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Lankford, Co-Chairs of the Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism Issue Statement on Fourth Anniversary of Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
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Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Representatives Kathy Manning (D-NC) and Chris Smith (R-NJ), co-chairs of the Senate and House Bipartisan Task Forces for Combating Antisemitism, released the following statement on the fourth anniversary of the 2018 shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.
Lankford Calls to Keep Veterans' and Service Members' Prescription Access at Rural and Family-Owned Pharmacies
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After hearing directly from pharmacies who serve military family patients and the military patients themselves from around Oklahoma, Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today sent a letter to Lieutenant General Ronald Place, the director of the Defense Health Agency (DHA), to call on the agency to revoke the waiver that allows Express Scrips, Inc. (ESI) to begin implementing its recently updated Tricare Pharmacy Program contract, TPharm5, early, beginning today.
Lankford Calls to Keep Veterans' and Service Members' Prescription Access at Rural and Family-Owned Pharmacies
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After hearing directly from pharmacies who serve military family patients and the military patients themselves from around Oklahoma, Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today sent a letter to Lieutenant General Ronald Place, the director of the Defense Health Agency (DHA), to call on the agency to revoke the waiver that allows Express Scrips, Inc. (ESI) to begin implementing its recently updated Tricare Pharmacy Program contract, TPharm5, early, beginning today.
Lankford, Finance Committee Republicans: IRS Needs Unbiased Oversight of Enormous Funding Boost
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Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senate Finance Committee Republicans to send a letter to Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro requesting an update on outstanding issues that GAO has previously advised the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to remedy.
Lankford Questions FDA’s Response to Opioid Epidemic
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Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Roger Marshall, M.D.
Lankford Presses Further on DHS’ Process for Asylum Seekers At the Border
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Following the release of another bombshell report on the chaos at the southern border and how completely mismanaged the asylum process is, Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee Border Management Subcommittee sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas asking for more information about the Notice to Report (NTR) and Parole processes that the agency is using to release illegal border crossers at the southern border.
Lankford, Cornyn Release Report on Continued Failures at the Border
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Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee Border Management Subcommittee, and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee Immigration Subcommittee, today announced yet another bombshell report on the chaos at the southern border and how the completely mismanaged asylum process is now backlogged well past earlier reports.
Finance Committee Republicans: IRS Funding Boost Lacks Emphasis on Oversight
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Senator James Lankford (R-OK), member of the Senate Finance Committee along with Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-ID), and all Senate Finance Committee Republicans sent a letter to Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) Russell George requesting information on how TIGTA will provide American taxpayers with needed visibility into what the IRS will do with its massive new multi-year funding stream, particularly as just a sliver of this funding is set aside for oversight and taxpayer services, as opposed to tens of billions earmarked for enforcement.
Lankford, Colleagues Stand Firmly Against VA Illegally Providing Abortions
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Senator James Lankford (R-OK) was joined by 12 Republican Senators and 26 members of the House of Representatives to file a public comment letter expressing strong opposition to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) interim final rule (IFR) that illegally allows abortions to be offered by the VA..
Lankford Calls for End of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
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Senator James Lankford (R-OK) introduced a resolution to call for an end to President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for federal employees, service members, and contractors after he declared the pandemic over on September 18, 2022.
Lankford, Colleagues Demand FTC Finish Investigation of Prescription Drug Price Middlemen
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Senator James Lankford (R-OK), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined his colleagues to send a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan to ask the FTC to complete its pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) investigation in a timely manner.
Lankford Wants to Roll Back Government Price Controls on Prescription Drugs
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Senator James Lankford (R-OK), a member of the Senate Finance Committee with jurisdiction over the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which plays a major role in the prescription drug pricing scheme, joined Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) to introduce the Protecting Drug Innovation Act.
Lankford, Cassidy, Colleagues Demand Biden Administration End War on US Oil & Gas
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Senator James Lankford (R-OK), who serves on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D.
Lankford Given A+ Rating for His Strong Support of the Second Amendment
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Senator James Lankford (R-OK) announced that he received an A+ rating (the highest rating) from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) in their recently released 2022 Report Card.
Lankford, Cotton, Colleagues Raise Concerns Over Reduced Reimbursements for Veterans’ Prescriptions
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Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Congressman Buddy Carter (R-GA) to send a letter to Seileen Mullen, the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, seeking answers about TRICARE beneficiaries’ ability to maintain access to local pharmacies. Lankford’s office has received calls from concerned Oklahomans after their local, small pharmacies have informed them of changes to their access to prescriptions and ability to be reimbursed that are coming this month.
Lankford, Community Celebrate Designation of Greenwood Historic District
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Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today celebrated the announcement by the National Park Service designating the Greenwood Historic District as part of the National Historic Registry.
PASSED: Lankford, Inhofe, Fischer Keep VA Hospital Construction Moving through Inflation without Adding to National Debt
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As inflation remains at a 40-year high, a bill to help address those costs in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) construction by Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), and Deb Fischer (R-NE), the CHIP-IN Improvement Act of 2022, has unanimously passed the Senate.
PASSED: Lankford Applauds Unanimous House Action on His Bill to Put a Stop to Human Trafficking
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Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today celebrated House passage of his bill with Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), the End Human Trafficking in Government Contracts Act of 2022, which will ensure the US government is not paying for or participating in human trafficking of vulnerable third-country workers through our contracts overseas, including those in defense and national security.
Lankford Presses Biden Nominees to OPM, OIRA for Better Federal Hiring Processes, a Fair and Predictable Regulatory Process
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Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today served as lead Republican in a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to consider the nominations of Robert Shriver III to serve as Deputy Director, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Richard Revesz to serve as the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) under the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Lankford Presses Biden Nominees to OPM, OIRA for Better Federal Hiring Processes, a Fair and Predictable Regulatory Process
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Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today served as lead Republican in a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to consider the nominations of Robert Shriver III to serve as Deputy Director, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Richard Revesz to serve as the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) under the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
