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James Lankford

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James Paul Lankford is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Oklahoma since January 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Lankford has focused on issues such as healthcare, government spending, and religious freedom during his time in office. He previously served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015, representing Oklahoma's 5th congressional district.

Quotes by year · 2011–20263,434 total · peak 2015 (616)
2011: 143 quotes2012: 147 quotes2013: 216 quotes2014: 176 quotes2015: 616 quotes2016: 419 quotes2017: 437 quotes2018: 268 quotes2019: 5 quotes2020: 11 quotes2021: 230 quotes2022: 121 quotes2023: 426 quotes2024: 72 quotes2025: 31 quotes2026: 116 quotes
Feb 14, 2011

What I am hearing are terms like sustainable deficits, that doesn't seem to be working towards getting it under control.

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Feb 14, 2011

I have no issue with all forms of energy. I have an issue with going and punishing one group.

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Feb 14, 2011

When I came on January 5, this year's budget deficit was projected to be $1.4 trillion.

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Feb 14, 2011

I see the other side of this, to say $26 trillion is a more frightening thing to me that balancing the budget is a frightening thing to me on that.

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Feb 8, 2011

I'd like to borrow, I'd like to expand, I'd like to hire more people, but currently the bank is hiring more compliance officers and we are doing less lending.

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Feb 8, 2011

Well, let me just say to you, from the Oklahoma perspective, there has been growth in that area.

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Feb 7, 2011

What I don't want is our commercial aircraft to have to have two different systems to be able to cross.

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Feb 7, 2011

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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