JUST IN: Lankford Discusses the Destruction of Iran’s Nuclear Facilities on Fox Business — “It Definitely Not Just Set Them Back, It Stopped Their Program”

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WASHINGTON, DC — Senator James Lankford (R-OK), a member of the Senate Intelligence and Homeland Security Committees, joined Fox Business to discuss the success of the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and the importance of passing the One Big Beautiful Bill.

Excerpts:

On Working With President Trump:

“… We’re not planning to say no to anything that President Trump is laying out there as far as his economic agenda, because we agree we don’t want taxing rates to go up. We do want to be able to secure our border. We do want to be able to modernize air traffic control, and we’ve got to be able to work on our deficit.

“So no, we totally agree. Of the bill that’s out there, probably 95% of it we already have agreement on. There’s about 5% of it – there are a few senators that have some questions on trying to be able to get the language right. And we’re still working with the parliamentarian to be able to make sure we’re honoring all the legal process through this as well. So we’re doing the final tweak outs and trying to get this thing ready to be able to launch.”

On President Trump Inviting Americans To The White House To Highlight The Bill’s Impact:

“I think there’s two things that are actually happening. One is he’s trying to remind everybody, here’s what it’s all about as far as in the House and the Senate. The second one is he’s trying to remind the American people, here’s what this bill is all about.

“For now, a couple of months, Democrats have gone out and said, this bill is all about benefits for billionaires and taking away health insurance, which is absurd. That’s not what it is. But they’ve been out there just driving that message. The President wants to say no, let me tell you what it actually is, and let me put people in front of you that know what the benefit of this is. So I think it’s a really a messaging piece, not just for Congress, it’s a messaging piece for the American people to know what’s really in this One Big Beautiful Bill. Not what the Democrats are trying to portray it being.”

On Verifying Any Future Deal With Iran:

“Yeah, I would require that [independent inspections] as a part of an agreement. There is no trust. So we have to be able to verify everything that’s actually happening in Iran. We sent a very clear message through our excellent professionals in the United States military. Those men and women did precision strikes to be able to take on their nuclear capabilities, that they cannot have a nuclear weapon. And we let them know loud and clear, we know where this is. If you try to restart a nuclear program, we know exactly where you are, and we’ll make sure this doesn’t happen again.

“So the key aspects of any agreement need to be that Iran stops its terrorist activities around the entire region and against the United States, and that they do not restart a nuclear program of any type. So those things, I think can be verified. And we need to make sure that for the future, they understand that loud and clear.”

On The Success Of Operation Midnight Hammer:

“I was actually already satisfied with that because, again, with the significant damage that was put down on that nuclear facility with multiple strikes, both with the Israelis before, and definitely the exclamation point that our men and women put down on it from the United States military.

“It definitely not just set them back, it stopped their program. And again, the clear message is: don’t restart it. Don’t even try to go somewhere else and to start building it again, because we know where you are and we know how to stop it again.”

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