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James Inhofe: i think the thing that surprises most people -- the presidg officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: that surprises most people is that we'll have meetings and people will say wait a minute, you don't even know what is in the senate bill, that it's being written up behind closed doors. so the comments that we're making, most of them refer to the b house.

1:10:05 to 1:10:25( Edit History Discussion )

James Inhofe: to have amendment having to do with the the -- with gitmo. mr. president, this is a very simple one-page amendment that states that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this act -- this is on the milcon -- or any prior act may be used to construct

1:10:48 to 1:11:09( Edit History Discussion )

James Inhofe: we have passed an amendment to the 2007 resolution. it passed 94-3. a bipartisan amendment to the war supplemental. that was one that was offered by myself and senator inouye from hawaii. it's in confence. my concern is that in conference it may be removed, because let's

1:11:32 to 1:11:53( Edit History Discussion )

James Inhofe: teeth in that. this may be our only chance, and this is passes by 90-something to something else her so i will have that and i hope that people understand that the whole country was upset when they found out on friday the 13th -- that was a kind of interesting day for this to happen -- when khalid sheikh

1:12:15 to 1:12:37( Edit History Discussion )

James Inhofe: terrorist activity. and besides that, you can't try someone under our courts system that should be tried under a tribunal. we know the rules of evidence are different and we have a perfect place for that down in gitmo. so i will be offering that amendment. now, i was going to talk a little bit about the president's trip to china

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James Inhofe: is the most recent polling shows that only 4% of the american people think this is really a problem, and the and the 96% are right. but nonetheless, over in china, let's keep in mind china's output of co2 emissions could amount to twi emissions of the world's hitchest nations, including the

1:13:43 to 1:14:04( Edit History Discussion )

James Inhofe: this -- i will at a later time because i plan to make a very long, well over an hour talk. i'm trying to get some time now to do this. this will be the fifth time that i've done this the last six years concerning this particular subject, and that subject is alleged global warming attached to the co2 emissions. but i would say this -- that a far as what is going on right

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James Inhofe: co2, even if you believe that co 2 or gases cause global warming or climate change. it's still not going to work. as tom quigley said way back when senator gore -- vice president gore at that time tried to do a study to determine what wonderful things were going to happen if we joined the kyoto

1:15:14 to 1:15:34( Edit History Discussion )

James Inhofe: report and he said it would reduce it by one degree celsius by 2050. so all of the pain, all of the taxes, the largest tax increase in the history of america and it doesn't produce anything. so i don't think it's necessary to belabor that. china is not going to do it, no

1:15:56 to 1:16:16( Edit History Discussion )

James Inhofe: interpret the constitution of the united states, but the judges have the power to actually change the constitution when deciding cases, stating that -- and this is his quote. this is his quote, mr. president. he says, "part of our job as judges, part of our job as judges is to write a series of footnotes to the constitution." now, this is exactly what our

1:16:40 to 1:17:00( Edit History Discussion )

James Inhofe: have to say this, vice president biden made a statement some time ago that i do agree with, and that is if you states senate and you have a judge that's coming up or to be confirmed by the senate, and if you oppose that judge when it comes up for -- to be a federal judge, then later on when he

1:17:24 to 1:17:45( Edit History Discussion )

James Inhofe: 2003, in a woman's choice vs. newman, hamilton issued an injunction against an indiana law that required abortion clinics to give women information about alternatives to abortions in the presence of a physician, nurse, or somebody else. just to have that information is inconceivable to me that this could happen.

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James Inhofe: joined the speaker of indiana's house of representatives from permitting sectarian prayers to be offered as a part of that body's official proceedings, meaning that the chaplain or whomever opened the proceedings with a prayer could not invoke the con -- in his conclusion, hamilton wrote if the speaker chooses to continue any form of

1:18:50 to 1:19:10( Edit History Discussion )

James Inhofe: aware of the fact that this is hafplgt i understand -- that this is happening. i understand they're getting very close and i want a couple of minutes to announce what is happening in the foreign relations committee. senator feingold has an amendment that i wholeheartedly agree with. it is actually not an amendment. it is a bill having to do with

1:19:33 to 1:19:55( Edit History Discussion )

James Inhofe: they go into the villages and they kidnap these kids. they take them out, teach them how to be warriors. once they join up, they send them back to the village to murder their own par their own family. this has been going on for a long period of time. this amendment is something that i'm very excited that finally we have the attention of people here in the united states,

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James Inhofe: when this first came out, i was opposed to it because senator feingold had to pay for this bill a reduction in some of the funds that would otherwise go the united states air force. that has been taken out, so i join him now in saying that this is something that has to take place. this is the first time we've actually had the opportunity to bring this issue, to let it surface.

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James Inhofe: are doing it by virtue of this bill. with that, i have gone one minute past. i apologize to the managers of the and i yield the the presiding officer:orning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of h.r. will