United States Senate

341 United States Senate Jim Inhofe—Republican. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, on November 17, 1934, Inhofe grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and graduated from Tulsa’s Central High School. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Tulsa in 1973, after serving in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1956. Inhofe has been a small businessman (working in aviation, real estate, and insurance) for over thirty years. Elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in a special election in 1966, Inhofe was later elected to the Oklahoma 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 the U.S. Congress in 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 full six -year terms in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. He is a senior member of the Committee on Armed Services, and serves as chair of the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Active in aviation, Inhofe became the only member of Congress to fly around the world, when he recreated Wiley Post’s famous trip around the globe. The conservative publication Human Events, in editorializing on a recent “Top 10 Most Outstanding Con- servative Senators,” ranked Inhofe number one saying he is an “unabashed conservative,” and noted “he is unafraid to speak his mind.” In 2013 National Journal magazine ranked him among the top most conservative members of the U.S. Senate. Inhofe, and his wife, Kay, have been married fifty-five years. They have four children and sixteen grandchildren. Washington Address: 205 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC, 20510–3603, or call 202/224–4721, or fax 202/228–0380; Oklahoma City: 1900 Northwest Expressway, Suite 1210, Oklahoma City, OK 73118, or call 405/608–4381, or fax 405/608–4120; Tulsa: 1924 S Utica, Suite 530, Tulsa, OK 74104–6511, or call 918/748–5111, or fax 918/748–5119; McAlester: 215 E Choctaw, Suite 106, McAlester, OK 74501, or call 918/426–0933, or fax 918/426–0935; Enid: 302 N Independence, Suite 104, Enid, OK 73701, or call 580/234–5105, or fax 580/234–5094; Internet: inhofe.senate.gov James Lankford—Republican. After serving four years in the United States House of Representatives, Lankford was elected to the U.S. Senate on November 4, 2014, to finish the remaining two years of retiring Senator Tom Coburn’s term, which will end January 2017. Lankford serves on the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Homeland Secu- rity and Governmental Affairs, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Indian Affairs Committee. Within the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, he is the chair of the Subcommit- tee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management. He also serves on the Senate Republican Whip Team for the 114rh Congress. Lankford is committed to protecting America’s freedom, establishing an efficient and transparent government, and ensuring America remains the world leader. His priorities include addressing the national debt and restoring a responsible federal budget, eliminating duplicative and excessive federal regulations. Prior to Lankford’s time in the U.S. Congress, he served as the director of Falls Creek Youth Camp and director of student ministry at the Baptist Convention of Oklahoma from 1995 to 2009. Falls Creek is the largest youth camp in the U.S., with more than 51,000 students and adults attending each summer..

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