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On the recordNovember 15, 2011
Rebuilding the wheel is not important. If we can take Web sites, we can take certifications and adapt them, that is much preferred.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford advocates for collaboration and resource sharing to avoid redundancy.

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