page_title: Jim Inhofe
section_title: GI Bill reform
hierarchical_section_title: Jim Inhofe / Political positions and controversies / GI Bill reform
caption_attribution_description: Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee Sen. James Inhore speaks to Navy Vice Adm. Michael M. Gilday, director of the Joint Staff, before his confirmation hearing for the position of Chief Naval Operations at the U.S. Senate Dirksen Building in Washington, D.C., July 31, 2019. (DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro)
context_page_description: James Mountain Inhofe is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Oklahoma, a seat he was first elected to in 1994. A member of the Republican Party, he chaired the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works from 2003 to 2007 and again from 2015 to 2017. Inhofe served as the U.S. Representative for Oklahoma's 1st congressional district from 1987 to 1994 and as mayor of Tulsa from 1978 to 1984.
  Inhofe is known for his rejection of the scientific consensus on climate change. He supports a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage and has proposed the Inhofe Amendment to make English the national language of the United States.
  Inhofe served as acting chairman of the Armed Services Committee while John McCain fought cancer in 2018. After McCain's death, he became chairman.
context_section_description: Inhofe, an initial sponsor of Senator Jim Webb's Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008, subsequently withdrew support for this bill to support S 2938, a competing bill that would have provided benefits beyond those offered in Webb's bill. However, Inhofe voted to enact Webb's legislation in June 2008.
  Inhofe agreed to support legislation allowing military mental health specialists to talk with veterans about private firearms in an effort to reduce suicides.
caption: Inhofe (left) shakes hands with Navy Vice Admiral Michael M. Gilday while chairing the House Armed Services Committee in 2019
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