Sen. Inhofe Throws a Snowball on the Senate Floor To Mock Climate Change Alarmists

Watch Jim Inhofe Throw a Snowball on the Senate Floor (National Journal)

The debate over funding for the Homeland Security Department wasn't the only thing that froze over in the Senate Thursday

Sen. Jim Inhofe, who chairs the Environment and Public Works Committee, tossed a snowball on the Senate floor as part of a speech expressing skepticism about the reality of climate change. The Oklahoma Republican opened by showing pictures of an igloo his daughter's family built during a snowstorm five years ago, when he said "the hysteria on global warming" began.