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James Lankford: “The White House... made an offer to Democrats to say, okay…”

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

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Lankford Joins The Arena on CNN

Published | Video Starts at 06:04

So it's very important that we get it back open again. I've been pushing on this for weeks, saying we should stay over the weekend, we should keep working until we actually get it done. The White House... made an offer to Democrats to say, okay, we'll add de-escalation training for all these agents. agents. We'll do badges on all these agents. They've got to identify themselves in vehicles. They've got to have identifiable uniforms that they've said they'll wear body worn cameras to be required on this. (06:04–06:14)

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Asserts that the White House offered to add de-escalation training for agents in negotiations with Democrats.

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