James Lankford actually said...

"It is my hope that we can also discern issues that must be addressed in a legislative solution to our unfunded mandates."

"Right. Well, there is a significant challenge for a local municipality that the Department of Transportation says your street signs are not reflective enough, so you have to change all of your street ..."

"I would like to be able to defer to Mr. Connolly, my ranking member, for 5 minutes of questions."

"This is a piece of legislation that desperately needs repair, and I am sure we will have very robust conversations on the solutions to repair it."