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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.
Reserving the right to object, my friend from Oregon-- and we are friends, and we had the opportunity to be able to serve together, and we have worked on a lot of issues. He is correct, and I am glad to be able to see a larger proposal to…
I ask unanimous consent that Senator Wyden and I both be able to complete our remarks before the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
I do appreciate so much my colleagues coming to the floor just to be able to talk about the scourge of fentanyl and what it is really doing in our communities. Senator Ricketts, Senator Moody, Senator Budd, and Senator Hoeven spent a lot…
I look forward to working on a larger proposal in the days ahead, but that larger proposal is not going to move in the House in the next month or 2 months. In the meantime, we are going to have criminal organizations getting away with it…
It’s going to be noisy for a little while, but we all know where we’re headed: trying to reduce the prices for Americans and increase jobs.
we are in the tenth week of the first 10 weeks, obviously, of this Senate's session. It has been exceptionally productive during this time period. We have not only moved more nominees into confirmation for President Trump than any Senate…
I ask unanimous consent that we move to begin the vote right now. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls with respect to the cloture votes on the Chavez- DeRemer nomination and the motion to proceed to Calendar No. 18, S. 331, be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…
DOGE is not a real department. It's an idea. It's an internal conversation within the White House.
I don’t agree. … I’m not interested in calling on the resignation of other world leaders.
I understand Zelenskyy is rightfully concerned that Putin has violated every single agreement he’s ever signed and that he can’t be trusted.
Putin is a murderous KGB thug that murders his political enemies and is a dictator.
President Biden liked to be able to say over and over again that we are producing record amounts of oil and gas. Some of my Democratic colleagues have even come to this floor in the last couple of days and have said: We don't have an…
in Oklahoma, if you were to go to any house anywhere in the State right now and ask them how their money should be spent, they would probably smile at you and say: I would like to decide that, not somebody else. That would be a pretty…
I would ask unanimous consent to be able to use a prop during my speech. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
over the last several weeks, we have worked at record pace here in the Senate on nominations. This has been one of those tasks that happen literally every time there is a new President that comes in, but the pace we have moved on…
this week, we observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day. We honor the 6 million Jews whose lives were lost during the Holocaust, their families, and the scar that has left on the world. The term ``We will never forget'' still rings…
Was he a traitor at the time when he took America’s secrets, released them in public and then ran to China and became a Russian citizen?
in accordance with rule XXVI, paragraph 2 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I ask unanimous consent, for myself as chairman of the Select Committee on Ethics and for Senator Coons, vice chairman of the committee, that the rules of…
I ask unanimous consent, for myself as chairman of the Select Committee on Ethics and for Senator Coons, vice chairman of the committee, that the annual report of the Select Committee on Ethics for calendar year 2024 be printed in the…
for the past 45 minutes or so, my colleagues have come to this floor to be able to talk about a bill that is coming soon that we will actually vote on at the bottom of this hour. It is a bill we have talked about for several years. It has…
I have one request for a committee to meet during today's session of the Senate. It has the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committee…
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