Quotes by James Lankford - Page 2

The goal of federal regulations should be to promote health and safety, but regulatory enforcement must be balanced with common-sense policies and assistance for businesses.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Assistance
Balanced
Enforcement
Safety
Businesses
Policies
Promote
Regulations
Regulatory
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You talk about leading Republicans. That's no easy task on just like you were trying to lead Democrats on the other side. We all have independent thoughts and independent ideas.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Democrats
Republicans
Leading
Task
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Certainly, every student and school ought to have standards and evaluation, but who sets those standards, and who writes the test? Whoever controls the test controls the school.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Evaluation
Ought
Standards
Sets
Test
Whoever
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There's a Biblical mandate to reach out to those who are the orphans, the widows in their distress, to take care of the stranger in your land. But that does not mean citizenship.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Bible
Distress
Stranger
Take Care
Widows
Mandate
Orphans
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You don't have Republicans and Democrats behind closed doors. We have people passionate about national security behind closed doors. And I think that's the way that it should be.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Passionate
People
Thinking
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The Congressional Prayer Caucus has worked successfully to advocate for and protect values that are fundamental to the fabric of our nation, and I'm honored to serve as co-chairman.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Caucus
Fabric
Honored
Advocate
Congressional
Fundamental
Successfully
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I think people see the social media numbers, and the assumption is made that we're running a campaign that is just social media, but I think we're running a very old-school campaign.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Assumption
Numbers
Social Media
Social Media People Media
Campaign
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Race and sexual preferences are two different things. One is behavior-related and preference-related, and one is something inherently - skin color, something obvious, that kind of stuff.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Different Things
Obvious
Skin Color
Sexual
Inherently
Preferences
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Race and sexual preferences are two different things. One is a behavior-related and preference-related and one is something inherently - skin color, something obvious, that kind of stuff.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Color
Different Things
Obvious
Race
Skin Color
Two
Skin
Sexual
Inherently
Preferences
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There is only one person in the State Department that can sign off on State Department personnel being in a facility that doesn't meet security standards, and it's the secretary of state.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Department
Facility
Personnel
Secretary
Standards
State Department
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Al Qaeda likes to coordinate, have a central command to be able to send out emissaries around that they have highly trained and say, 'This is the moment we're going to do a large-scale attack.'
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Large Scale
Likes
Al
Attack
Central
Coordinate
Qaeda
Send
Trained
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The number of fighters that are ISIS fighters wouldn't fill up most American football stadiums. This is not a large group of individuals, but they're tenacious, and they rule with absolute terror.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
American Football
Stadiums
Tenacious
Terror
Absolute
Fighters
Individuals
Large Group
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The Health Care Compact is a way for states to protect their residents from the top-down, one-size-fits-all health care 'solutions' that have been imposed from Washington D.C., including Obamacare.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Compact
Health Care
One Size Fits All
Residents
Solutions
Health Care Way
Imposed
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For the millions of Americans, like my family, who believe that there is a creator God who can be known personally, Christmas is a celebration of Jesus' offer of love and forgiveness for all people.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Christmas
Forgiveness
Celebration
Creator
Love God Family
All People
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One of the hardest areas is duplication; everyone knows there's lots of duplication in government. But when you ask someone, 'OK, name two programs that are duplicative,' typically there's a long pause.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Duplication
Ask
Lots
Area
Programs
Pause
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As we see thousands of public and private Christmas trees and nativity displays around the country, they remind us again of the powerful American value built into our Constitution: our freedom of religion.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Christmas
Freedom Of Religion
Nativity
Remind
Thousands
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Assad has to go. I mean, the way that ISIS can recruit, and the rebels that are in the north, and all the chaos that's happening through a lot of Syria circles around a lot of people that do not like Assad.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Chaos
Circles
Recruit
Syria
People Way Through
Rebels
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The joy of Christmas causes hundreds of radio stations around the country to play Christmas music all day, and people will exchange millions of gifts to remember the first gift of Christmas, the infant Jesus.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Christmas
Jesus
Causes
Infant
Joy
Millions
Radio
Radio Stations
Stations
All Day
Exchange
Gifts
Hundreds
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I see myself as more of a student, that I love to get down into the weeds of different problems and try to go through that. I don't mind messaging, but I'm going to default back to the research side of things.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Default
Love Myself Mind
Messaging
Weeds
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Michael Flynn is the national security adviser working next to the president, so in his time that he was the national security adviser, he is working in the White House. He should have access to the information.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
House
National Security
President
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This is why it's bad to run a country by executive order: because our nation runs on laws - when everyone knows the law, and everyone knows what it is, you know both the law and the consequence, and you get that.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Consequence
Executive
Runs
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President Obama and I disagree on policy with Israel. He seems to say... 'We want peace, but we want to act like Switzerland. We're going to be a neutral party to everyone.' I think that's negotiating from weakness.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Disagree
Negotiating
President Obama
Switzerland
Weakness
Neutral
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Our nation stands at the crossroads of liberty. Crushing national debt, rampant illegal immigration, insane business regulations and staggering national unemployment are pushing our nation into unchartered territory.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Crossroads
Crush
Debt
Illegal
Illegal Immigration
Immigration
Insane
Liberty
National Debt
Pushing
Staggering
Territory
Unemployment
Crushing
National
Rampant
Regulations
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There is no one leader that's going to unify all of Syria that suddenly everyone is going to go, 'Yes, that's a logical place.' They're not unified. They don't have a setup succession like we do in the United States.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Logical
Succession
Syria
Unified
Setup
Suddenly
