Press Releases
Lankford Takes On Children’s Mental Health During Senate Hearing
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 participated in a Senate Finance Committee hearing on "Protecting Youth Mental Health: Part I - An Advisory and Call to Action," with US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy testifying. Lankford focused the impacts of marijuana consumption and how it ties to mental health in youth and gender … Continue Reading
02.08.22
Lankford Wants to Stop Resurrection of Biden-Obama WOTUS Overreach
WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator John Thune (R-SD) in a letter with the entire Senate Republican Conference to urge the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to suspend the pending rulemaking to redefine the scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act (CWA), specifically "waters of the United States" (WOTUS), until the US Supreme Court completes its consideration of Sackett v. EPA, a case that is expected to have maj… Continue Reading
02.07.22
Lankford, Daines, Colleagues: Broadband Projects Must Prioritize Rural America
WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) and their Senate colleagues to send a letter to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) expressing the importance of reliable broadband service for rural America. They requested that federally funded broadband projects prioritize unserved areas instead of overbuilding existing broadband infrastructure in areas with reliable broadband service. Joining Lankford and Daines in sending … Continue Reading
02.04.22
Lankford Named Legislator of the Month by 60 Plus Association
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) received the Lawmaker of the Month award from 60 Plus, the American Association of Senior Citizens, which is a nonpartisan organization working for the benefit of Senior Adults by supporting the repeal of the death tax, saving Social Security and Medicare, affordable prescription drugs, lowering energy costs, and other issues for seniors including less government, fewer taxes, and strict adherence to the Constitution. "I am grateful our natio… Continue Reading
02.04.22
Lankford, Colleagues Raise Serious Concerns with Intrusive IRS Identity Verification Measures
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Senator James Lankford (R-OK), member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) and their Senate Republican colleagues to raise serious questions and concerns with the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) announcement of a major expansion of its collaboration with ID.me that will require taxpayers to have an ID.me account to access key IRS online resources. In order to register with ID.me, taxpayers will need to submit to ID.me a trove of personal informat… Continue Reading
02.03.22
Lankford, Colleagues Want Answers on Biden’s Plan for a Database of Federal Employees’ Religious Beliefs
WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today joined Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) and 40 of their colleagues in a letter to the Comptroller General of the United States after the District of Columbia's Pretrial Services Agency (PSA) published a notice of its intent to create a database known as the "Employee Religious Exception Request Information System." The Members ask GAO to tell them whether the notice constitutes a rule for purposes of the Congressional Review Act, which Congress can i… Continue Reading
02.03.22
Lankford: We Are 13 Months Into this Administration and They Still Have No Plan to Secure the Border
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) addressed his colleagues on the Senate floor on his recent oversight trip to the US/Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley section. Since returning, Lankford has been focused on sharing the ongoing national crisis at the border which is a direct result of the Biden Administration's lack of leadership and enforcement of US law. Lankford, alon… Continue Reading
02.02.22
Lankford: Biden's Open Border is the Greatest Profit-Maker for the Mexican Cartel
CLICK HERE to watch Lankford's remarks on YouTube. CLICK HERE to watch Lankford's remarks on Rumble. CLICK HERE to watch Fox Business remarks on YouTube. CLICK HERE to watch Fox Business remarks on Rumble. WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined several of his colleagues today to highlight the ongoing national security crisis at the US/Mexico border which is a direct result of the Biden Administration's lack of leadership and enforcement of US law. Last week, Lankford revis… Continue Reading
01.31.22
Lankford, Daines Fight for Pregnant Moms to Receive Tax Relief
WASHINGTON, DC - Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Steve Daines (R-MT) today, joined by several of their Senate colleagues, reintroduced the Child Tax Credit for Pregnant Moms Act, which allows pregnant moms to claim the Child Tax Credit for their unborn children. "A mom with a baby in her womb and a mom with a baby in her arms are both moms who deserve to be treated as such under our laws and policies," said Lankford. "Federal benefits available to moms should be available to all moms. I'm gl… Continue Reading
01.31.22
Lankford, Colleagues Demand Biden Enforce Sanctions on Iranian Oil Tankers
WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) along with Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) and eight of their Senate colleagues sent a letter to President Joe Biden demanding that he enforce mandatory sanctions against the growing fleet of oil tankers selling Iranian oil and against the entities purchasing this oil, including in China. President Biden has so far refused to take action against the sharp rise in Iranian oil exports and has instead engaged in talks with the Iranian regime on a pathway to … Continue Reading
01.31.22
Lankford, Colleagues Ask EPA to Reconsider Their Proposed Denial of Small Refinery Exemptions
WASHINGTON, DC - Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), along with several of their colleagues sent a letter to US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan. The letter asks EPA to reconsider its proposed blanket denial of small refinery exemptions (SRE) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program as this runs counter to congressional intent under the Clean Air Act. "We are puzzled by the action EPA took in these proposals, including the un… Continue Reading
01.29.22
Lankford Assesses Situation at US-Mexico Border
CLICK HERE to watch Lankford's Facebook Live of new construction on the border on YouTube. CLICK HERE to watch Lankford's Facebook Live of new construction on the border on Rumble. CLICK HERE to watch Lankford's Facebook Live from border night watch on YouTube. CLICK HERE to watch Lankford's Facebook Live from border night watch on Rumble. OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today returned from the Rio Grande Valley sector of the southern border, near Brownsville, TX, wit… Continue Reading
01.27.22
Lankford Issues Statement on the Retirement of Justice Breyer
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today issued a statement following Supreme Court Justice Breyer's official announcement that he plans to retire later this year: "President Biden has demonstrated for months that he is intent on pushing his progressive agenda on our nation. Supreme Court Justices should not push an agenda; they should follow the original meaning of the Constitution and the clear intent of the law. Selecting justices should focus on who is going to honor the la… Continue Reading
01.27.22
After Alarmingly High Border Crossings in December, Lankford Calls Out Biden’s Ongoing Open Border Policies
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) offered the following statement after US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released its report on illegal crossings and counterfeit drugs and materials smuggled across or southern border as of December 2021: "CBP encountered over two million migrants at the southwest border in 2021. That is a staggering number," said Lankford. "The daily and monthly numbers remain overwhelming for our border law enforcement whose hands they've told me 'are t… Continue Reading
01.26.22
Lankford, Colleagues Want Investigation Into Biden Administration, National School Boards Association & National Education Association Efforts to Silence Parent Protests of School Policies
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Marco Rubio (R-FL), along with nine Senators, wrote to Department of Education Inspector General Sandra Bruce and Department of Justice Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz urging them to investigate multiple coordinated efforts between the Biden Administration, the National School Boards Association (NSBA), and the National Education Association (NEA) to silence parents protesting school policies related to COVID-19 and Critical Race Theor… Continue Reading
01.25.22
Lankford Outraged That Defense Department Has Granted Nearly ZERO Religious Accommodations for COVID-19 Vaccine
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today 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 vaccine, the Department has granted nearly zero requests for religious accommodations among the service branches. The US Marines reportedly have two religious accommodations-out of 3,367 requests. In his letter, Lankford wrote that according to information his office obtained: the US Army ha… Continue Reading
01.25.22
Lankford Holds IRS Accountable for Data Leaks, Targeting, Months of Backlogs
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Senator James Lankford (R-OK), who serves on the Senate Finance Committee, today sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig concerning the IRS's ability to process Americans' private information in a safe and timely way, and the many troublesome issues facing the agency. Lankford's letter presses the IRS for answers about the ProPublica data leak, the targeting of religious organizations seeking tax-exempt status, IT security failures, return … Continue Reading
01.24.22
Lankford, Colleagues Look to Protect Christians from Finnish Hate Speech Law
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), and Mike Braun (R-IN) in sending a letter to the newly-confirmed US Ambassador-At-Large for International Religious Freedom, urging his office to monitor the alarming case in Finland against two Christians accused of violating Finland's hate speech law due to their deeply held religious convictions. Today, Finnish courts held a hearing on charges brought against a member o… Continue Reading
01.24.22
Lankford, Colleagues Champion Parents’ Rights in Education
CLICK HERE to watch Lankford's remarks on YouTube. OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) introduced a resolution to recognize the need to stand up for parents' choices in their children's education during National School Choice Week. The resolution recognizes the necessity of school choice as a tool to empower parents with the freedom to choose the best educational environment for their children, particularly as it relates to COVID-19 and to combat destructive ideologies like Critic… Continue Reading
01.21.22
Lankford: Election Assistance Commission Must Stop Promoting Partisan Election Group Information Immediately
WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today sent a letter to the chairman of the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) after being made aware that the independent commission is using data from political and activist resources. The EAC is supposed to be an independent, bipartisan commission charged with providing resources for free and fair elections by voting or by volunteering. Lankford wrote in the letter, "On January 19th, one of the most consequential days in the history of th… Continue Reading
