Oklahoma State University recently celebrated the Legislature’s historic $250 million investment in its veterinary medicine program. I was honored to deliver remarks on behalf of…
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Not long after both chambers of the Legislature passed a balanced budget and adjourned in May, the governor called the Senate into a June special…
The Senate and House adjourned this year’s legislative session Sine Die this past Thursday, shortly before our constitutional deadline to complete legislative work for this…
State budget negotiations are ongoing at the Capitol. Within the next two weeks, the Senate will reach a budget agreement with the House and advance…
I was honored this past week to be named chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Being tasked by Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat to lead…
OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, today announced a change to his appropriations chairman. Pro Tem Treat has selected Senator Chuck…
This is the time of the legislative session when my colleagues and I are hard at work trying to reconcile a state budget. The Legislature…
State budget negotiations between the Senate and House are beginning in earnest now that we’ve passed the halfway point in this legislative session. My Senate…
The Senate cleared its second major deadline of this legislative session last week, and the chamber hit a pivotal point in the state budget process….
The Oklahoma Legislature is back in session, and lawmakers have hit the ground running. The Legislature recently cleared its first deadline of this legislative session…
As members of the Legislature, the most important job we have is to write and pass a balanced budget. Our responsibility is to be the…
Even after legislative sessions end, our work continues year-round. I have multiple weekly meetings at the Capitol, and events here in the district, and I’m…