Press Releases
Lankford Votes Against Bloated Postal Bill
WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK), a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee with jurisdiction over the United States Postal Service, today voted against the so-called "postal reform" bill. "Major reform of the Postal Service is long overdue, but it has to be right. I could not be more grateful to the thousands of postal employees who work long hours in tough conditions to keep America connected. The United States Postal Service is America's logist… Continue Reading
03.07.22
Lankford Calls on Democrats to Delay Nomination of ICE Nominee Until Troubling Allegations are Resolved
WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK), lead Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Government Operation and Border Management, sent a letter to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Homeland Security Committee Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI) regarding a recently obtained sworn affidavit from July 2021, in which a Houston Community College police officer documented allegations of domestic abuse against Biden's nominee to head Immigration and Cu… Continue Reading
03.07.22
Lankford, Lee Call to Defund Federal Vaccine Mandates
OKLAHOMA CITY,OK - Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Mike Lee (R-UT), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Steve Daines (R-MT), Rick Scott (R-FL), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Mike Braun (R-IN), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Rand Paul (R-KY) sent a letter in defense of Americans targeted by President Biden's vaccine mandates, making clear in a letter to colleagues they will not consent to expedited passage of a funding bill that allows the vaccine mandates to continue. At minimum, the Senators demanded a r… Continue Reading
03.03.22
Lankford Once Again Asks What the Administration Plan is Post-Pandemic to Stop the Crisis at the Border
CLICK HERE to download Lankford's remarks from Box. CLICK HERE to watch Lankford's remarks on YouTube. CLICK HERE to watch Lankford's remarks on Rumble. WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today clarified once again that revoking the emergency order under Title 42 would create massive unintended consequences that would make the crisis at the border even worse. Lankford highlighted that any repeal of Title 42 would result in at least 2 million illegal immigrants entering the coun… Continue Reading
03.03.22
Lankford Informs Senate Leadership: No More Support for COVID “Relief” Bills
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, as the White House sent a request to Congress for $22.5 billion dollars for additional COVID-19 funding, Senator James Lankford (R-OK) led his colleagues in a letter sent to Senate leadership to inform them that they would not support additional COVID-19 relief funding since unused funds still exist from previous funding packages. Additionally, any new funds would contribute to further inflation increases on top of the already 7.5 percent inflation that exists as a direct… Continue Reading
03.03.22
Lankford Goes to Bat for American Energy Against Biden’s Climate-Activist Administration
CLICK HERE to watch remarks on YouTube. CLICK HERE to watch Lankford's remarks on Rumble. WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today went to bat for American energy producers against federal regulators on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission who Lankford says are part of the Biden Administration's effort to further stall-and stop-American energy production and American energy independence at the same moment Russia is using its energy production as a weapon. Lankford questioned w… Continue Reading
03.02.22
Lankford Releases An Emotional Special Episode of The Breakdown with Firsthand Account from a Ukrainian
CLICK HERE to watch the podcast on YouTube. CLICK HERE to listen on SoundCloud. WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today released a special episode of The Breakdown with James Lankford to provide a firsthand account from his friend and former Member of Parliament Pavel Unguryan, who is currently in Ukraine, on what is happening on the ground. Pavel details how his country is under attack, thanks America for its support, and calls on the US to stop buying Russian oil. During the c… Continue Reading
03.02.22
Lankford Wants to Improve Human Resources in Federal Agencies
CLICK HERE to watch Lankford's opening remarks and Q&A on YouTube. CLICK HERE to watch Lankford's opening remarks and Q&A on Rumble. WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK), lead Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management, served as ranking member in a Subcommittee hearing entitled, "Chief Human Capital Officers at 20: What is needed to empower CHCOs to Ensure HR practices support agencies' miss… Continue Reading
03.02.22
Lankford, Hartzler Stand with Coach Kennedy
WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) and Representative Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) today led a group of 54 bicameral members of Congress to file a brief at the Supreme Court in support of Coach Joe Kennedy in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. In October 2021, Lankford and Hartzler sent an amicus brief to ask the Supreme Court to grant a review and subsequently reverse the Ninth Circuit's decision that allowed Coach Kennedy to be fired for silently kneeling and praying after school footb… Continue Reading
03.02.22
Lankford: We Need to Stop Buying Russian Oil
CLICK HERE to watch Lankford's remarks on YouTube. CLICK HERE to watch Lankford's remarks on Rumble. WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today along with his Republican colleagues expressed support for Ukraine and called on the US to cut off the purchase of Russian oil and gas. In the last day, Lankford has sent two letters to the President asking him to restore America's energy dominance and to change course on the failing energy policies that are emboldening Putin. Transcript On… Continue Reading
03.02.22
