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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 23, 2021

I agree that it is important to foster innovation in medical technology, which has the potential to improve health-care outcomes.

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Feb 23, 2021

Mr. Becerra's partisan, ideological record of opposing individual and institutional conscience rights protections, religious freedom and the sanctity of life will significantly impact the ability of our memberships to practice ethical…

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Feb 22, 2021

I would tell you my challenge from serving on the Intel Committee is seeing different reports that come through that are so carefully scripted, they say nothing.

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Feb 22, 2021

With hindsight being what it is from January 6th, absolutely, I think there needs to be additional training and additional equipment to consider this type of attack in the future.

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Feb 22, 2021

The Quick Reaction Force was 25 minutes away.

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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

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

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

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

We are trying to all fill in blanks, and none of you have all the answers on this.

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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

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 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

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 10, 2021

Thank you. Now, while this was going on, Officer Eugene Goodman responded to the initial breach. You all may have seen footage of Officer Goodman previously, but there is more to his heroic story. In this security footage, you can see…

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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

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

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 4, 2021

The First Amendment of our Constitution states that Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion. This has not been a controversial thing in our history and also does not have an asterisk next to it saying, ``Unless…

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Feb 4, 2021

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 49, as…

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Feb 4, 2021

I would like to call up my amendment No. 837 and ask it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford) proposes…

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Feb 3, 2021

2 weeks ago, I heard these words: History, faith, and reason show the way, the way of unity. We can see each other not as adversaries but as neighbors. We can treat each other with dignity and respect. We can join forces, stop the…

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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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