James Lankford actually said...

"Good morning. Today we will consider the nomination of John Mitnick to be the General Counsel (GC) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)."

"The earlier those decisions can be made the better. It creates a great deal of uncertainty in States as they wait until the last minute to be able to get an answer."

"If they get into a voter database and they delete people or they add people, you lose the integrity of the election at that point and people lose trust."

"How is that going? There is a pilot program that is underway."