WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on Dec. 23, 2021: * * * U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement after the U.S. Navy announced it had certified the eleventh and final advanced weapons elevator on the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) aircraft carrier: "For the last three years I have closely tracked progress on the Advanced Weapons Elevators on the USS Gerald R Ford, because the Navy accepted delivery of thi more PR