James Lankford

We're only 20 percent away from being North American energy independent, which I think is the first step towards being American energy independent.

We've dramatically reduced carbon emissions not because of the mandates in cap-and-trade, but because of price.

We're now at a spot it wasn't that long ago 60 percent of the oil that we were using in the United States was imported. Now 60 percent of the oil that we're using in the United States is from the United States

The Federal land increase of oil production in the first 3 years of the Obama administration is not due to permits that were started during the Obama administration.

A diverse fuel package seems to be essential in this process, and trying to find that correct formula on that.

CO2 emissions are down for three reasons.

People asked me about the State of the Union Address and where I found common ground with the President, and he listed and articulated very clearly he wanted to be able to speed up the regulatory process and the speed of that for Federal…

I thank you for this opportunity.

The EPA has proposed carbon emission standards, which forces roughly 50 percent reduction in CO2 emissions from new coal plants.

We must realize that regulation have a cumulative cost, and eventually the consumer will rebel or just give up.

Our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers, because taxpayers have a right to know what they get from their government.

Americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them.

We exist to secure two fundamental principles. First, Americans have a right to know that the money Washington takes from them is well spent.

So current path, that is with the SGR cuts, that is with everything else.

How you get it. Right. I understand that, is the how you get there to the balance point also matters.

Is there an economic benefit to balancing our budget?

Basically have to be able to deal with the consequences and the issues.

I interact with a lot of families that have a challenge of understanding this as they walk through the document.

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I find that hard to believe, based on your report that you are tracking what is occurring...

Right. And when senior leadership, they do not inform the attorney general when Brian Terry is murdered, that there is a federal nexus to this as well in this ongoing investigation, again, that seems to be we are just kind of surrounding…

They had too few people, they were trying to take on this massive task.

Why does FBI have one process supervising investigations; ATF has a very, very different process on that?

I think a lot of people have asked these same questions and just wanted some answers.

This is what happens when the EPA makes a private agreement, overshoots a State agreement, and says we're going to go in and step in and take over: over $1 billion of additional costs to the ratepayers in Oklahoma, with no difference in…