James Lankford actually said...

"I like to win. Right now we are losing because we are at this rate that is noncompetitive."

"What can we do as a Nation to encourage R&D to be here beyond just the rate itself?"

"Can I ask the rest of the panel, do any of you believe that if marijuana was decriminalized on the reservation... that would help the drug use problem?"

"I think it is us turning a blind eye to our responsibility to say, decriminalizing it is no big deal, it is 'just marijuana.'"