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James Lankford: “President Biden made some changes in the Title 10 rule which intentionally took money away from Oklahoma.”

Featuring: James Lankford, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Published September 20, 2026

I look forward to that and we'll continue to be able to work through the process to be able to get this done together. A couple of things I just want to rapid fire bring up to you. President Biden made some changes in the Title 10 rule which intentionally took money away from Oklahoma. And it's one of the areas that we want to try to have resolved. Basically they took Title 10 funding away from Oklahoma because we would not promote abortion in our state, not provide, promote. (04:43–04:49)

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Asserts that President Biden's changes to the Title 10 rule took funding away from Oklahoma.

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“Basically they took Title 10 funding away from Oklahoma because we would not promote abortion in our state.”
Asserts that Title 10 funding was removed from Oklahoma due to the state's stance on abortion.04:52-04:58
“We've now identified multiple folks that have eating disorders that are getting access to prescription drugs for assisted suicide.”
Asserts that individuals with eating disorders are accessing prescription drugs for assisted suicide.05:42-05:51
“We passed several PBM reforms. Included in that was my Protect Patients Access to Pharmacies Act President signed.”
Asserts that several PBM reforms were passed, including the Protect Patients Access to Pharmacies Act.00:26-00:34
“Senator Kaine and I have worked on the issue of assisted suicide. This is an issue that needs some oversight, quite frankly, from HHS.”
Asserts that assisted suicide needs oversight from HHS.05:30-05:40