Honorable James Inhofe
United States Senator, Oklahoma, Republican
Senator Inhofe was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1994. He served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1966 to 1969; in the Oklahoma Senate from 1969 to 1977, and as Republican Leader from 1975 to 1977; as Mayor of Tulsa from 1978 to 1984; and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1986 to 1994. He serves on the Armed Services Committee, the Environment and Public Works Committee, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Indian Affairs. The following is from a March 23, 2001, statement on restoring a national commitment to missile defense spoken…