the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, set the hearing for April 18. She has called on the acting director of the General Services Administration to testify and the agency’s inspector general, who investigated the lavish Las Vegas conference that has already cost three top officials their jobs.…
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Inhofe Says Federal Agency’s Las Vegas Conference was Disgraceful
Sen. Jim Inhofe on Wednesday called it “absolutely disgraceful” that a federal agency put on a lavish training conference in 2010 at a Las Vegas resort. Inhofe, R-Tulsa, wants the Democratic-controlled Senate to hold a hearing on an inspector general’s report about the General Services Administration conference, which cost more than $823,000. The Republican House has already scheduled hearings to investigate it.
Said Inhofe, “It is absolutely disgraceful that as Americans grapple with a struggling economy, we find out that the GSA is partying it up in Las Vegas and sending the $823,000 bill to the American taxpayer.…
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Actor Alec Baldwin Calls U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe an “Oil Whore”
Politico has a story on its website about tweets sent by actor Alec Baldwin about Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa.…
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Oklahoma Congressional Delegation Promotes Direct Flight from OKC to DC
All seven members of Oklahoma’s congressional district sent a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood promoting Southwest Airlines proposal for a direct flight from Oklahoma City to Washington, DC. The lawmakers cite several reasons, including the large federal presence in Oklahoma City that requires travel to and from the nation’s capital. Of course, there is also the fact that members of Congress must fly frequently between Oklahoma City and Washington.
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Sen. Jim Inhofe Featured in Kony 2012 Video
Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, who has been pushing for several years for the capture of Lords Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony, is featured in the new video Kony 2012, made by Jason Russell of the group Invisible Children. The video about the Ugandan leader who has kidnapped children and forced them to fight in his army, has gone viral in the last few days, drawing millions of viewers around the world.
Inhofe’s Facebook page has links to Senate speeches that Inhofe has made about Kony and the LRA.…
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Oklahoma Sens. Jim Inhofe and Tom Coburn Have Written Books
Sen. Jim Inhofe’s book, The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future, was released this week, published by WND Books. It chronicles Inhofe’s crusade against scientists, politicians and others who have proposed tighter limits on greenhouse gas emissions to slow global warming.
Inhofe, R-Tulsa, has called man-made global warming a hoax.
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, has written a second book, called The Debt Bomb, which is set to be released on April 17 and published by Thomas Nelson.…
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Sen. Tom Coburn Was Most Conservative Last Year
The National Journal’s annual rankings of congressional voting records puts Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, at the top of the list of the most conservative in 2011. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, had the ninth-most conservative voting record.…
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Lawmakers Want More Info on Lesser Prairie Chicken Listing
Led by Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, members of Congress from Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico and Kansas are asking U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar for more information about how the Lesser Prairie Chicken became the focus of possible federal protection.
Lawmakers from the states sent a letter on Monday requesting that Salazar explain why the bird’s priority number underwent a “dramatic shift,” going from 8, which is low, to 2, in December 2008. That was in the last few weeks of former President George W.…
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10th Circuit Nominee Robert E. Bacharach Gets Highest Rating from Bar Association
Magistrate Judge Robert E. Bacharach, who has been nominated for a vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, has been given the highest rating from the American Bar Association: unanimously well-qualified.
Bacharach, who has been a federal magistrate judge in the Western District of Oklahoma, based in Oklahoma City, since 1999, was nominated by President Barack Obama on Jan. 23 for the appeals court. He would replace Robert Henry, who is now president of Oklahoma City University.…
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Oklahomans in Congress Respond to American Airlines Proposed Cuts in Tulsa
Members of the Oklahoma congressional delegation today reacted Wednesday to the announcement that American Airlines would shed 2,850 jobs in Tulsa as part of its restructuring plan in bankruptcy court.
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa: “All along we hoped it wouldn’t come to this, but since the November bankruptcy filing and American Airline’s financial situation became known, it was obvious that such a large restructuring would be difficult on the workforce. It is very disappointing, but looking at the numbers we know that for American Airlines to remain competitive with the rest of the industry it is going to have to make some painful choices.…
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