James Lankford actually said...

"The court has the responsibility in law to define what the law says. You are actually saying, no, this is what the law says and you are not following it as a regulation."

"Let us keep the dialogue going as we try to work this out."

"Strong and effective legislative oversight does not mean stopping agencies from issuing rules and it does not mean we must have an adversarial relationship with the regulators."

"The onus to improve the rulemaking process is not just on the regulators. As legislators, we must fulfill our responsibility to actually legislate."