Honorable James Lankford
United States Senator, Oklahoma, Republican
Senator Lankford was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2014. He served as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2014. He sits on the Budget Committee and the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care, and Entitlements. The following is from a March 16, 2016, Senate floor statement on filling the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy. Here is the challenge. It is a constitutional responsibility here, and it is extremely important that all of this is done right. It is extremely important that Article I, the Legislative Branch,…
