Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., said Wednesday on Newsmax he is “pleased” that President-elect Donald Trump has “put a priority” on cutting government spending with the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Lankford told “Wake Up America” that he championed government efficiency for a decade on Capitol Hill and circulated ideas among his colleagues to cut wasteful spending.

“For 10 years, I put out year after year after year, here’s a set of ideas to make government more efficient, here’s a set of ideas to make government more efficient, and each year, we put out a different set, and there’s lots of areas,” Lankford said. “My encouragement all along has been every single office on Capitol Hill should do this, should look around and find areas of efficiency.

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