On this episode of the Breakdown with Senator James Lankford, Senator Lankford sits down with former US Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott to discuss what the Senate looks like now that there is a 50-50 split between Republicans and Democrats.

Episode 21: What Really Happens When There is a 50-50 in the Senate? with Trent Lott

On this episode of the Breakdown with James Lankford, Senator Lankford sits down with former US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman to discuss the current conflict in the  Middle East.

Episode 22: Breaking Down the Conflict in the Middle East with David Friedman

Episode 23: COVID and how it has impacted Unemployment, Inflation & the Economy with Eugene Scalia

Episode 24: We the People: The American Conservative Movement with Kay C. James

On this episode of the Breakdown with Senator James Lankford, Senator Lankford is joined by Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to discuss the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, current foreign relations and religious liberty.

Episode 25: Peace & Policy with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

Senator James Lankford (R-OK) and Dr. Christina Francis, chairman of the board of the American Association of Pro-Life OB/GYNs discuss how the science of life in the womb has developed and changed since Roe v. Wade.

Episode 26: Overturning Roe: The Real Science Behind When Life Begins with Dr. Christina Francis

Episode 27: Overturning Roe: The Stories Behind the Pro-Life Movement with guest Dr. Alveda King

Episode 27: Overturning Roe: The Stories Behind the Pro-Life Movement with Dr. Alveda King

On this episode of the Breakdown with Senator James Lankford, Senator Lankford is joined by China expert & former Deputy National Security Advisor Matt Pottinger to talk China’s human rights abuses, their economic & military coercion and their efforts to take advantage of the rest of the world.

More about Matt Pottinger: https://www.hoover.org/profiles/matt-pottinger

Matt Pottinger is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution.  Pottinger served the White House for four years in senior roles on the National Security Council staff, including as deputy national security advisor from 2019 to 2021. In that role, he coordinated the full spectrum of national security policy. He previously served as senior director for Asia, where he led the administration’s work on the Indo-Pacific region, in particular its shift on China policy.

Before his White House service, Pottinger spent the late 1990s and early 2000s in China as a reporter for Reuters and the Wall Street Journal. He then fought in Iraq and Afghanistan as a US Marine during three combat deployments between 2007 and 2010. Following active duty, he founded and led an Asia-focused risk consultancy and ran Asia research at an investment fund in New York.

Episode 28: China: Coercion & Control with Matt Pottinger

On Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Senator James Lankford (R-OK) released a special episode of The Breakdown with James Lankford to provide a firsthand account from his friend Pavel Unguryan, who is currently in Ukraine, on what is happening on the ground. Pavel details how his country is under attack, thanks America for its support, and called to stop buying Russian oil. During the conversation, Unguryan asked for prayers for him and his nation and specifically asked that the anger does not transform into hate, but the world needs to see what is happening to the country of Ukraine.

#StandwithUkraine A Firsthand Account from Ukraine

On this episode of the Breakdown with Senator James Lankford, Senator Lankford is joined by former Acting United States Secretary of Homeland Security and expert on border security Chad Wolf. Lankford introduced a bill to delay ending Title 42 in an effort to secure our border, warning that the US could see an additional 1 million illegal border crossers in 6 weeks if Biden rescinds Title 42. He has repeatedly condemned the Biden Administration’s push for a wide open border and has called out their lack of a plan to secure it. Lankford successfully blocked Biden’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office from opening a “surge overflow facility” at the Great Plains Correctional Institution in Hinton, Oklahoma and visited the southern border after record high border crossings in 2021.

Episode 29: Break Down of Root Causes of Biden's Border Crisis with Chad Wolf

Episode 30: Opening Up US Energy with guest Michael Cembalest

Episode 30: Opening Up US Energy with Michael Cembalest

Episode 31: The Truth To Protecting Life in Women's Healthcare with guests Senator Steve Daines and Dr. Christina Francis

Episode 31: Truth To Protecting Life in Women's Healthcare with Senator Daines & Dr. Francis

US Senator James Lankford is back with a new season of The Breakdown. This episode digs deeper into the Iran protest, why this is important to Americans, and how we can support the Iranian people. Follow @SenatorLankford to get the latest news from Washington, DC.

Season 3, Episode 1: Iranian Uprising

In this episode of The Breakdown, Senator James Lankford (R-OK) is joined by Erik Baptist with Alliance Defending Freedom and Dr. Donna Harrison, M.D., the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine chairman to break down the latest news on chemical abortions.