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The recent, single-year influx of unaccompanied minors from foreign countries into the United States is a direct result of President Obama's policies of encouraging amnesty and failing to enforce existing immigration laws.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Encouraging
Amnesty
Direct
Failing
Foreign Countries
Immigration
Immigration Laws
Obama
Enforce
Existing
Policies
Recent
Result
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Most businesses believe regulators intend to fine them rather than help them protect their workers. Serious violations should bring real consequences, but minor violations should only incur warnings that encourage compliance.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Compliance
Workers
Intend
Minor
Violations
Warnings
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I don't see people who are eager for shutdowns. While some people have a romantic ideal about shutdowns, the vast majority of Republicans and Democrats believe you have to try to work problems out rather than having a shutdown.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Democrats
Vast
Eager
Republicans
Ideal
Republicans And Democrats
Vast Majority
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It is a bipartisan gathering to be able to pray for the needs back in our districts, for our families and each other. Another thing the prayer caucus does is to address religious liberty issues around the country as they arise.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Arise
Bipartisan
Caucus
Gathering
Liberty
Religious Liberty
Pray
Districts
Pray For
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The wind industry has made major strides over the past two decades, and they have proven their industry to be efficient and self-sustainable. There is no need for the taxpayer to continue to subsidize a wind start-up tax credit.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Credit
Decades
Efficient
Proven
Wind
Subsidize
Start-Up
Strides
Taxpayer
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The different Washington, D.C.-based groups and the different special interest groups, they all want to be able to pick who they want to be a senator. They don't speak for everyone, and they definitely don't speak for Oklahomans.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Groups
Oklahomans
Special Interest Groups
Senator
Special Interest
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Let's set aside our political and ideological differences and take a moment to love our families, hug our children, parents and grandparents and through love and respect, strengthen the bonds that made us the greatest nation on Earth.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Respect
Differences
Earth
Hug
Ideological
Made
Political
Greatest
Aside
Bonds
Nation
Set
Families
Grandparents
Parents
Moment
Strengthen
To Love
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We have two programs dealing with bulletproof vests, two different systems of actually distributing bulletproof vests from the federal government. Two sets of applications, two different sets of personnel to approve those applications.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Bulletproof
Federal Government
Personnel
Applications
Approve
Dealing
Programs
Sets
Systems
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There is a way for the IRS to be able to have a double check to make sure individuals don't file on your Social Security number early and try to get a tax return and make it chaotic for you to file your own taxes. That's not been done.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Chaotic
Irs
Return
Social Security
Check
Double
File
Individuals
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It's ironic, isn't it, that one day you're one of the most conservative members, and then some individual gets mad at you, and they decide to throw millions of dollars against you because you didn't vote exactly the way they want every day.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Dollars
Ironic
Day Way Every Day
Exactly The Way
Day Every Day Way
Millions Of Dollars
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I find it completely irrational to say someone who stands up for life for children is taking the life of adult. It's completely inconsistent with the values of the pro-life movement that are very passionate about protecting life, not taking life.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Inconsistent
Irrational
Passionate
Pro Life
Protecting
Stands
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I'm not a 'messiah' coming to change Washington. I don't come with a political background, so I think it's part of my responsibility to raise my hand and say 'Why?' Folks don't just want smaller government; they want an efficient small government.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Efficient
Folks
Messiah
Small Government
Change Government Political
Raise
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I am proud to join the many state legislators, governors, businessmen and hard-working Americans who have worked to build support and momentum for the idea of the Health Care Compact, and I am proud to introduce the common-sense bill for this sensible solution.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Compact
Governors
Health Care
Legislators
Momentum
Sensible
Health I Am Care
Hard-Working
Introduce
Join
Solution
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Every person is created in the image of God and has value. Every person. Every person is to be treated with respect. Every person is also a citizen of some country. In their country, they have rights and responsibilities; in every other country, they are a guest.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Citizen
Guest
Responsibilities
Value
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It's very difficult for the family members of ICE agents, and it's very difficult for ICE agents to know what's right and what's wrong and why should I get engaged and go out there and enforce the law when I don't know what it means any more to have consequences.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Agents
Engaged
Family Members
Ice
Enforce
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As a Christian, Israel has a very special place in my heart. There's no question about that. I grew up with a Bible, and the back of the Bible has all these pictures of Israel in it. And so all these locations are incredibly significant to me personally in my faith.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Bible
Significant
Locations
No Question
Special Place
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Personally and politically, I'm extremely conservative for who I am, but I'm also very careful in my tone. I don't believe just because you're a conservative that you're angry. I can be plenty frustrated and not have to constantly portray myself as upset and angry at the world.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Angry
Careful
Conservative
Frustrated
Plenty
Tone
Upset
Myself Believe World
Extremely
Just Because
Personally
Politically
Portray
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We've overmedicated kids. Quite frankly, some of the overmedication of kids are because welfare moms want to get additional benefits, and if they can put them on SSI through maintenance drugs, they can also put them on Social Security disability and get a separate check. That is wrong on every single level.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Benefits
Disability
Maintenance
Social Security
Welfare
Additional
Check
Frankly
Moms
Quite Frankly
Separate
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A lot of the issue that is happening in Syria is Assad is still there. And after years now, the administration, of saying Assad has to go, the pressure is not being applied to Russia, to Iran - the folks that are propping up Assad - and Assad himself to be able to actually be removed there and to transition to another leader.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Administration
Iran
Russia
Syria
Applied
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Many Americans believe marriage is between a man and a woman, and we need to celebrate marriage as the best way to provide stability for children. For people who live by the clear teaching of many different faith traditions and people who simply believe in the sanctity of marriage, it is essential that their views are respected.
James Lankford / U.s. Representative
Believe
Children
Teaching
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