LANKFORD ON SENATE FLOOR AHEAD OF FATHER'S DAY: 'IF DADS BACK AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES, THE NATION GETS WEAKER'

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. James Lankford issued the following news release:

US Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today delivered remarks on the Senate floor ahead of Father's Day, making the case that fatherlessness is at the root of America's biggest social crises and that engaged dads are the most powerful force for a stronger nation.

"Healthy families make healthy communities make a healthy nation," said Lankford on the floor. "If dads back away from their families, families get weaker, communities get weaker, the nation gets weaker. If dads are engaged with their kids and with their families, the nation gets stronger. Communities get stronger."

While sounding the alarm on fatherlessness, Lankford also pointed to a promising cultural sh...