Season 3, Episode 2: The Truth About Chemical Abortion

On the first episode of the Breakdown with James Lankford, Senator Lankford discusses immigration, the separation of families at the border, the Flores Settlement Agreement, and the difference between the refugee and asylum process.

Episode 1: Immigration

On episode 2 of the Breakdown with James Lankford, Senator Lankford talks in depth on trade and how the ongoing trade negotiations between America and other nations impact Oklahoma.

Episode 2: Trade

On episode 3 of the Breakdown with James Lankford, Senator Lankford is joined by his staff to discuss election security and Lankford’s bill, the Secure Elections Act. The purpose of the bill is to streamline cybersecurity information-sharing between federal intelligence entities and state election agencies; provide security clearances to state election officials; and provide support for state election cybersecurity infrastructure.

Episode 3: Election Security

On Episode 4 of the Breakdown with James Lankford, Senator Lankford discusses Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination process to be Associate Justice to the US Supreme Court. During the episode, Lankford discusses the Senate’s role in regards to Supreme Court nominees, the completed FBI investigation, his support for Judge Kavanaugh, and what our nation can learn from this nomination process.

Episode 4: Judge Brett Kavanaugh

On Episode 5 of the Breakdown with James Lankford, Senator Lankford discusses the current budget and spending process and the ways it has failed to work properly since the 1970s.

Episode 5: Budget Reform

On episode 6 of the Breakdown with James Lankford, Senator Lankford discusses pro-life issues in our nation, how people can find common ground on ways to support life at all stages of development, and how we can continue to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. Lankford also speaks on life in the womb, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, and the Hyde Amendment among other pro-life priorities.

Episode 6: Pro-Life Issues

On this episode of the Breakdown with James Lankford, Senator Lankford discusses the proposal he offered to improve Senate rules, how each president deserves to pick their staff, and how he hopes the rule change will allow the Senate to function as it is designed.

Episode 7: Improving Senate Rules

On episode 9 of the Breakdown with James Lankford, Senator Lankford discusses Oklahoma tornadoes and flooding and the efforts taking place to help Oklahomans impacted by the storms. Lankford breaks down how the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) works after a natural disaster, the difference between major and emergency disaster declarations, and the resources and assistance that are available.

Episode 9: Weathering the Storms

On this episode of the Breakdown with James Lankford, Senator Lankford discusses the rising cost of prescription drugs, Medicare Part D, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), generic tiering, and surprise billing.

Episode 11: Combatting Rising Costs on RX Drugs

On episode 12 of the Breakdown with James Lankford, Senator Lankford joins his staff to discuss the current situation in Syria and Turkey as it relates to the Kurdish people, US military operations in the region to fight ISIS, and our increasingly strained alliance with Turkey.

Episode 12: What’s happening with Syria and Turkey

On episode 13 of the Breakdown with James Lankford, Senator Lankford discusses the Impeachment process with former Senate Parliamentarian Alan Frumin.

Episode 13: Breaking Down the Senate Impeachment Process with Senate Parliamentarian Alan Frumin

On episode 16 of the Breakdown with James Lankford, Senator Lankford discusses civil and constitutional rights during a crisis with US Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband.

Episode 16: Constitutional Rights During A Crisis With Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband

In episode 17 of the Breakdown with James Lankford, Senator Lankford is joined by Pastor Clarence Hill to discuss racial reconciliation amid riots taking place around the US and as the Tulsa Race Massacre reaches its 100th anniversary in 2021.

Episode 17: Working Toward Race Reconciliation in America with Pastor Clarence Hill

On this episode of the Breakdown with Senator James Lankford, Senator Lankford is joined by Former Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley to discuss free speech and Hong Kong and why this matters to our nation.

Episode 18: Hong Kong, Free Speech, & Cancel Culture with Former Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley

On this episode of the Breakdown with Senator James Lankford, Senator Lankford goes in depth with the FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn to discuss the latest news surrounding the science behind the Covid-19 vaccine.

Episode 19: The Science Behind the Covid-19 Vaccine with FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn

Episode 20: Walking with the Watsons on Life & Family w/ Cindy Lankford & Benjamin & Kirsten Watson

James Lankford was elected US Senator for Oklahoma in 2014. On The Breakdown, James, along with his staff, takes the most complicated topics we hear in the news and breaks them down issue-by-issue.

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