INTERVIEW – SEN. JAMES LANKFORD – (R-Oklahoma) — member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

• TOPICS: Sen. Lankford’s ‘Federal Fumbles’ spending report and thoughts on President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration
• FEDERAL FUMBLES REPORT: Russian wine study, mariachi program top Lankford’s ‘Federal Fumbles’ spending report. Sen. James Lankford on Tuesday released his latest “Federal Fumbles” report intended to highlight waste and efficiencies in government spending, which included federal dollars going toward items ranging from a study on Russian wine to a mariachi apprenticeship program. Mr. Lankford said the report is intended in part to spark a broader debate about finding solutions to rein in a federal debt that recently topped $22 trillion.
• NATIONAL EMERGENCY: GOP senators are torn over Trump’s national emergency declaration. Many Republican senators have not yet said how they’ll vote, including Sens. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, Cory Gardner of Colorado, Marco Rubio of Florida, Mitt Romney of Utah, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, Mike Lee of Utah, Martha McSally of Arizona, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, Rob Portman of Ohio, Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Ted Cruz of Texas, Roy Blunt of Missouri, James Lankford of Oklahoma and Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts of Kansas.
• Senator James Lankford said yesterday on “Morning Joe” he’s awaiting more documentation from the WH before deciding on the national emergency declaration disapproval vote, but calls the border situation a “serious problem.”