I applaud Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Senator James Lankford (R-OK) for introducing the Urban Indian Health Providers Facilities Improvement Act.

So you do not see a gain in all UIOs having the exact same entity for accreditation? You see a gain in them having flexibility, or at least not a problem with them having flexibility for their accreditation?

I am trying to figure out where this is going. Because if, again, we know someone is not following the law and we ignore it, then we have a law that we are not applying at all.

Lankford didn`t vote in the Senate to overturn the presidential election results to try to keep Trump in power.

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…

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…

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I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Oklahoma ____________________

I often come to this floor to be able to speak about news of the day, disagreements that we have, ways that we can solve a problem we have as a nation. Today, I come to tell a story. In 1774, an Englishman met Benjamin Franklin. They spent…

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

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

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.

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

I think that sentiment is shared by this new administration.

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

It is a tremendous geopolitical leverage point for us.

It is a geopolitical issue.

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

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.

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

next week looks like a busy week. That is fine. We have a lot of things we need to be able to cover and to be able to walk through as the Senate. Next week will be particularly divisive, though, in some of the issues that are coming up…

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

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.

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