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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.

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Apr 10, 2013

I think you know where my questions are. You are answering a question I am not asking.

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Apr 10, 2013

I would have no problem encouraging efficiency in all different kinds of ways, but if we are going to be neutral, it is just interesting to me.

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Mar 18, 2013

I don't want a war fighter hurt based on us not taking some of these recommendations in place.

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Mar 18, 2013

Do you have an expectation when you make a decision, will they be made one at a time or based on a set of merits where you will say this is the criteria.

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Mar 18, 2013

I am trying to figure out where does this go from here.

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Mar 18, 2013

The assumption was the decision has been made we are going to exports on non-FTA.

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Mar 18, 2013

Americans have the right to know that the money Washington takes from them is well spent.

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Mar 18, 2013

I understand how it goes through the process.

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Mar 18, 2013

We have also seen higher costs for transportation to get equipment out of Afghanistan.

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Mar 18, 2013

The DOE studies concluded that for every one of the market scenarios examined, net economic benefits increased as the level of LNG exports increased and that exports of natural gas will improve the U.S. balance of trade and result in a…

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Mar 18, 2013

There is a limited amount of time that we have to be able to compete in the global market.

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Mar 18, 2013

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

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Mar 18, 2013

Our solemn responsibility is to hold the government accountable to taxpayers.

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Mar 18, 2013

At some point, there has to be something in your forecasting to think we are going to decide by this point.

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Mar 18, 2013

It could be four years from now before the second decision is made?

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Mar 18, 2013

There is no way they are going to build that much. There is not that much capital to build that.

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Mar 18, 2013

I do have to have some concern on the large volume because there 186,000 individuals.

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Mar 18, 2013

The best gift we can put into our economy is certainty, to know the rules and to fulfill those rules.

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Feb 28, 2013

I do want to stand in support of the House proposal today on protecting women across this Nation. This is something that protects all women. I know there's been some interesting accusations that we're trying to exclude people. This is for…

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Feb 27, 2013

Right. And it would drive up the cost of gasoline yet again for all Americans. It doesn't solve the problem; it continues to exacerbate the problem. Our issue is we're facing a difficult moment. But this is not a moment that is…

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Feb 27, 2013

I thank the gentleman from Georgia. Mr. Speaker, it's an honor to be able to stand in front of this House today. Let me talk about families that all across America right now are struggling with their own finances. They're sitting at a…

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Feb 13, 2013

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

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Feb 13, 2013

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

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Feb 13, 2013

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.

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