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Budget
![The Path to Prosperity The Path to Prosperity](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130213202458im_/http://lankford.house.gov/sites/lankford.house.gov/files/styles/home_page_issue/public/path-to-prosperity2_0.jpg)
We are dealing with a debt crisis. Currently, the U.S. national debt is more than $16 trillion and will reach $17 trillion by 2013.
Energy
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As a nation, we currently spend over $2 billion a day importing over 42 percent of our oil from foreign countries.
Health Care
![Repealing the Government Takeover of Health Care and Replacing with Patient-Oriented Solutions Repealing the Government Takeover of Health Care and Replacing with Patient-Oriented Solutions](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130213202458im_/http://lankford.house.gov/sites/lankford.house.gov/files/styles/home_page_issue/public/lankford_healthcare_0.png)
I have joined more than 240 of my fellow Members of Congress in voting for H.R. 2, a bill to repeal the government takeover of health care.