Honorable James Inhofe
United States Senator, Oklahoma, Republican
Senator Inhofe was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984. He serves on the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees. The following is excerpted from a June 29, 2012, press statement. At yesterday’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on LOS [Law of the Sea Treaty], a false narrative was presented, and must be corrected. Chairman [John] Kerry [MA-D] insisted that if the United States joins LOS, LOS will not require the United States to enforce treaties our nation is not signed onto, such as the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. Kerry concludes that because of this the United…
