James Lankford

I just have a hard time declaring suddenly a new definition of free trade agreement that does not have market access.

I cannot figure out how it gains market access and how it is an FTA.

I think you have heard bipartisan--we want to continue to stay engaged through the administration, to be able to work on free trade agreements.

We have had a new designation show up recently on documents that get brought over to our staff.

I think you need to have that in place because as Liza has indicated--and I have many examples that I can share with the Committee--the classification system has been repeatedly misused to conceal those very kinds of things.

I appreciate your engagement and your thoughtfulness on this.

I recently introduced the Quad Critical Minerals Partnership Act with Senators Warner, Cornyn, and King in order to make those investments alongside Japan, India, and Australia.

What are we doing actively right now to expand our input and trade relationships with those in the Abraham Accords?

I just have a hard time declaring suddenly a new definition of free trade agreement that does not have market access.

I cannot figure out how it gains market access and how it is an FTA.

I think you have heard bipartisan--we want to continue to stay engaged through the administration, to be able to work on free trade agreements.

I think when everybody writes 'free trade agreement,' there is an assumption of what that means.

I call them economic freedom zones.

If you have a shortage of doxycycline, the price needs to go up.

I agree somewhat with Senator Blumenthal, the description of the problem is much easier than the actual availability of the answer.

We currently are one of the worst countries in the world for research and development (R&D), based on our current tax policy.

It cannot work worse than the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) model that we currently have.

Veterans deserve better, and we should not be reliant on a supply chain that is that tenuous.

If we had international competition it helps to keep our prices down, but it also would help to keep the supply up as well.

Every life is worthy of protection, born or unborn.

I get that, but there are probably not kids' names in the report; but thank you.

I do not know why there would be a good reason you could not share with this committee.

There are 85,000 children that HHS lost immediate contact with once they were placed in sponsorship.

We would be glad to work with the administration. You will find bipartisan support to be able to deal with this.

I call them economic freedom zones.