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James Lankford: “This is a lesson in the slowness of government, the bureaucracy of the process.”

On the recordJune 8, 2023
This is a lesson in the slowness of government, the bureaucracy of the process.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Senator Lankford critiques the inefficiency of government processes.

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