CATOOSA -- U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe said Tuesday he will again head the Senate committee overseeing transportation and environmental regulation if Republicans win control of the upper chamber in November.

Speaking to about 50 plant managers and others associated with Tulsa Port of Catoosa tenants, Inhofe said a Republican victory would make him chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

EPW oversees the Corps of Engineers, which is responsible for operating and maintaining the McClellan Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. It is also responsible for the Environmental Protection Agency, which is a frequent target of Inhofe's wrath.

Inhofe is a former chairman and ranking member of the committee and is now the ranking Republican of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Under the Senate Republicans' somewhat complicated rules, Arizona's John McCain would become Armed Services chairman in the event of a GOP majority, and Inhofe would resume his top position on EPW.

Unabashedly, Inhofe blamed just about every problem presented him by port tenants on the Obama administration.

"I forget your question, but that's the answer," he said at one point.

Inhofe faces a general election challenge from Democrat Matt Silverstein in November.