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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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Jun 5, 2024

They are frustrated because their compliance requirements continue to go up.

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Jun 5, 2024

the President of the United States is, today, using clips of my speech on the floor of the Senate in his campaign ads talking about border security and immigration. Well, I would encourage him to use clips of this speech today instead…

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Jun 5, 2024

We want our cybersecurity personnel focused not on delivering reports to multiple regulators but instead focused on how are we going to actually secure systems.

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Jun 4, 2024

70 percent is clearly not the right number on this, to try to get it down to that level.

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Jun 4, 2024

We want our cybersecurity personnel focused not on delivering reports to multiple regulators but instead focused on how are we going to actually secure systems.

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Jun 4, 2024

Chair Peters, this is an area we need to work on, the independent agencies, not just in this area but in a broader area.

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Jun 4, 2024

I appreciate it. It's not an unknown statement on this, and I see them over time.

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Jun 4, 2024

I appreciate it. It's not an unknown statement on this, and I see them over time.

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Jun 4, 2024

They are frustrated because their compliance requirements continue to go up.

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Jun 3, 2024

the Court has failed to uphold the promise of the Constitution when really the decision was about the Court should not decide this, the people should decide this.

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May 23, 2024

three Senators started, about 8 months ago now, working to try to get some solutions on border security. It is for obvious reasons, because we have record high numbers over and over and over again at our southern border. We had a record…

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May 22, 2024

I would say none. I would not allow troops to go in at all without an affirmative vote at that time of Congress.

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May 22, 2024

I think no. The approval of the Governor is not enough.

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May 22, 2024

I think no. The approval of the Governor is not enough.

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May 22, 2024

I would say none. I would not allow troops to go in at all without an affirmative vote at that time of Congress.

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May 21, 2024

The approval of the Governor is not enough. I can imagine a Governor that makes a bad decision too.

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May 21, 2024

I would say none. I would not allow troops to go in at all without an affirmative vote at that time of Congress.

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May 21, 2024

so far this year, 1,624,790 people have illegally crossed our southwest border--1,624,790 so far. We have at least 1.6 million people who have also been designated ``got-aways'' in the last 3 years; that is, they crossed our southwest…

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May 21, 2024

I am really not for sending the military domestically. I really do not think the military should ever be used domestically.

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May 16, 2024

can I just recap for this body. Starting in last October, a group of us sat down to have a serious conversation about the border. We had a Democrat Senator from Connecticut, Chris Murphy; we had an Independent Senator, Kyrsten Sinema, from…

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May 8, 2024

October 7, 2023, was almost 5 years to the day after the attack on the Tree of Life synagogue--almost 5 years to the day. Anti-Semitism has been on the rise around the world and unfortunately here in America. We are seeing it on college…

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May 2, 2024

I rise today to offer my sincere gratitude to Tom Harper, a lieutenant colonel in the Army National Guard. From his beginning as an infantryman in the Florida Army National Guard, he graduated--distinguished--from the Georgia Military…

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May 2, 2024

this week, the Senate began consideration of the FAA reauthorization bill. It is an incredibly important piece of legislation that this body takes up every few years to be able to evaluate where we are on safety of our national airspace…

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