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Last week, I participated in one of my favorite activities as a lawmaker – the Oklahoma Youth Expo (OYE) Legislative and Livestock Show held at the State Fair Arena in Oklahoma City. I showed a g...

Last week was an incredibly busy one in the House. We heard 158 bills, passing most of those over to the State Senate for their consideration. We'll have a few long days of floor week this week and...

The House finished its committee work last week, hearing hundreds of bills in packed meetings. I'm thankful all of my bills passed committee and are now eligible to be heard on the House floor. I...

The House was closed Wednesday and Thursday last week because of icy roads that blanketed much of the state. Our area, however, did not receive much of the desperately needed moisture. I want to give...

Last week at the Capitol, we observed Rose Day. This is a day when hundreds of people gather at the People's House and deliver roses to their state representatives and senators as well as the...

This is one of the busiest first weeks to a legislative session that I've had. Session started Monday, Feb. 7, with the governor's annual State of the State Address. The remainder of the week saw a...

'Twas the night before session, when all through the House, many creatures were stirring ... Just kidding. I'm not going to try to turn this entire poem into my column, but I can't help but feel a bit...

The state Board of Equalization met in late December, delivering an initial estimate of the amount of revenue the Legislature will have to appropriate for Fiscal Year 2023, which starts in July. The...

First, I would like to congratulate the Timberlake Tigers for being the Class C State Champions in football this year. They had a wonderful season. I know these young men and their coaches worked...

It's bill drafting time at the state Capitol. Representatives have until Dec. 10 to request bills be drafted for the 2022 legislative session, which convenes at noon on Feb. 7. This year I'm...

The Legislature convened in special session Nov. 15 to finalize the redistricting process. Legislative and congressional districts, by law, must be redrawn every ten years following the U.S. Census....

The Legislature will convene in special session Nov. 15 to finalize the redistricting process. Legislative and congressional districts, by law, must be redrawn every ten years following the U.S. Censu...

Wanted to give an update on several things happening in the state. First, I'm happy to see our Covid-19 numbers are going down. In the latest weekly report from the state health department, there...

The House is in the process of holding numerous interim studies on a variety of issues that could result in legislation in our next session. One of the studies I co-hosted recently focused on...

By the time you read this, the first session of the 58th Legislature will have adjourned sine die. We’ll come back this fall for a brief special session to approve congressional redistricting plans o...

I gave some details of the state budget in my column last week. This week, I’ll give some additional information of the $8.8 billion the Legislature will appropriate for Fiscal Year 2022, which s...

Finally, I can talk about the state budget! An agreement was reached last week between House and Senate leaders and the governor to appropriate $8.3 billion for Fiscal Year 2022, which starts in...

Finally, I can talk about the state budget! An agreement was reached last week between House and Senate leaders and the governor to appropriate $8.3 billion for Fiscal Year 2022, which starts in...

I wanted to talk about the state budget this week, but negotiations are still underway. As you can imagine, when you have three bodies of power – the House, the Senate and the executive – all led by p...

The House last week passed a bill that stirred a lot of passion from members on both sides of the political aisle. House Bill 1775 is specifically designed to stop the teaching of Critical Race Theory... Full story

We had another incredibly busy week in the House of Representatives last week as we worked to hear all of the Senate bills by the third-reading deadline. We passed several measures that I’m hoping get...

We heard 115 Senate bills on the House Floor last week, and the Senate heard 117 House bills. Each chamber still has about 300 measures eligible to be considered by our April 22 third-reading...

Being from a small town in northwest Oklahoma, one thing for which I’m extremely grateful is the fairness of our local news outlets. Reporters in our district are very considerate of getting all p...

As a state representative I’m afforded some truly great opportunities. Monday, March 29, was one of those occasions. I was invited to attend a ceremony at the Oklahoma History Center to dedicate t...

Several of my House bills have made it through the committee process and been added to the floor calendar in the Senate. Others are still awaiting a hearing in a Senate committee. In the meantime,...