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James Lankford: “That is not just a broken process; that is a shattered process, and it has got to be fixed.”

On the recordSeptember 29, 2015
That is not just a broken process; that is a shattered process, and it has got to be fixed.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford emphasizes the severe dysfunction in the appropriations process.

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