Inhofe said republicans would stay away from bill-writing sessions unless they got enough time to review more than 800 pages of proposals in detail .
英霍夫说,共和党人将远离法案起草工作,除非他们有足够的时间来详细审查这份800多页的提案。
Remember , less than two years ago senator james inhofe - a conspiracy theorist who insists that global warming is a " gigantic hoax " perpetrated by the scientific community - was the chairman of the senate 's environment and public works committee .
Barbara boxer , an ardent advocate of firm action on climate change , has taken over the chairmanship of the senate environment committee from james inhofe , who often described global warming as " the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the american people " .
The democratic seizure of congress in 2006 made a big difference , replacing global warming skeptic sen. james inhofe as committee chairperson with the green sen. barbara boxer .