With your support, I will continue to advocate for our state, your rights, and our shared values.
James Lankford will continue advocating for Oklahoma, Oklahomans' rights, and shared conservative values in the U.S. Senate.
Occurrences
I will continue to defend the rights of every law-abiding gun owner in Oklahoma & fight the right way to protect our Oklahoma conservative values.
Evidence
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]. Latest Action: 12/23/2024 Became Public Law No: 118-208. The act designates the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center being constructed at 440 South Houston Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the James Mountain Inhofe VA Medical Center.
Lankford said WRDA 2024 included major provisions he secured for Oklahomans, including Sardis Lake and Lake Texoma study authorizations, a better Bartlesville purchase rate for Copan Lake water acres, expedited Tulsa-West-Tulsa Levee work, expanded Midwest City and Woodward water infrastructure authorizations, and Stillwater water and wastewater infrastructure funds.
Latest Action: 09/30/2024 Became Public Law No: 118-90. Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] was an original cosponsor on 02/07/2024. CRS summary: the bill reauthorizes the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom through FY2026.
S.5, the Laken Riley Act, became Public Law No. 119-1 on 01/29/2025. The cosponsor list shows Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] as an original cosponsor on 01/06/2025. The bill requires DHS to detain certain non-U.S. nationals arrested for theft-related offenses.
S.1444 listed Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] as sponsor. Actions show the bill was ordered reported favorably by the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on 07/19/2023, reported with written report No. 118-267 on 12/09/2024, and placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar as Calendar No. 670.
Lankford and Rosen introduced the Jewish American Security Act, a bipartisan bill to strengthen federal efforts to fight antisemitism and protect Jewish students, houses of worship, and online speech; Lankford said every American deserves to live their faith freely and that the effort is worth fighting for.
Lankford highlighted inclusion of his Recover Fraudulent COVID Funds Act in an anti-fraud package and said he was proud the bill was included because government waste must come to an end; the package was framed as recovering stolen funds and protecting taxpayers.
On June 5, 2026, Lankford voted Yea on Senate Roll Call Vote 151, a motion tied to an amendment whose purpose was to ensure only citizens are registered to vote in federal elections and to require photo identification.
On June 5, 2026, Lankford voted Nay on Senate Roll Call Vote 152, a motion tied to an amendment whose purpose was to repurpose ICE funds for DACA processing and related work authorization.
Assessments
The promise was a broad commitment to keep advocating for Oklahoma, Oklahomans' rights, and conservative values in the U.S. Senate. The evidence shows Lankford continuing to do that in the current term through sponsorship, cosponsorship, committee work, and floor votes on Oklahoma-specific measures, religious freedom, election integrity, immigration enforcement, and anti-fraud legislation. Because the promise is ongoing and his Senate activity directly matches it, this is best judged as delivered in the same term.
The promise was broad: to continue advocating for Oklahoma, Oklahomans' rights, and conservative values in the U.S. Senate. The evidence shows same-term Senate activity directly matching those themes, including sponsoring an Oklahoma-specific VA facility naming bill that became law, securing Oklahoma water-infrastructure provisions, original-cosponsoring enacted religious-freedom and immigration/public-safety legislation, and introducing or advancing additional rights- and accountability-focused bills. Because Lankford personally sponsored, cosponsored, or publicly advanced multiple relevant measures while still serving in the Senate, the advocacy promise is fulfilled in the same term.
The promise was broad but measurable as continued Senate advocacy for Oklahoma, Oklahomans' rights, and conservative values. The evidence shows same-term enacted outcomes tied to those themes: Lankford sponsored an Oklahoma VA medical center naming bill that became law, supported Oklahoma water-infrastructure provisions in WRDA 2024, and cosponsored enacted immigration/public-safety and religious-freedom legislation. Because the record includes multiple concrete enacted outcomes rather than only attempts, the promise is best classified as delivered.