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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome, welcome, welcome. We're

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<v Speaker 1>speaking with US Senator James Langford, and boy, it's been busy.

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<v Speaker 1>You got the vacation coming up, but still a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of work to do.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have to have vacation or not coming up.

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<v Speaker 2>In August typically is the one month a year that

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<v Speaker 2>we are not in session. We're in session eleven months

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<v Speaker 2>of the year. Typically we're not in session in August,

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<v Speaker 2>so we can get a chance to be in our

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<v Speaker 2>own states and get a chance to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>travel around see people. This year, we've still got a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of nominations to do. I have to tell you,

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<v Speaker 2>it's been interesting the last six months. We have moved

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<v Speaker 2>twice as many nominations for President Trump that we got

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<v Speaker 2>done during his first term at this time. But we

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<v Speaker 2>still have a lot to go and we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>continue to be able to press through and get as

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<v Speaker 2>many done as we possibly can.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, recently we've had the big beautiful bill. How big,

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<v Speaker 1>how beautiful? And how does it work for Oklahoma?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's been funny for a lot of times

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<v Speaker 2>when there's a big omnibus bill that's into the year

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<v Speaker 2>type bill, the longer it sits out there, the less

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<v Speaker 2>people like it. They find out there's things in it

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<v Speaker 2>they didn't realize, and they don't like it. This one's

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<v Speaker 2>been the opposite. It's been interesting. It is big, it's

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<v Speaker 2>nine hundred and forty pages, but it was public for

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<v Speaker 2>weeks before we actually voted on it, so everybody to

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<v Speaker 2>have time to be able to look at it. But

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<v Speaker 2>the longer it sits out there, the more people seem

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<v Speaker 2>to like it. For if you're a farmer and rancher,

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<v Speaker 2>the people are finding out that half of the farm

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<v Speaker 2>Bill was actually done in this bill and so reference pricing.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, we dealt with the estate tax, which is

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<v Speaker 2>terrible for farmers and ranchers where it literally takes away

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<v Speaker 2>family farms. When someone passes away, the next generation has

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<v Speaker 2>to sell the farm to be able to pay taxes. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>we dramatically increase the limit on a state taxes to

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<v Speaker 2>be able to help farmers or ranchers be able to

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<v Speaker 2>maintain their family farms. So that's in there. We did

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<v Speaker 2>a change that I've worked on really hard, dealing with

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<v Speaker 2>the nonprofit donations for several years now. If you don't

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<v Speaker 2>to your church or nonprofit, you couldn't write that off

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<v Speaker 2>on your income tax anymore. Only the top nine percent

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<v Speaker 2>of Americans were going to write off their stuff on

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<v Speaker 2>their income tax. With their nonprofit donations, well I got

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<v Speaker 2>that changed in this bill, where now individuals are able

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<v Speaker 2>to ride off one thousand dollars of their nonprofit donations.

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<v Speaker 2>A couple is able to write off two thousand dollars

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<v Speaker 2>in their nonprofit donations. So that's been very popular. We're

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<v Speaker 2>upgrading air traffic control, We're upgrading border enforcement, increasing border agents.

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<v Speaker 2>We're upgrading our navy and our coast Guard, which are

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<v Speaker 2>in desperate need of some upgrades, especially in the Coast

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<v Speaker 2>Guard area. It's been a really big issue for a

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<v Speaker 2>long time. But also we flattened out the tax rates.

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<v Speaker 2>Democrats were fighting really hard to be able to raise

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<v Speaker 2>every American tax rate. What was funny was they kept

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<v Speaker 2>saying this all about millionaires and billionaires. What they were

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<v Speaker 2>actually fighting for and people are finding out now every

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<v Speaker 2>single tax bracket was scheduled to go up on January

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<v Speaker 2>the first, and Democrats were fighting tenaciously to make sure

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<v Speaker 2>that every single tax bracket in America went up in January.

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<v Speaker 2>We were able to stop that. Just keep tax rates

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<v Speaker 2>where they are right now. So there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>things in it that people are finding out, Hey, that

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<v Speaker 2>actually works better for me.

