Political Quotes

On the recordJune 21, 2016
For someone like myself, who grew up in a single-parent household--which, by the way, today is my mom's birthday, so I can say happy birthday to her, as well.
Said by
James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Lankford shares his personal experience growing up in a single-parent household.

Share

More from James Lankford

Aug 1, 2026

We must take government shutdowns off the table and force Congress to stay in town until its work is done.

lankford.senate.gov
Aug 4, 2026

That basically puts all of us, House and Senate, Republicans and Democrats, to say you can’t do anything but appropriations, and you’re going to stay there until appropriations is done.

lankford.senate.gov
Jul 31, 2026

The Wuhan Institute of Virology… being, as was noted by many people, the only lab in the world that was doing research like this that had a lower standard of actually their security standards there than many other labs around the world.

lankford.senate.gov
Aug 18, 2026

We’re faced with nothing less than a crisis, and we need collective action.

lankford.senate.gov

Other voices in this conversation