Inhofe Fact-Free Opposition to New START Agreement
Jun 23, 2010

On June 18, Oklahoma Republican Senator James Inhofe became the first and thus far only U.S. Senator to outline publicly his opposition to the U.S.-Russian nuclear arms agreement.

In his Senate floor speech, Inhofe stated:  “I remain concerned about several critical pieces of this security treaty: modernization, force structure, missile defense, verification and most importantly, our overall ability to deter our enemies.”

Inhofe pointed out that he was delivering his remarks the day after the first Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the treaty.

What Inhofe did not point out was that he did not attend that Armed Services Committee hearing.

Nor has Inhofe, a member of both Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees, attended a single one of the latter committee’s seven public hearings.

Not one. He has a perfect record of not attending a single hearing.

He asked not a single question of important witnesses: not about modernization, force structure, missile defense, verification or deterrence.