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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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Apr 25, 2017

There are tens of billions of additional dollars that are still on the table that could be implemented.

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Apr 25, 2017

It has passed unanimously in the House.

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Apr 25, 2017

I would encourage Congress to encourage CMS to act more quickly.

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Apr 25, 2017

This is one of those ongoing issues. As you go through this process, when you get to that spot, just know this committee is thinking about cyber doctrine a lot.

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Apr 25, 2017

Every taxpayer should be able to pull this information.

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Apr 4, 2017

I have listened over the last several weeks to accusations and a type of smear campaign, quite frankly, of a good judge and a good man: Neil Gorsuch. It is remarkable to me to see that the debate has become more about character destruction…

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Apr 3, 2017

A wall goes up, and then you saw the very significant drop in illegal crossings at that spot--as well as vehicles and people.

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Mar 30, 2017

on January 18, 2017, two days before President Obama left office, he finalized a rule and put it in place to require States--regardless of their decisions in their State--to have to use Planned Parenthood, removing the decision making from…

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Mar 29, 2017

I'm confident that APT28, the hacking group, is in fact sponsored by the government, the Russian government.

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Mar 29, 2017

All these things are fictional, illusory, provocations, lies, used for domestic American political agendas.

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Mar 29, 2017

So other than this one, but give me an example of what it means to have a cyber attack that we can communicate to the American people, this is not just a nuisance hacker stealing information, this is an attack from a foreign government on…

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Mar 29, 2017

there has been a long conversation about a Supreme Court Justice. Quite frankly, there should be a long conversation. It is an incredibly important role of the Senate for advice and consent. We are talking about a Supreme Court Justice as…

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Mar 29, 2017

So this started in 2008, 2009 time period, as you've cited before with your previous timeline.

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Mar 29, 2017

I would attribute the Russian government to the breaches.

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Mar 28, 2017

I believe Congress will always expand the debt ceiling.

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Mar 28, 2017

I have proposed several areas to be able to get on top of this.

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Mar 28, 2017

It has been one of the areas that I try to push a lot of people that I talk to, to say it is the creeping element in the budget that no one can pay attention to because you assume it is never going to get that high, but it is coming.

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Mar 28, 2017

We have to avoid the constant fear of a government shutdown.

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Mar 28, 2017

The Russians want to create chaos wherever they can to be able to undermine democracy.

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Mar 28, 2017

This is a matter of giving Congress a deadline when they have to act and do something and cannot just sit back and say status quo will work.

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Mar 28, 2017

I would not exactly pull California as a model on efficiency in spending.

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Mar 28, 2017

But they have found way--and not to go pick on California because their folks are not here to be able to defend themselves.

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Mar 28, 2017

Congress only acts when it has a deadline.

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Mar 28, 2017

I have a bill called the Government Shutdown Prevention Act.

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Mar 28, 2017

What happens if you get to the end, and then you tip over, and you have a government shutdown? He laughed. He said, 'We have a new election the next week, because all of us are out.'

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