James Lankford

I've been overwhelmed with individuals that have contacted me when I've been in district or have contacted my office and said, I've always suspected I was being targeted, but I started giving politically, and that next year is when I was…

This has got to shift. It has to shift and it will.

It's completely ironic to me as we walk through what actually occurred at the conference.

But all the comments are in.

So when does this get resolved from the EPA?

The Government says go ahead; the manufacturers say at your own risk.

What I can tell you, congressman, is if one believes that you can take a Government mandate and force the creation of a technology, which I believe is a silly notion.

I take it at my own risk. If my vehicle breaks down, I am on my own.

EPA's actions to approve E15 despite scientific evidence showing millions of automobiles could face engine and fuel system damage is an unnecessary risk to consumers, to automobiles, and to small engines.

In 1979, the Government, at that point, Jimmy Carter was president, in the famous malaise speech made a speech to say that by the year 2000, because the Federal Government was going to coordinate all these efforts, 20 percent of the energy…

What can be done right now for EPA to provide some certainty in what is going to happen in energy prices for the next year?

The stakes are simply too high for inaction, which could cost consumers millions of dollars, place at risk small engines and automobiles, and unnecessarily burden an already shaky economy.

Quite frankly, EPA's implementation of the RFS is galling.

Ultimately, this needs to be repealed. It is creating great anxiety in the marketplace.

What happens when we get forced into the blend wall, we have to make decisions about what we do with the product.

We exist to secure two fundamental principles: first, Americans have the right to know that the money Washington takes from them is well spent and, second, Americans deserve an efficient, effective Government that works for them.

In the past week, Texas and Oklahoma have experienced a storm. We lost 6 in Lake Granbury, Texas; 2 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on Sunday; and 24 in Moore, Oklahoma, including 10 children and 14 adults. We have been overwhelmed with the number…

There will be some questions and we have to figure out the process on that.

Can I ask just a quick question, as well, on the background?

Would they be required like many States, my State included, that they have errors and omissions insurance if you are handling insurance information?

So can the State, then, require to have a licensing as well?

I assume that you are requiring some basic background checks...

Congress has an important oversight role to ensure the Administration follows the law during its implementation efforts.

I strongly believe that the Affordable Care Act actually creates more problems than it solves.

So you make an assumption that because the law says you need to have this, even though the law specifically states that only navigators go to Federal exchanges...