James Lankford: “We never had anyone from the vice president's staff that was…”

“We negotiated with Chris Murphy and with Kirsten Sinema in October and November. The White House then joined us in late November. And We never had anyone from the vice president's staff that was ever tapped to be able to be in it, nor the vice president ever in that at the time. In February, senator, once, and for those who don't remember, you had helped negotiate this with Chris Murphy, Democrat, on the other side. The White House was involved at that time.” (01:04–01:13)

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