Oklahoma Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat announced the 13 senators he appointed to serve on the Senate Select Committee on Redistricting. What was missing from his committee is adequate representation from western Oklahoma.
Fifty-two years ago, his term in the White House drawing to a sad close, President Lyndon B. Johnson gathered members of his Cabinet together and delivered a strong message.
One of the more appalling moments in the recent history of the House of Representatives occurred recently in the Capitol Visitor Center. Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave her weekly news conference and said that she had changed her position on the issue of passing a coronavirus relief bill. For months, as millions suffered the economic devastation associated with the pandemic, Pelosi stonewalled the Trump administration's efforts to pass targeted, short-term relief for those in need. Now, as if by magic, she's all for it.
We, the citizens of Clinton, have a tremendous opportunity to determine our future. We can preserve the past while at the same time opening part of our city to new development. With the ODOT options for exits 65A and 65, we will fix a long-time wrong of not having on-ramps in both directions at exit 65. In doing so, however, we need to be careful not to create a new wrong by eliminating access at 65A.
Since improving Exit 65 was put on Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s eight-year plan, we have talked often with Brent Almquist, ODOT’s District Engineer for District 5 in Clinton, about speeding up construction on the project. Each time, his response was the same – “our number one goal is to do it right.”
December is going to be a busy month at the Capitol. We started filing bills on Nov. 16 and have until Friday, Dec. 11 to request bills.
President-elect Joe Biden named his national security team last week. Antony Blinken will be nominated for secretary of state; Jake Sullivan for national security adviser; Avril Haines for director of national intelligence; and Alejandro Mayorkas for secretary of homeland security. All but Sullivan will require Senate confirmation. How that goes depends on how the two runoffs in Georgia go; if Republicans, led by Sen. Mitch McConnell, win control of the Senate, all of Biden's nominees will face more scrutiny than they would from a Democratic Senate headed by Sen. Charles Schumer.
We have all looked at the dessert menu at some point and said “Oh, it all looks so good, I just can’t decide.”
Today is the 339th day of 2020 and the 74th day of autumn.
Today is the 337th day of 2020 and the 72nd day of autumn.