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Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe Talks Overregulation and More with Ron Hays at Oklahoma Peanut Expo
Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:03:45 CDT
Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe stopped by the 2012 Oklahoma Peanut Expo this past Friday- and updated the farmers at the meeting about several subjects- including the Obama Administration's continuing efforts to mandate a cap and trade greenhouse gas emission regulatory by fiat. Inhofe believes that the Obama White House has let the foot off the gas peddle this election year on regulatory efforts against agriculture and energy- saying that "President Obama has even said he's for natural gas when he has worked against it for the last three years" and that they have been derailed for the time being on mandating regulations on farm dust.
On Cap and Trade- Senator Inhofe has written a book on his battles with proponents of manmade global warming- the book called "The Greatest Hoax." He told the audience at Quartz Mountain Resort that he has been in the crosshairs of more than one hostile interview- and that several of his media appearances promoting the book can be found at a website by the same name as the book- click here to jump over and take a look at several Youtube videos on the book.
Senator Inhofe calls the decision by the Adminstration to release oil from the Strategic Oil Reserve a "phony" move- saying it won't really impact prices as the market knows this does not open up additional US supplies of oil or natural gas.
The Senator told us in our conversation before his comments to the Peanut Expo- and then repeated to the farmers gathered that he would not talk about farm policy- as he relies on Oklahoma Third District Congressman Frank Lucas, who is the Chairman of the House Ag Committee, as his barometer on how to vote on farm policy issues.
On politics- Senator Inhofe missed on his call two years ago when he predicted the Republicans would take over control of the US Senate. He is confient that he won't be wrong this year- again predicting GOP control in the House and the Senate come January 2012. He says that he sees a net gain of around seven seats and thinks the Senate will see a GOP "majority plus three" margin next year.
You can hear our conversation with Senator Inhofe by clicking on the LISTEN BAR below. And- we have the YouTube below of a preview of the Senator's book- the Great Hoax.
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