U.S. Senator James M. Inhofe/106th Congress

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106th Congress First Session 1999 Second Session 2000

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106th Congress

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Committee
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• Armed Services

Readiness and Management Support
Subcommittee,
Chairman

AirLand Forces
Subcommittee

Strategic Forces
Subcommittee

• Environment and Public Works

Clean Air, Wetlands,
Private Property,
and Nuclear Safety
Subcommittee,
Chairman

Superfund,
Waste Control, and
Risk Assessment
Subcommittee

Transportation,
and Infrastructure
Subcommittee

• Indian Affairs

This committee has
no subcommittees.

• Intelligence (Select)

This committee has
no subcommittees.

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Inhofe, James M.

U.S. Senate
Republican
Began Service: 1994

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Born Des Moines, Iowa, November 17, 1934.

A graduate of Central High School in Tulsa, Inhofe received a B.A. in economics from the University of Tulsa in 1973, after serving in the United States Army from 1954-1956.

Elected to the State House of Representatives in a Special Election in 1966, Inhofe was later elected to the State Senate in 1968 and 1972. In 1978, he was elected Mayor of Tulsa, winning re-election to that post in 1980 and 1982.

Elected to Congress in November 1986, he was re-elected in 1988, 1990 and 1992. Inhofe relinquished his Congressional seat in 1994 to run for the U.S. Senate, and was elected to fill an unexpired term. He was re-elected to a full six-year term in 1996.

Inhofe and his wife, Kay, have four children.

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