Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Oklahoma State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Health and Human Services Committee, Oklahoma State Senate
Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Oklahoma State Senate
Former Member, Rules Committee, Oklahoma State Senate
Former Chair, Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, Oklahoma State Senate
Member, Energy Committee
Member, Health and Human Services Committee
Member, Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
Chair, Transportation Committee
— Awards:
- Valedictorian
- Scheffe Scholar
- ACA Lifetime Partner
- Legislator of the Year, Academy of Family Physicians,2014
- Freshman Senator of the Year Runner Up, OCPAC,2013
Favorite Book:
Biographies - John Adams, Walt Disney, Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein,and more
Sci-Fi - Battlefield Earth (the movie stinks), Dune, Foundation, JOB,and moreNon-Fiction - Killing Jesus, Shaara historical novels,and moreFantasy - Lord of the Rings, Earthsea trilogy, Early Discworld, JV Jones series,and moreFiction-Huckleberry Finn, Wilbur Smith novels,and moreMystery-the classics primarilySuspense Thriller-read bestsellers in this genre - no real favorites pop out to me at this writing
Favorite Movie:
A Few Good Men
Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonTo Kill a MockingbirdLife with FatherBig Country
Favorite Musician:
Elvis of course
Neil DiamondVan Morrison (really just Brown-eyed girl)Buddy Hollya few hard rockersBeatles (you must listen to the words in Revolution)John DenverDwight YoakamGeorge StraitBJ ThomasAndrew GoldBurton Cummings
Favorite Quote:
Lincoln - "Success is going from failure to failure with enthusiasm"
Nathan Hale - "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."George Washington - "Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."Steve Jobs - "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward."Walt Disney - "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."Jerry Seinfeld - "you know how to *take* the reservation, you just don't know how to *hold* the reservation. And that's really the most important part of the reservation: the holding. Anybody can just take them."
Favorite TV Shows:
Fawlty Towers
Parks and RecreationOfficeSeinfeld