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Republican (1854-present)

James Lankford

Before his service in Congress, James served students and families for more than 20 years in ministry, including 15 years as the Director of Student Ministry for the Baptist Convention of Oklahoma and Director of the Falls Creek Youth Camp, the largest youth camp in the United States, with more than 51,000 individuals attending each summer.

James and his staff enjoy serving people from all backgrounds across Oklahoma. As Ranking Member of the Government Operations and Border Management  Subcommittee, which covers border security, management, and operations; regulatory reform; and the federal workforce. He demands we have a secure, more fiscally responsible, and transparent federal government, and our nation remains the world leader. He believes that the federal government has an important role in our nation, but empowered families, individual people, and private businesses grow our economy and pass down our values.

End-of-Year 2018 Funding Details

  • Earlier this year, the House and Senate successfully passed and the President signed into law 5 of 12 annual appropriations bills required to fund the federal government. (Leg. Branch, Energy & Water, Labor-HHS-Ed, DOD, and Milcon-VA).
  • Currently, the House and Senate are in the final stages of negotiating the remaining appropriations package to approve the final 7 appropriations bills: T-HUD, FSGG, Ag,, Interior, SFOPS, DHS, and CJS.
  • On September 28th, President Trump signed a partial CR  to fund the government through December 7th.
  • In early December, the House and Senate  agreed to a another partial two-week continuing resolution to fund the government through December 21, 2018.
  • On December 19, 2018, the Senate reluctantly passed by a voice vote a CR to fund the government through February 8, 2018, which unfortunately did not contain additional funding for border security. Senator Lankford was extremely disappointed that the Senate resorted  to a CR without a border security agreement. You can read his remarks on the CR vote HERE.
  • On December 20, 2018, House leadership visited the White House and were told the President would not sign the bill.
  •  Later that day, the House passed a continuing resolution to fund the government that included $5 billion to fund border security on our southern border.
  • Senator Lankford remains engaged in the ongoing negotiations and stands ready to consider legislation to fund the government and provide effective border security (wall/fence/barrier at the southern border), if the House, Senate, and White House can come to an agreement