**FILE** Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, leaves the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington on Feb. 14, 2013. (Associated Press)
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) asks questions during a hearing Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Benghazi attack. William J. Burns, deputy secretary of state, and Thomas R. Nides, deputy secretary of state for management and resources, were witnesses. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
** FILE ** In this Sept. 14, 2009 photo, Encana Corp. placed two 2400 gallon water containers inside this unit on Louis Meeks' property in Pavillion, Wyo. The ranking Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee — Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe — is asking the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for more information about an EPA investigation into groundwater contamination in a Wyoming gas field. (AP Photo/Casper Star-Tribune, Kerry Huller)
