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.
Senator Lankford raised strong concerns this summer when Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Wyden introduced the Clean Energy for America Act. In the Senate Finance Committee markup, Committee Democrats brought a renewed push to try to “cancel” traditional energy and only incentivize investment in renewable and “clean” energy options. Lankford pointed out how the recent extreme weather event in Oklahoma and the region in February left usually reliable renewable energy sources frozen and forced Oklahomans to rely on coal for a time, instead of our largely diverse energy portfolio.