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On the recordNovember 16, 2022
as the junior Senator from Oklahoma, I can't tell you what an honor it has been to be able to serve with my senior Senator. Jim Inhofe has for decades served our State. He has been reelected over and over and over again because the people of our State know he loves them, know he cares about them. They trust him in some very hard decisions that had to be made in this place, and they know Jim Inhofe has been there for our State. I jokingly say--and Senator Inhofe mentioned his passion for infrastructure and for the U.S. military--that when I run into somebody who is griping about the construction traffic that they are currently sitting in, I will jokingly say to them: Well, blame that on Jim Inhofe because that new road, that new place, that new infrastructure has been his passion all along to be able to make sure our State and our Nation, quite frankly, continue to be able to advance. In the days ahead, Senator Inhofe will be dearly missed in our State. There is not a town that I go to as I travel around our State that they don't ask me: What are we going to do when Senator Inhofe retires? Not one. They are all grateful, and they are all spoiled by Senator Inhofe's service to them.…
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma
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Nov 16, 2022

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