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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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Feb 22, 2021

The assault on the Capitol is not what caused the evacuation of those buildings. The discovery of those pipe bombs is what caused the evacuation of those buildings.

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Feb 22, 2021

We are grateful for the service they continue to do, and let us find the lessons we can learn.

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Feb 22, 2021

There was no clarity for the officers inside the building on their rules of engagement once they actually came to the building.

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Feb 22, 2021

I do think that needs to be shortened obviously in a deployment structure and the complexity of the bureaucracy here.

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Feb 22, 2021

I would go ahead and tell you that it is safer and less expensive to be able to move it in a pipeline than it is on truck traffic or in train traffic.

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Feb 22, 2021

I do as well and when you hit all the numbers and the targets that science had set, it seems like you would actually graduate off the program.

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Feb 22, 2021

It is actually important to every American that wants to stay warm in the winter and for everyone that flies in a plane or drives a car.

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Feb 22, 2021

So while jobs matter and those are extremely important, it matters to every single consumer, the cost of energy and the availability of energy and the diversity of energy.

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Feb 8, 2021

Yes, that is one we are all pretty surprised about, to be able to figure out why suddenly good government was a bad idea.

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Feb 8, 2021

I was quite shocked that the first week of the Biden administration they took away an Executive Order that did something pretty simple.

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Feb 8, 2021

Will you commit to working across the aisle?

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Feb 8, 2021

Taxpayers Right to Know focuses on one simple thing: How do we actually expose duplication in government?

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Feb 8, 2021

If you ever work with me and I hear you treat another colleague with disrespect, talk down to someone, I promise you I will fire you on the spot.

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Feb 2, 2021

Once interest rates start ticking up, in some ways, it`s too late because you have so much debt that`s there.

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Jan 18, 2021

Thank you, Dr. Yellen, thanks again for stepping back into government service. It is not an easy thing for anyone to be able to step in, and especially in this season.

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Jan 18, 2021

I would submit that we have to find an earlier warning sign.

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Jan 11, 2021

Constitutional crisis in our country right now is that millions of Americans are being told to sit down and shut up. Their opinions matter.

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Jan 6, 2021

My challenge today is not about the good people of Arizona. ____________________

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Jan 5, 2021

They want to do the right thing and they also want to do it the right way. They want to honor the constitutional process, but they also want to have debate about election security.

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Jan 5, 2021

Rioters and thugs don't run the Capitol. We are the United States of America.

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Jan 5, 2021

Pause the count, get more facts to the states before January the 20th. We proposed a 15-member commission just like what was done after the failed election of 1876. This -- we’re encouraging people to spend days going through all the…

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Nov 15, 2020

There's nothing wrong with Vice President Biden getting the briefings to be able to prepare himself and so that he can be ready.

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Nov 12, 2020

There's nothing wrong with Vice President Biden getting the briefings to be able to prepare himself. And if that's not occurring Friday, I will step in as well and to be able to push them and say, this needs to occur.

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Nov 12, 2020

There is nothing wrong with vice-president Biden getting the briefings to be able to prepare himself and so that he can be ready. The president is already getting those. There is nothing wrong with former vice-president getting those.

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