James Lankford
James Lankford

Let's set aside our political and ideological differences and take a moment to love our families, hug our children, parents and grandparents and through love and respect, strengthen the bonds that made us the greatest nation on Earth.

James Lankford
James Lankford

Every person is created in the image of God and has value. Every person. Every person is to be treated with respect. Every person is also a citizen of some country. In their country, they have rights and responsibilities; in every other country, they are a guest.

James Lankford
James Lankford

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
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
James Lankford

Race and sexual preferences are two different things. One is a behavior-related and preference-related and one is something inherently - skin color, something obvious, that kind of stuff.

James Lankford
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
James Lankford

The First Amendment is first for a reason - it cannot be ignored by the D.C. City Council.

James Lankford
James Lankford

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
James Lankford

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
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
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
James Lankford

I keep Reagan's 11th Commandment that I don't run down other Republicans.

James Lankford
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
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
James Lankford

There is no one leader that's going to unify all of Syria that suddenly everyone is going to go, 'Yes, that's a logical place.' They're not unified. They don't have a setup succession like we do in the United States.

James Lankford
James Lankford

I'm one of those folks that look and say the Old Testament laid out clearly the path for Christ to come, but when He came, every scholar at that time missed it.

James Lankford
James Lankford

I don't want to go home and tell my wife and my girls, 'I was gone last week because I had to do a press release.'

James Lankford
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
James Lankford

I am proud to join the many state legislators, governors, businessmen and hard-working Americans who have worked to build support and momentum for the idea of the Health Care Compact, and I am proud to introduce the common-sense bill for this sensible solution.

James Lankford
James Lankford

Spanish Explorers celebrated Christmas in 1539 in the area we now know as the State of Florida.