“We live in a country with an out-of-control federal government that is bankrupt financially and morally. As a result, we have fewer freedoms, we pay more in taxes than we should, and there is little hope of these things changing under our current president and this Congress. So let me say this: The state of Oklahoma will not be following the lead of Washington, D.C. Not on my watch. In fact, we will push back at every turn. We will fight every invasive regulation. We will refuse each costly expansion.” ~ House Speaker T. W. Shannon