Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Scott Pruitt announced Thursday that the Fifteenth Multicounty Grand Jury returned indictments against Bernard M. Tougas, Ronald V. Myers, John C. Friedl and George B. Howell on charges of racketeering associated with the operation of a pill mill in Sequoyah County.
The conspirators were all associated with Wellness Clinic of Roland, Inc., located in Roland, Oklahoma, and are each charged with one count of racketeering.
Michael Willis
Michael Willis announced today his candidacy for Tulsa County Clerk – the chief administrative officer for county government. Willis brings more than 10 years of experience in local government management, as well as several years in the private sector, to the position.
For the last six years, Willis has served as the Tulsa County Spokesman and Chief Deputy to the Board of County Commissioners. In addition, Willis volunteers as a Reserve Police Officer for the Tulsa Police Department, serves as the Governor’s appointee on the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs and volunteers as a Member of the Board of the Tulsa Sports Commission.
Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, delivered the following opening statement today at the hearing, Examining the Role of Environmental Policies on Access to Energy and Economic Opportunity.
Witnesses include Father Robert A. Sirico, president of the Acton Institute; Major General (Ret.) Robert Scales, senior military analyst; Alex Epstein, president for the Center for Industrial Progress; Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson II, director for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness; and Michael Breen, president & CEO of the Truman National Security Project.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) Wednesday introduced legislation fighting the Obama administration’s Operation Choke Point, a Department of Justice (DOJ) effort that unconstitutionally sought to choke off access to banking services for sellers of firearms and other lawful business enterprises. This legislation sponsored by Sens. Cruz and Lee serves as a companion bill to U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer’s (R-Mo.) Financial Institution Customer Protection Act (H.R. 766), which passed the House with bipartisan support in February.
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Oklahomans will now be able to see what federal funds state agencies receive each year and how that money is being used thanks to legislation signed into law Monday afternoon.
Sen. Greg Treat is the author of Senate Bill 1342, which he says will also help legislators be able to better gauge the financial needs of agencies when crafting the state’s annual budget.
“State government consumes over $24 billion annually. The federal pass through monies account for nearly $7 billion of this total. When legislators are crafting a budget that tries to balance priorities, it is extremely important that we know the true and total revenue picture of state agencies and, more importantly, it’s critical that taxpayers who foot the bill for federal and state revenue know the real story,” said Treat, R-Oklahoma City.