PASSED: Lankford, Colleagues Secure Re-opening of the US Capitol
PASSED: Lankford, Colleagues Secure Re-opening of the US Capitol WASHINGTON, DC - Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and several of their colleagues secured support for re-opening of the US Capitol and Senate office buildings to the public after passing their resolution-a victory for access to American democracy and a return to normal life. "This is a big victory for the American people," said Lankford. "We are a government for the people, and the people should be able to a… Continue Reading
03.02.22
Lankford, Energy Committee Republicans to Biden: Restore America’s Energy Dominance
WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined every Republican member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to send a letter to President Biden outlining 10 steps he and Congress can take to regain America's energy dominance. Following President Biden's State of the Union address last night, Lankford addressed Biden's proposal to reduce gas prices and how releasing the strategic petroleum reserve globally would do little to help gas prices and would only be short term. … Continue Reading
03.01.22
Lankford's Reaction to Biden’s State of the Union Address
CLICK HERE to watch Lankford's Facebook Live on YouTube. CLICK HERE to watch Lankford's Facebook Live floor on Rumble. WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) offered his reaction to President Biden's State of the Union address to the nation. Lankford laid out his questions, answers, and concerns from the President's speech in his reaction on Facebook Live following the address. Lankford highlighted how "audacious" it was that President Biden would talk about border security with the m… Continue Reading
03.01.22
Lankford, Sullivan, Colleagues Demand Biden Change Course on Failing Energy Policy as Prices Skyrocket at Home and Putin is Emboldened
WASHINGTON, DC -Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), John Cornyn (R-TS), John Thune (R-SS), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Joni Ernst (R-IA), John Hoeven (R-ND), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Steve Daines (R-MT), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Mike Braun (R-IN), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Jim Risch (R-ID), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Pat Toomey (R-PA), John Kennedy (R-LA), and Deb… Continue Reading
03.01.22
RESPONSE: Defense Department IG Answer Lankford Call to Investigate DOD’s Failure to Provide Religious Accommodations for the COVID-19 Vaccine
WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today received a response to his letter to the Acting Department of Defense (DOD) Inspector General Sean O'Donnell announcing that the Inspector General will be conducting an audit of DOD's COVID-19 vaccine exemption process, just 10 days after Lankford requested the audit. Lankford previously sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin demanding to know why, despite 19,979 known requests for religious accommodations from the COVID-19 vac… Continue Reading
02.28.22
Lankford Calls Out Democrats’ Tone Deaf Push for Abortions on Demand While Russia Murders Ukrainians
CLICK HERE to watch Lankford's remarks on the Senate floor on YouTube. CLICK HERE to watch Lankford's remarks on the Senate floor on Rumble. CLICK HERE to watch Lankford's remarks at the press conference on YouTube. CLICK HERE to watch Lankford's remarks at the press conference on Rumble. WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today raised his intense and complete opposition to Senator Chuck Schumer's (D-NY) appalling, tone-deaf vote this week on the so-called "Women's Health Protect… Continue Reading
02.27.22
Lankford Takes on Big Tech at CPAC 2022
CLICK HERE to view the video on YouTube. CLICK EHRE to watch the video on Rumble. ORLANDO, FL - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) took the stage at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) 2022 in a panel discussion about the hypocrisy and censorship from Big Tech companies who arbitrarily apply their subjective rules, which has stifled conservative voices. Lankford was joined in the discussion by Sean Davis, co-founder of The Federalist, and Rachel Bovard, The Federalist's senio… Continue Reading
02.26.22
Lankford From CPAC Talks About the Need for US to Ramp Up Oil & Gas Production
ORLANDO, FL - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Fox News and Newsmax today live from CPAC to discuss the immediate need for the US to ramp up oil and gas production to stifle Russian sales, which are funding Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Excerpt: Newsmax Is opening up the Keystone Pipeline, is that the solve? Lankford:…he (Biden) is so busy pleasing the environmental left and suddenly all those chickens are coming home to roost at this point. When he realized, here's the real resul… Continue Reading
02.26.22
Lankford Statement on Biden Nominee to the US Supreme Court
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) issued the following statement after President Joe Biden announced his nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States following the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer: "Judge Jackson will be treated fairly and respectfully as she goes through the process. It is imperative we have justices who are committed to the original meaning of the Constitution and the rule of law. I plan to … Continue Reading
02.25.22
Lankford Statement on Retirement of Senator Jim Inhofe
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) issued a statement following the announcement by Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) that he plans to retire from the US Senate on January 1, 2023: "Cindy and I are deeply grateful for the service and friendship of Jim and Kay Inhofe. The Senate is losing a warrior. His absence will be felt, and he will be missed. But we are thrilled for him and Kay, along with their family, to get more time together in the days ahead. "His legacy in the Senate will … Continue Reading