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<v Speaker 1>We actually went to some recisions. Can you tell us

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<v Speaker 1>about that?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, our recisions the terms that not a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>people know. In fact, it's the first time our recisions

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<v Speaker 2>passed through Congress in more than thirty years. Our recisions

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<v Speaker 2>during the middle of the year, when the law has

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<v Speaker 2>been made, appropriation bill, when the law has been made,

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<v Speaker 2>House Senate President of all signed it and requires that

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<v Speaker 2>funding to be done. A recision is when the White

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<v Speaker 2>House says I don't want to spend this money. Will

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<v Speaker 2>you allow me Congress to be able to not spend

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<v Speaker 2>this So the White House sent over nine billion dollars

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<v Speaker 2>in requests saying I don't want to spend this money,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of it's foreign aid, some of it was

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<v Speaker 2>for NPR and for PBS, and said hey, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to spend this money anymore on it. Congress went through,

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<v Speaker 2>debated it, and then actually approved it. So that is

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<v Speaker 2>nine billion dollars in savings going back in directly into

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<v Speaker 2>this year. Those are all Doge cuts that were made

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<v Speaker 2>and proposed when Doge was making all these different proposals,

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<v Speaker 2>we've now been able to enact that into law.

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<v Speaker 1>How are we doing on energy as far as oil

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<v Speaker 1>and gas, and I guess even wind and everything else

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<v Speaker 1>when it comes to Oklahoma. Anything legislative working in our

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<v Speaker 1>favor here in Oklahoma?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, obviously Oklahoma is truly all the above and all

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<v Speaker 2>the below energy state. All different types of energy don't

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<v Speaker 2>bother us, but we want to make sure we've got

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<v Speaker 2>more of it. Democrats in twenty twenty one were able

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<v Speaker 2>to put in a new tax just on oil and

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<v Speaker 2>gas companies. They called it tangible drilling cost IDC's you

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<v Speaker 2>heard that term before. This is just the basic cost

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<v Speaker 2>of drilling. Well. Democrats created a new tax on that

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<v Speaker 2>said we're going to tax oil and gas manufacturers different

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<v Speaker 2>than any other manufacturer. Is tax I was able to

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<v Speaker 2>get into the One Big Beautiful Bill a repeal of that,

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<v Speaker 2>to say oil and gas companies should be treated the

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<v Speaker 2>same as every other company. You shouldn't have some new

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<v Speaker 2>attack on oil and gas companies as Democrats did, and

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<v Speaker 2>say I'm going to attack them more and try to

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<v Speaker 2>be able to stop their production through increasing taxes on them.

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<v Speaker 2>This just treats oil and gas that's same as everyone else.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all we're looking for on it. Let them compete

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<v Speaker 2>on a level playing field. We need more domestic energy.

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<v Speaker 2>All of us who drive our truck, drive our cars,

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<v Speaker 2>fly on an airplane, or any other use for petroleum

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<v Speaker 2>like carpet and tile and so many other things that

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<v Speaker 2>are out there. We've got to be able to maintain

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<v Speaker 2>a steady supply of domestic energy production. So this just

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<v Speaker 2>puts them back on a level playing field, adds Oklahoma

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<v Speaker 2>jobs and makes a big difference for drilling in the future.

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<v Speaker 1>Senator Langford, how can people get a hold of you?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, everybody seems to find a way. Actually, we've

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<v Speaker 2>got literally tens of thousands of contacts on that, which

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<v Speaker 2>is great. We love having the communication with oklaholments. The

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<v Speaker 2>best way to be able to reach me just go

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<v Speaker 2>to my website Langford dot Senate dot gov. Langford dot

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<v Speaker 2>Senate dot gov. That's got all the different places to

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<v Speaker 2>get connect with me. You've got phone numbers, has has

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<v Speaker 2>email addressed, as has got our social media pagents which

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<v Speaker 2>at Senator Langford at all the different social media platforms.

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<v Speaker 2>You can even buy a new Benjamin Franklin two hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and fiftieth anniversary stamp and be able to put that

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<v Speaker 2>on a mail a letter. The Post Office would be

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<v Speaker 2>very excited if you would mail a letter on it.

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<v Speaker 2>And we've got our address there Langford dot cend dot

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<v Speaker 2>gov if you want to send that to us as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Senator, thank you very much for being with us today.

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<v Speaker 2>You bet glad to do it. You'll take care of

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<v Speaker 2>keep braying for the nation.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll do