LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS 

 

• Roosevelt Bridge Replacement Progress – Since advocating alongside the federal delegation, ODOT and stakeholders to secure the project, this remains my top priority in pushing forward completion of the project sooner than expected.

• Moving forward plans to approve a Legacy fund to help municipalities and counties with water and wastewater infrastructure.

• Working to restore and fund the designation of Lake Hugo as a state park.

• Secured the Barron radar system for SE Oklahoma.

• Secured funding for the Control Tower for Durant Air Field.

• Secured funding for Re-Surfacing of HWY 91 in Choctaw County.

• Secured Lake access for Lake Texoma to put in a tournament style boat ramp.

• Working with Durant West Side Merchants to gain better access to HWY 75.

 

 

TAX REFORM

 

• Voted every year to cut taxes and keep more money in your pocket.

• Authored bill into law to cut the state portion of the Grocery Tax.

• Co-authored bill into law to create a pathway to zero for income tax.

• Authored bills to reform the property tax for retired Oklahomans and exchange the current system with fair tax or consumption tax.

 

EDUCATION

 

• Defeated education voucher bill SB1647, which did not have safeguards for funding and excellence.

• Set record for money invested in education in 5 of my 7 years in office and helped to deliver the two largest pay raises to teachers in Oklahoma history. The legislature have made good on its commitment to appropriate more funding to education in the last 6 years than in the previous 30 years combined.

• Voted for and fought to protect 4-day school weeks and local control on virtual days.

• Created universal school choice through tax refunds so kids can access the education needed without taking any money away from public schools.

• Worked on and working on Retire Rehire policies to allow teachers to be rehired faster and allow the local schools decide how best to pay them.

• Authored bills to protect Oklahoma schools from federal attempts to indoctrinate kids or push gender ideology, and to stop programs that include federal requirements of programs not acceptable to Oklahoma parents.

• Authored bills to protect teachers and students from being required to use gender-neutral pronouns, undue burdens of discipline, and being forced to violate their conscience rights.

• Coauthored bills to create funding for school safety and security.

 

SECOND AMENDMENT

 

• Co-authored into law the Private Property Protection Act.

• Supported bill to move age of purchasing a firearm to 18.

• Supported teacher carry with the permission of the school board and specific training.

• Supported Bill to allow first responders to carry.

• Co-authored into law the bill to protect gun manufacturers from ESG liberal policies.

• Authored and coauthored bills to legalize suppressors made in Oklahoma.

 

CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS

 

• Authored bills to prevent mask mandates or vaccine mandates.

• Authored and co-authored bills to ensure that your conscience, privacy, or medical rights are not violated by vaccine mandates.

• Fought to ensure medical provider rights of conscience are protected.

• Authored bill into law to stop obscene and lewd behavior from occurring in public places in front of children - essentially ending drag queen story hour and shows in public spaces.

• Passed legislation to stop foreign ownership of land in Oklahoma and to close the loopholes in law that allowed them to own it though a corporation.

 

RIGHT TO LIFE

 

• Authored bills and continuing the fight to stop RU486 from being trafficked and distributed in Oklahoma.

• Authored bills that would call abortion what it is: murder. Legislation also ensures doctors are not held liable in emergency situations if reasonable attempts are made to save both the life of the mother and baby.

• Co-authored bill into law which shut down every abortion clinic in the State of Oklahoma.

• Authored bills to provide more services to help woman in need of help during a pregnancy.

• Authored and passed bills to secure funding and increase donations for pregnancy centers and women’s centers.

 

INITIATIVE PETITION PROCESS

 

• Reforms the process to stop out of state liberal groups from forcing their agenda on us and allowing the voice of rural areas of the state to be heard in ballot propositions

 

PROTECTING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS FROM MANAGED CARE

 

• Authored bills and continue to advocate to end managed care and replace with efficient fee-for-service model.

• Authored bills to stop the expensive e-prescription for doctors.

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INITIATIVE PETITION PROCESS

 

• Authored many bills to protect water rights in SE Oklahoma including:

  • In Stream Flows to determine how much water needs to stay in basins to protect ag, and economic uses of our water.

  • Heritage River and Scenic River acts adding the Glover and the Kiamichi River to protect them from industry and hydro energy encroachment of our precious resource.

  • Fought to stop the hydroelectric facilities from taking our land and water.
    Worked to end corporate welfare of wind energy and solar energy facilities.

  • Authored and co-authored bills to limit eminent domain to prevent companies from taking our land by government force.