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On the recordSeptember 21, 2016
That public consternation that came back at the agency and entities obviously floods into our office when they raise the question, what is the Federal Government doing to us rather than for us?
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford highlights public concern over government actions affecting citizens.

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