James Lankford

It is a tough job to be able to step up into.

I completely understand all the issue with on-reservation gaming.

What would you need budget-wise to just fulfill that? And is that $600 transaction amount something that IRS requested to be included?

Well, I would assume it is exponentially larger than the $10,000.

If it does not smell right, it is probably not right.

I take the threat from China incredibly seriously. I think it is a generational challenge to the national interests of this country.

The Biden administration extended temporary protected status to Haitians that are in the country.

Larry Summers even warning that this legislation was the 'least responsible macroeconomic policy we've had in the last 40 years.'

Any sort of agreement that is a treaty agreement, or is an agreement for changing tax policy, would require bipartisan cooperation and engagement on this issue.

I would expect that to be the case. I, again, would need to be briefed on the issue.

There has been some conversation that the administration is examining ways to be able to change tax policies without going through Congress.

So I think it is an archaic rule that needs to be looked at, because its costs are wastefully spent.

It is not a really fun process to be able to go through to be able to answer so many questions.

So just giving away intellectual property does not solve the issue if the manufacturing does not have good oversight.

A lot of our manufacturers here domestically are having a hard time getting labor.

We want to know there is another market that is out there we can continue to pursue if other markets fall through.

The McGirt decision in the Supreme Court, obviously, is significant for all tribes, but especially for Five Tribes in Oklahoma, in particular.

We have 2.6 million miles of pipeline across the country.

Several of the tribes have asked, very point blank, is this new Administration going to step in and going to prevent us on tribal lands from being able to explore for energy?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate everyone's testimony; obviously an incredibly difficult season for everyone as we actually walk through the time of the pandemic.

That would be very helpful to be able to have the search capability in any office, because they could work from anywhere.

Are you confident in the security of the system as well?

The docket is actually very old and continues to be able to grow, and obviously with so many people that we have encountered in the last couple of months, it has accelerated dramatically.

I would say, in meeting with Border Patrol and CBP, they are very concerned that Title 42 authority will go away, and if that goes away, what will happen in the acceleration of additional individuals coming across the border?

It will be interesting to be able to see the decision that President Biden and his team make on how they are going to enforce the border, and what that actually looks like for them.