ISIS has leadership, just like al Qaeda has leadership. It’s important to be able to eliminate the individuals that are leading the organization. – James Lankford
Our nation stands at the crossroads of liberty. Crushing national debt, rampant illegal immigration, insane business regulations and staggering national unemployment are pushing our nation into unchartered territory. – James Lankford
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
What they have done, ISIS is very well outspoken about how much they hate our freedom, who we are as Americans. – James Lankford
The number of fighters that are ISIS fighters wouldn’t fill up most American football stadiums. This is not a large group of individuals, but they’re tenacious, and they rule with absolute terror. – James Lankford
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
Hillary Clinton has her own issues with just her own arrogance as a leader; that has been well known for a long time. – James Lankford
The recent, single-year influx of unaccompanied minors from foreign countries into the United States is a direct result of President Obama’s policies of encouraging amnesty and failing to enforce existing immigration laws. – James Lankford
Marriage is a unique cultural relationship that has a long-standing tradition and societal meaning, which should not be redefined by the courts. – James Lankford
We have two programs dealing with bulletproof vests, two different systems of actually distributing bulletproof vests from the federal government. Two sets of applications, two different sets of personnel to approve those applications. – James Lankford
Every generation has to protect every one of their rights, whether that’s freedom of the press, freedom of speech, or freedom of faith. You have to remain diligent. – James Lankford
One of the hardest areas is duplication; everyone knows there’s lots of duplication in government. But when you ask someone, ‘OK, name two programs that are duplicative,’ typically there’s a long pause. – James Lankford
The wind industry has made major strides over the past two decades, and they have proven their industry to be efficient and self-sustainable. There is no need for the taxpayer to continue to subsidize a wind start-up tax credit. – James Lankford
America is strongest when families take care of each other and walk with one another through need and loss. – James Lankford
There’s a Biblical mandate to reach out to those who are the orphans, the widows in their distress, to take care of the stranger in your land. But that does not mean citizenship. – James Lankford
I believe that conservative solutions can help families of every race, every economic background, and every town in Oklahoma. – James Lankford
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
If you are going to replace somebody off of one of the bills – which I have no problem with a lady being on one of the bills – that you would replace the 20. – James Lankford
The Congressional Prayer Caucus has worked successfully to advocate for and protect values that are fundamental to the fabric of our nation, and I’m honored to serve as co-chairman. – James Lankford
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
Personally and politically, I’m extremely conservative for who I am, but I’m also very careful in my tone. I don’t believe just because you’re a conservative that you’re angry. I can be plenty frustrated and not have to constantly portray myself as upset and angry at the world. – James Lankford
As we see thousands of public and private Christmas trees and nativity displays around the country, they remind us again of the powerful American value built into our Constitution: our freedom of religion. – James Lankford
Personally and politically, I’m extremely conservative for who I am, but I’m also very careful in my tone. – James Lankford
I just don’t believe that being conservative means all you do is throw stones and poke people in the eye. – James Lankford
There’s a lot of middle school behavior in Washington, D.C. I look at that and I say, ‘I’ve seen that before,’ it was just with a 14-year-old. – James Lankford
