james lankford deliver the republican and just in which called on the president to submit a budget that addresses the national debt and what he called uncontrolled spending. >> this week i announced a series of concrete steps to take to protect our children and communities from gun violence. these proposals grew out of meetings vice-president of biden and his task force held over the last month with more than 200 different groups, from parents to teachers, to religious leaders and mental health professionals. in the weeks ahead, i will do everything in my power to make them a reality. while we may not be able to prevent every senseless act of violence in this country, if there is even one thing we can do to reduce it, if even one life can be saved, we have an obligation to try. my administration has taken a series of actions right away from strengthening our background check system to helping schools hire more resource officers to directing the centers for disease control to study the best ways to reduce gun violence. the truth is making a real and lasting difference all -- also require

i'm congressman james lankford from the great state of oklahoma.w president obama will be sworn in for a second term. though we disagree on some terms, we want to pray for the days ahead. are the last four years, our nation has faced tough economic times. millions of americans are out of work and gas and food prices continue to rise. we have never increased spending or debt faster than we have in this period. i weiss mad -- a wise man leaves an inheritance for their children and children's children. federal spending is dragging our economy down rather than lifting our families up. it is time for democrats and republicans to work together to get our nation and families back on track. every family and every business has a budget. our nation should have a budget as well. every year, the president is required by law to submit a budget by february 4. for the fourth time in five years, they will be late to submitting a budget to your representatives. unfortunately, the president has missed more budget deadlines than any of his predecessors. aey're suppos

. >> i am congressman james lankford from the state of oklahoma.omorrow, president obama will be sworn in for a second term, and though we disagree on many areas of policy, i asked americans to ray for the president and the nation in the days ahead. millions of americans are still out of work, and the cost of groceries, gas and healthcare continues to rise. in the long history of our nation, we have never increased spending and federal that faster than we have in this time. in the book of proverbs, it's as the wise man leaves an inheritance for his children's children, and unfortunately washington is taking our children's inheritance, and federal spending is taking families down. it is time for democrats and republicans to work together to create a plan to get our nation and families back on track. every family and every business has a budget. our nation should have a budget as well. every year the president is required to submit a budget proposal by february 4. the obama administration has already informed congress that for the fourth time in five

significant improvements, including a proposal from chairman of the republican policy committee, james lankford, to identify duplicative programs and examine the usefulness of existing government programs. this will help ensure that hard working taxpayer dollars are not wasted and that we remain focused on making the federal government smarter and more efficient. similarly, two proposals from the the gentleman from michigan, congressman amash, will improve transparency of the legislative process by making it easier to see how proposed legislation would interact with existing law. additional proposals from the republican study committee chairman, steve scalise, the gentleman from louisiana, will help bring more transparency to the regulatory process. american families and small business men and women already suffer from too much red tape coming out of washington. this proposal will ensure that the regulatory burden of any proposed bill is part of our deliberations. under the current administration, madam speaker, we have also seen an explosion in the spending for welfare programs. for the first

. >> bill: james lankford says if he'll only back up those words are legislation especially on climatespecific part of the speech. lynn says i'm holding my head higher today after watching that. >> bill: amen. the president said that this was like a slap at paul ryan. when he said supporting -- keeping social security and medicare and medicaid intact and making it stronger does not make us a nation of takers. it means we are actually helping the people that we ought to be helping as americans again reflecting the constitution and that call for equality of all americans. mike is up in anchorage alaska. hey, mike, what do you say? >> caller: i think -- i volunteered for the campaign for a year and a half and it was very -- i was very, very proud. we listened to part of it and i listened to the rest of it later on. i didn't realize he -- he was right on point to all of that stuff. people need to get online. organize for action, our new organization. push the president and push congress to cooperate with this president. i think he's got a good start and i think we have a good agent. >> bil