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James Lankford
American
Politician
Born:
Mar 4
,
1968
Believe
Conservative
Country
Every
People
You
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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
Believe
Consequences
Compliance
Minor
Fine
Rather
Only
Most
Protect
Real
Encourage
Than
Intend
Them
Workers
Should
Warnings
Help
Businesses
Serious
Bring
Violations
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
Benefits
Welfare
Single
Every
Additional
Kids
Frankly
Security
Some
Through
Disability
Put
Wrong
Check
Maintenance
Also
Because
Get
Quite
Quite Frankly
Want
Social
Them
Separate
Social Security
Moms
Level
We must go through every area of the federal budget to isolate waste and abandoned projects.
James Lankford
Every
Projects
Abandoned
Must
Area
Through
Federal
Budget
Isolate
Go
Waste
At times, conservatives become defined by their volume rather than by their ideas.
James Lankford
Become
Conservatives
Defined
Rather
Volume
Ideas
Times
Than
I believe that being conservative means you try to get in to the middle of the fight and try to solve the problem.
James Lankford
You
Fight
Problem
Conservative
Try
Believe
Solve
Get
Middle
Being
Means
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
You
Try
Own
Chaotic
Way
Security
Able
Individuals
Check
Make
Return
Sure
Been
Get
Done
Tax
IRS
Social
Double
Taxes
Your
File
Social Security
Early
Number
We still have a major problem in debt with America that we have to find efficiencies in government to get us back to a balanced budget.
James Lankford
Government
Problem
Back
Find
Budget
Major
Major Problem
Balanced
Balanced Budget
Still
Debt
Efficiencies
America
Get
Us
I understand the significance of being one of 18 senators in Oklahoma history.
James Lankford
History
Oklahoma
Significance
Understand
Senators
Being
What they have done, ISIS is very well outspoken about how much they hate our freedom, who we are as Americans.
James Lankford
Freedom
Hate
Our
About
Outspoken
Well
How
How Much
Very
American
Done
Much
Who
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
Say
Out
Able
Attack
Highly
Likes
Around
Command
Trained
Send
Going
Central
Moment
Al
Coordinate
Large-Scale
Al-Qaeda
We're facing serious issues. We can either complain about it or try to step in and solve it.
James Lankford
Try
Complain
Solve
About
Facing
Step
Issues
Either
Serious
Serious Issues
The only way to make government more efficient is to make it smaller and to make it more local.
James Lankford
Government
Local
Way
More
Only
Smaller
Make
Efficient
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
Health
Care
Way
States
Solutions
Obamacare
One-Size-Fits-All
Protect
Health Care
Imposed
Been
Compact
Including
Washington
Residents
I still strongly support a full repeal of Obamacare.
James Lankford
Obamacare
Strongly
Support
Still
Repeal
Full
The Health Care Compact simply gives a state like Oklahoma the option to create a customized system that better meets the needs of Oklahoma families.
James Lankford
Health
Needs
Better
Care
State
Meets
Oklahoma
System
Gives
Simply
Like
Health Care
Families
Option
Create
Compact
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
Love
Myself
Try
Problems
Mind
Research
Down
Side
Back
See
More
Weeds
Through
Student
Messaging
Go
Get
Going
Different
Things
Default
We have a very structured process for taking in refugees. It takes almost two years to transition from another country into the United States through the refugee process.
James Lankford
Country
States
Structured
Through
Takes
Taking
Almost
Another
Years
Very
Refugee
Refugees
Process
Transition
United
United States
Two
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
Family
Law
Difficult
Consequences
Members
Out
More
Wrong
Know
Go
Very
Get
Family Members
Any
Ice
Agents
Enforce
Should
Means
Engaged
Why
Right
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
You
Law
Country
Nation
Everyone
Our
Run
Bad
Runs
Laws
Both
Know
Executive
Knows
Because
Get
Order
Why
Consequence
The Constitution provides that all Americans enjoy the right to live a life in accordance with their convictions of faith.
James Lankford
Life
Faith
Constitution
Convictions
Live
Enjoy
All Americans
Provides
Accordance
American
Right
The First Amendment is first for a reason - it cannot be ignored by the D.C. City Council.
James Lankford
First
City
City Council
Council
First Amendment
Amendment
Cannot
Ignored
Reason
I'm in favor of dealing with Iran and dealing with the nuclear issue, but I'm not in favor of a bad deal.
James Lankford
Favor
Bad
Deal
Dealing
Issue
Iran
Nuclear
The vast majority of Americans believe you don't discriminate. You don't. We honor each other. We don't all see life the same way. We don't. We're Americans.
James Lankford
Life
You
Honor
Believe
Other
Way
See
Vast
Vast Majority
Majority
Discriminate
American
Same
Each
What I love to do is the policy. The politics, I'm brand-new at.
James Lankford
Love
Politics
Policy
Centralized national decision-making on education reduces the role of the parent and the local districts.
James Lankford
Education
National
Local
Districts
Parent
Role
Decision-Making
Centralized
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
Health
Safety
Must
Promote
Federal
Balanced
Policies
Goal
Enforcement
Should
Regulations
Regulatory
Businesses
Assistance
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