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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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Jul 18, 2017

that is a pretty clear political operation, quite frankly.

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Jul 18, 2017

Yes, there is no question, any individual can vote however they choose to vote.

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Jul 18, 2017

if individuals were taking off to get a chance to participate, they should be able to participate

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Jul 18, 2017

there was a direction here that cost the USPS, which is obviously struggling financially

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Jul 18, 2017

Of course, we are going to go take down Senate candidates.

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Jul 11, 2017

What I like about your recommendations is you are thinking through implementation, that when we implement it, these are the challenges we are going to have.

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Jul 11, 2017

Any recommendations you can get back to me from those conversations would be appreciated very much.

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Jul 11, 2017

I think it is critical that we find ways to recruit and support teachers who come to Indian Country, particularly because of those challenges and because of the shortages.

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Jul 11, 2017

I just want to urge my colleagues to be cognizant that sometimes in our caucuses we are the ones that really should be carrying this message.

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Jul 11, 2017

Do you think this bill really solves the issue? My concern is that two years from now, I do not want us to come back and say actually we needed something different than what we have.

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Jul 11, 2017

If you can help us identify here what is the problem, there is the place we want to go, here are the five steps to get there, that will help GAO in the process and their oversight and that will help us as well.

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Jul 11, 2017

The Johnson-O'Malley Program is extremely important for the people of my State and people around the Country.

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Jul 10, 2017

We need to be able to focus our dollars on the areas where we need to be able to deal with those threats.

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Jul 10, 2017

You have been in law enforcement for a long time, Mr. Glawe.

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Jul 10, 2017

If we are duplicating dollars, that means we are not looking at something else and we are missing out.

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Jun 28, 2017

I would like to commend them for their heroic and professional response in protecting the Members of Congress and others that day.

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Jun 28, 2017

The women and men of the U.S. Capitol Police work tirelessly to ensure that the Congress is able to securely conduct its legislative responsibilities without disruption.

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Jun 28, 2017

This concludes the open session of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee hearing regarding fiscal year 2018 funding for the Sergeant at Arms and U.S. Capitol Police.

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Jun 27, 2017

If you don't sell us LNG, then the Russians can turn the valve on and off and they control a large part of Europe.

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Jun 27, 2017

What price should Russia pay for this type of interference?

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Jun 21, 2017

We're all looking forward to quite a bit of what we saw in research in initial levels and in clinicals actually moving out to the general population, getting a chance to be able to see that.

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Jun 20, 2017

More data in its rawest form is helpful to us rather than its refined lowest-common-denominator-type form.

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Jun 20, 2017

When we have literally thousands of people that are teleworking, and we do not know if it is working or not.

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