Senate Passes FY26 Funding Package as Lankford Secures KEY Oklahoma Priorities and Advances Majority of Appropriations Bills

WASHINGTON, DC— US Senator James Lankford (R-OK) released the following statement after the Senate passed appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2026 that fund Defense; Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; Transportation and Housing and Urban Development; Financial Services and General Government; National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs, and continuing appropriations for two weeks for the Department of Homeland Security. With this package, Congress has now advanced the majority of the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations bills, six of which have already been signed into law, providing stability for federal agencies, decreasing overall discretionary spending, and securing important priorities for Oklahoma.
“For the first time in years, Congress has moved toward regular order thanks to Republican leadership,”said Lankford.“We’ve taken up appropriations bills, debated them, and done the hard work of governing. That approach has delivered real results. Through these bills, I’ve worked to reform pharmacy benefit managers, address the growing threat of contraband cellphones in prisons, fund critical Army Corps of Engineers projects across Oklahoma, prioritize developing critical minerals here in the United States, direct law enforcement to take a harder look at illegal marijuana growing operations tied to foreign nationals, and more. This is what steady, systematic legislating looks like, and it’s how we get better outcomes for the country.”
Background
You can learn more about Lankford’s work to secure Oklahoma priorities and strengthen fiscal responsibility in the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations bills below:
Public Safety and Law Enforcement
Energy and Critical Minerals
Infrastructure and Army Corps of Engineers Projects
Healthcare and Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform
Defense, Foreign Policy, and Religious Freedom
Lankford supported the previous appropriations measures that have already been enacted into law, funding the Departments of Agriculture, Veterans Affairs, Justice, Interior, Commerce, and Energy, along with the Environmental Protection Agency, water infrastructure programs, federal science initiatives, the Food and Drug Administration, and the operations of Congress.
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