For Immediate Release: May 2, 2006

Senate Leader Names GCCA Members

Senate President Pro Tempore Mike Morgan has announced that 44 of the Senate’s 47 members have been assigned to the General Conference Committee on Appropriations.

“We have found in recent years that including nearly all of the members in the appropriations process allows our budget to truly reflect the values of the Oklahomans we represent,” said Morgan, who noted that less than four weeks remain in the Second Session of the 50th Oklahoma Legislature. “With the naming of GCCA, the Senate stands ready to begin work in earnest on the state budget as soon as we can get the House to agree on allocations to the sub-committees.”

GCCA members, who are divided into five sub-committees, will join House members named to the conference committee in writing the budgets of more than 80 state agencies.

In the Senate, only Morgan, Majority Leader Ted Fisher and Republican Leader Glenn Coffee were not named to the sub-committees and GCCA.

2006 GCCA SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Senator Johnnie Crutchfield, Chair
Senator Jeff Rabon, Vice Chair

Education
Senator Stratton Taylor, Chair
Senator Daisy Lawler, Vice Chair
Senator Cliff Aldridge
Senator Randy Bass
Senator Randy Brogdon
Senator Mary Easley
Senator Earl Garrison
Senator Cal Hobson
Senator Clark Jolley
Senator Susan Paddack
Senator Kathleen Wilcoxson
Senator James Williamson

Health and Social Services
Senator Tom Adelson, Chair
Senator Constance Johnson, Vice Chair
Senator Ron Justice
Senator Nancy Riley

Natural Resource & Regulatory
Senator Jeff Rabon, Chair
Senator Randy Bass, Vice Chair
Senator Cliff Branan
Senator John Ford
Senator J. Berry Harrison
Senator Mike Johnson
Senator Mike Mazzei
Senator David Myers
Senator Jim Wilson
Senator Charles Wyrick

General Government & Transportation
Senator Frank Shurden, Chair
Senator Jay Paul Gumm, Vice Chair
Senator Gilmer Capps
Senator Harry Coates
Senator Owen Laughlin
Senator Scott Pruitt

Human Services
Senator Bernest Cain, Chair
Senator Patrick Anderson
Senator Brian Crain
Senator Judy Eason McIntyre

Public Safety and Judiciary
Senator Kenneth Corn, Chair
Senator Debbe Leftwich, Vice Chair
Senator Don Barrington
Senator Todd Lamb
Senator Charles Laster
Senator Richard Lerblance
Senator Jonathan Nichols
Senator Jim Reynolds

For more information, contact:
Senate President Pro Tem's Office: (405) 521-5605