Senators Named to General Conference Committee on Appropriations

Senate President Pro Tempore Cal Hobson officially released Senate assignments for the General Conference Committee on Appropriations Wednesday – one day after Legislative leaders and Governor Brad Henry announced an agreement on the Fiscal Year 2004 Budget.

“Our global budget agreement was certainly a big step, but there is still much work to be completed on what I have always called the toughest job in this building – writing a balanced budget for state government,” said Hobson, D-Lexington.

Senate Appropriations Chairman Mike Morgan, D-Stillwater, and Vice Chairman Ben Robinson, D-Muskogee, will lead the committee.

“Having reached a budget agreement with our new governor, the Speaker and Republican leaders in both houses at this early date will facilitate the work by our subcommittees, but the fiscal reality of the state’s historic budget shortfall means that those subcommittees have some very difficult choices to make,” Hobson said.

Morgan told members Wednesday morning that his goal is for the subcommittees to complete the work of writing appropriations bills for each state agency before the Senate adjourns next Wednesday.

2003 GCCA SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Senator Mike Morgan, Chair
Senator Ben Robinson, Vice Chair


Education

Senator Herb Rozell, Chair
Senator Glenn Coffee
Senator Johnnie Crutchfield
Senator Kevin Easley
Senator Charles Ford
Senator Robert Milacek
Senator Mark Snyder
Senator Stratton Taylor
Senator Penny Williams

General Government & Transportation

Senator Keith Leftwich, Chair
Senator Cliff Branan
Senator Gilmer Capps
Senator Kenneth Corn
Senator Owen Laughlin
Senator Scott Pruitt
Senator Jeff Rabon
Senator James Williamson

Health and Social Services

Senator Ben Robinson, Chair
Senator Cliff Aldridge
Senator Sam Helton
Senator Angela Monson
Senator Nancy Riley

Human Services

Senator Robert Kerr, Chair
Senator Randy Brogdon
Senator Bernest Cain
Senator Harry Coates
Senator Daisy Lawler


Natural Resource & Regulatory

Senator Rick Littlefield, Chair
Senator Mike Fair
Senator Jay Paul Gumm
Senator J. Berry Harrison
Senator Maxine Horner
Senator Mike Johnson
Senator David Myers
Senator Bruce Price
Senator Kathleen Wilcoxson


Public Safety and Judiciary

Senator Dick Wilkerson, Chair
Senator Charles Laster
Senator Jim Maddox
Senator Jonathan Nichols
Senator Jim Reynolds
Senator Frank Shurden
Senator Jerry Smith