CLEVELAND, OH — Pro-life leaders and high-ranking officials gathered for Donald Trump and Mike Pence Wednesday at the Celebrating Life & Values event hosted by the political affiliates of the Family Research Council (FRC) and Susan B. Anthony List.
On this week’s “Fox News Sunday,” Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) said the classified information found on Hillary Clinton’s private email sever that she used during her tenure as secretary of state presented a security threat. Lankford said, “It absolutely represents
On November 30, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) released a report on government waste, showing that multiple federal agencies are monitoring toy guns for regulatory compliance, although only one of the agencies involved has enforcement powers.
While in the past year Obama signed 224 bills into law, he also published 3,554 final rules. “This means that for every law passed by Congress, the federal government created 16 new rules,” according to the report from Sen. James Lankford. “While certain regulations are important to keep us safe, the current Administration has churned out new regulations at a pace that exceeds 3,500 per year.”
The Department of State’s Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications (CSCC) operates a Twitter account titled, “Think Again, Turn Away,” which is aimed at discouraging individuals from joining terrorist organizations.
In the past year Congress set aside $500 million to provide equipment and training for at a minimum of 5,400 Syrian rebels fighting the Islamic State terrorist group, but thus far only 60 rebel fighters have been trained, costing U.S. tax payers $4 million per one rebel fighter.
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) targeted GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s historic hotel project in Washington, D.C., as an example of wasted tax-dollars, arguing that tax payers will help foot the bill with $40 million in credits through the National Historic Tax Credit.
The federal government spent $4 million per Syrian rebel fighter to combat the Islamic State terrorist group, and $1.2 million to teach robots how to select clothing and dress children and the elderly, according to Sen. James Lankford’s (R-OK) annual report on government waste, fraud and abuse.
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) appeared on Sirius XM’s Breitbart News Daily to talk about his forthcoming government waste book, titled “Federal Fumbles.”
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) plans to following in the footsteps of his predecessor, Senator Tom Coburn, by releasing an annual efficiency report similar to Coburn’s annual waste book.
There remain outstanding questions about the expectations and consequences for federal immigration enforcement officials who do not follow President Obama’s executive amnesty policies, warns Sen. James Lankford (R-OK).
Monday during the Planned Parenthood funding debate on the Senate floor, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) scolded Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) for telling the story of a friend who gave birth to a premature baby that weighed 14 ounces. Lankford said,
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) is introducing legislation this week that would entirely defund Planned Parenthood for at least a year while the federal government investigates the organization in the wake of several covert videos that show top executives from the group aiming to sell body parts from aborted human babies.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol officers—along with their families—are living in fear and uncertainty every day under President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Monday night.
Senator-Elect James Lankford (R-OK) offered Christmas wishes from a historical perspective in this week’s Republican weekly address. Transcript as follows: Merry Christmas. I’m James Lankford, and I have the honor of representing the people of central Oklahoma in the United
Reps. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and James Lankford (R-OK), members of the House Budget Committee that the House would pass a “hybrid” of an omnibus spending bill and a continuing resolution that could enable the GOP to defund President Obama’s executive
Representative James Lankford (R-OK) said that the 2008 anti-human trafficking law signed by President Bush does not prevent the US government from deporting most of the unaccompanied minors crossing the border in an appearance on Tuesday’s “Your World with Neil
In an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz reacted to Tuesday night’s outcome of the Mississippi Republican senatorial runoff between incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) and State Sen. Chris McDaniel, with Cochran coming
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — U.S. Rep. James Lankford has won the Republican nomination for Oklahoma’s open U.S. Senate seat. By capturing more than 50 percent of the vote Tuesday in the seven-man GOP primary field, Lankford avoids a runoff and
Rep. James Lankford (R-OK), the 5th-ranking member of the House GOP leadership, won the Oklahoma Senate special primary election outright on Tuesday, avoiding an August runoff against T.W. Shannon, the former Oklahoma House Speaker who was backed by former Alaska
After Ben Sasse’s primary win in Nebraska’s GOP Senate primary last month, it seemed like former conservative Oklahoma House Speaker T.W. Shannon was next. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT), all of
Just days after he criticized ads by outside groups attacking Congressman James Lankford (R-OK), retiring Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has criticized a new ad by a different outside group attacking T.W. Shannon, Lankford’s opponent in the June 24 Oklahoma U.S.
Ahead of Oklahoma’s June 24 GOP Senate primary, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT), the top three conservative leaders in the nation, sent a letter asking Oklahomans to send conservative T.W. Shannon
Another Oklahoma Senate poll released on Wednesday has former conservative House Speaker T.W. Shannon with a slight lead over Rep. James Lankford (R-OK), the more moderate candidate in the nation’s most conservative state who once led by 35 points before
Conservative Oklahoma Senate candidate T.W. Shannon has opened up a 10-point lead after trailing Rep. James Lankford (R-OK) by 35 points just two months ago in the race to replace retiring Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK). That represents a net swing
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s endorsement last week has helped conservative Oklahoma Senate candidate T.W. Shannon shave 26 points from his deficit to close within nine points of Rep. James Lankford. This was revealed in a newly released Public Opinion Strategy
Washington, DC–Representative James Lankford (R-OK), Chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee, today introduced the House Joint Resolution legislative proposal for the Health Care Compact, a breakthrough governance reform that allows states to clean up the health care mess created
House Oversight Committee members Chairman Darrell Issa, (R-CA), James Lankford (R-OK), and Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking for further information about Obamacare implementation in regards to the recent “small business mandates.” These
In testimony before the House Oversight Committee on May 8, former Tripoli Regional Security Officer (RSO) Eric Nordstrom said security at the consulate in Benghazi was substandard and that the only way Ambassador Christopher Stevens and the other Americans could
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) thinks Republicans who are talking about letting the debt limit expire next year are bluffing. On Wednesday, Schumer snarled, “I think they learned their lesson with the debt ceiling, I don’t think it’s leverage for them at all,” citing in
Tom Guild accused Congressman James Lankford (OK-5) of having policies that were “like an octopus” touching the “intimate, most personal parts” of women in his latest ad. Lankford has spent the majority of his time in Congress focusing on the
(AP) House backs bill capping gov’t spending on junketsBy DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONOutraged by lavish government conferences on the taxpayers’ tab, the House easily approved a measure Wednesday to impose tough limits on future events and how much agencies can spend
Representative James Lankford (R-OK) has introduced a bill to prevent government shutdowns in an effort to force the Senate to pass budget legislation. The Congressman announced that we have had seven threatened government shutdowns just this year.