James Lankford

I should have recognized how what I said and what I did could be interpreted by many of you. I deeply regret my blindness to that perception and for that I am sorry.

After decades of fighting for voting rights, many black friends in Oklahoma saw this -- meaning saw my explanation of my objections to the election -- as a direct attack on their right to vote, an attack on their vote to matter and even a…

Obviously, the commission that we have asked for is not going to happen at this point and I understand that, and we`re headed towards tonight towards the certification of Joe Biden to be the president of the United States. And we will work…

I want to join my fellow senators and saying thank you to the Capitol Hill police, the law enforcement, the National Guard, the Secret Service, who stood in harm`s way while we were here debating, they were pushing back, and I was…

It is important to be in the game and be fighting for more open markets for American products.

It is a tremendous geopolitical leverage point for us.

There was a lean forward in both the Obama administration and the Trump administration to look for new markets to be able to sell natural gas to.

You can do both [pro-trade and pro-enforcement].

I think that sentiment is shared by this new administration.

It is a geopolitical issue.

I would want to consult with Treasury and State to find the most effective, strategic way to deal with Iran.

I hope that you will continue to be able to work on the free trade agreement with Taiwan in the days ahead.

It was odd, during this season of the pandemic, to see such strong limits on people of faith gathering together.

There is a unique protection for people of faith to be able to live out their faith and be able to guard that.

It’s been well-known that when you move to Washington, D.C. at any point, you’re moving to an area that doesn’t have two senators. That’s a volitional choice. No one is compelled to be here.

I think that we need to understand that we need to use the most modern technology.

Whatever the mechanisms are that are put in place, as long as our officers are appropriately trained...

If there are problems with SENTRI and FAST, we have to identify those to make sure that that does not become an area where we have illicit traffic.

I agree, it is rare but continuing the process to be able to evaluate, to be able to encourage, maintain morale, and to be able to have professional responsibility will be really important.

I would agree it could be done better.

Were you surprised that President Biden's budget flat-lined all of DHS and flat-lined hiring and it did not extend new hiring

This is a challenge. It is not normal, but it is a challenge for us to be able to process through.

As recently as last week--obviously there was an enormous leak from the IRS that we have seen.

I do not know if the IRS has done any kind of study on what that would do for jobs, or what that would do for the price of gasoline across the United States and how that would increase the inflation rate across the country;

It will be an area that we need to be able to talk about.