{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lankford.senate.gov/news/press-releases/lankford-announces-major-advancement-for-oklahoma-military-and-veterans-us-foreign-policy-in-federal-funding-bills", "Lankford Announces Major Advancement for Oklahoma Military and Veterans, US Foreign Policy in Federal Funding Bills", "2020-11-11", "2020", "2020-11", "Republican", "House", "OK", "James Lankford", "L000575", "www.lankford.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "11.11.20\n\t\t\t Lankford Announces Major Advancement for Oklahoma Military and Veterans, US Foreign Policy in Federal Funding Bills \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, DC Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today applauded numerous funding provisions that directly benefit Oklahoma's military and veterans in the federal funding bills for the Veterans Administration, Department of Defense, and State and Foreign Operationsreleased by theSenate Appropriations Committee. Lankford serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee.\r\nI am proud of the work we did to secure funding and policy provisions for our Oklahoma service members and their families, our Oklahoma National Guardsmen and women, our veteran community, and civilian workers to advance their installations' missions, said Lankford. These federal funding bills ensure sustainment of several vital programs for our nation's national defense and encourage ongoing action in suicide prevention and other policy areas that help our nation'sheroes. The bill also includes quarterly status update requirements on the F-35 Turkey supply chain to ensure we prohibit the Turks from continuing to benefit from our F-35 program while also utilizingRussian missile systems. We can support our allies but also hold them accountable. I look forward to working toward the passage of these and other appropriations bills prior to theDecember 11th deadline.\r\nOklahoma-specific wins in the bills include:\r\n \r\nFunding for the new Tulsa VA Hospital\r\nFunding for the Ammunition Demolition Shop at the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant\r\nFunds for the sustainment of the MC-12 for the Oklahoma National Guard\r\nContinuing optional faith-based programming to help prevent veteran suicide and providing support to service members as they transition from active duty to civilian life\r\nFunding for 15 KC-46 tankers\r\nFunding for the Long Range Strike Bomber (B-21) that will be maintained at Tinker Air Force Base\r\nFunding for the Paladin Integrated Management system at Fort Sill\r\nIncreasing funding for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense program\r\nFunding for the Long Range Precision Fires Technology\r\nChanges to reduce misuse of drug therapies\r\nA three-percentmilitary pay raise\r\n \r\nLankford also secured important provisions in the State and Foreign Operations funding bill, which include:\r\n \r\nPre-certification of any F-35s to the United Arab Emirates due to ongoing threats posed by China and Russia\r\n$5 million for internet freedom programs in Hong Kong, which fulfills the authorization of Lankford's bipartisan bill, theSafeguarding Internet Freedom in Hong Kong Act\r\n$3.3 billion for Israeli security assistance\r\nPreventing Saudi Arabia from receiving US International Military Education and Training (IMET) funds\r\nCapping the US taxpayer funds for United Nations peacekeeping at 25 percent of the cost\r\n \r\nIn September, Congress passed aContinuing Resolution to fund the government at current levelsthrough December 11, 2020. This week,the Senate Appropriations Committeereleased all 12 funding bills.\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.lankford.senate.gov/news/press-releases/lankford-announces-major-advancement-for-oklahoma-military-and-veterans-us-foreign-policy-in-federal-funding-bills"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7906860448420048, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}