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Good morning, good morning, good
morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.

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It's time now for our community connection
right here on kay Well and Mondy

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Trust and it's brought to you by
Tall Grass Motors, ARLEL. Moore,

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Knee Camp Funeral Home, Wesley and
Kidney College, Fraternal Order of Eagles and

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get Real Ministries. And we have
Wendy Steerman who's running for Senate in House

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along with her sun Gabe, who
is a mighty fine actor. I might

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say, yes, thanks. How
are you doing today? Doing very well?

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Looking forward to next Tuesday? Hey, that's the big primary and nobody

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gets any sleep for about thirty six
to forty eight hours. That's right.

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How's your shoe leather? Oh?
You know, I'm wearing it out obviously,

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trying to hit every county every week
and talking to a lot of great

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people. We're actually going through a
second and third time through the precincts,

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either me or there are a lot
of volunteers that have signed up lately,

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and so just trying to get the
word out. You know, a grassroots

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campaign require, as you say,
a lot of shoe leather, Well it

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does, and a lot of face
to face And you've told me every time

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you've been here that that's what you
like, is the face to face You

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really like talking to the constituents and
picking their mind a little bit. I

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do what are been telling you well, as you know, as there is

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always a case they're always very frustrated
with the way things are going. You

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know. Lately there have been a
lot of mailers coming out about me,

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specifically not from me, but about
me. So that's been a probably the

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number one question in the last week, which which I'm happy to answer.

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Yeah, those and those mailers are
discussing a vote that I made on h

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Jr. Ten, which was a
resolution to require voter ID be added,

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the requirement of voter ID at a
polling place be added to the state constitution.

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Great idea. Love election security,
I mean, I fully support election

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security. However, there was another
piece to that bill which I opposed,

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and the negative of that outweighed the
good of the rest of the language,

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and that was to put into the
state constitution that tribal IDs would be acceptable

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I d which if a tribal member
is a citizen of the United States and

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a resident of Oklahoma, they're going
to have the same idea as the rest

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of us. Because I want secure
elections. I don't like broadening the definition

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of what is acceptable. ID so
that was my vote. I appreciate the

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opportunity to explain that that's good because
a lot of people wouldn't know, Yeah,

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because they only go about so deep, maybe two paragraphs, and they're

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off to the funny papers and things
like that. But yeah, good that

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you explain that it's really awesome.
And now you've been picking up a lot

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of steam, a lot of volunteers, as you said. I see the

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pictures every now and then and looks
like everybody's just working really hard. They

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are really hard. Oh yeah,
there are some great volunteers. And Saturday

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was a big door knocking day,
and goodness, how hot did it get?

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My car throw monitors at one hundred, so I wondered how accurate it

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was, Yeah, ninety five at
some places one hundred and another because I

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remember pulling back into Yes, Benita, it was one hundred van, you

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know, and it was hot,
and yet, golly, yet there were

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people out there door knocking. I
appreciate it. Great group of volunteers.

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My goodness, we've got the election
coming up here. What do you want

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to the voters to know about Wendy
Steerman that they don't already know, or

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perhaps if they're just now getting to
know you for the first time, tell

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us about Wendy. It's all about
one Well, I was in the House

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Representatives for one term. While there, I was ranked the most constitutional conservative

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by any scorecard that you look at, because I went there to represent the

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citizen, the people, not to
vote special interests, not for the re

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election, but just to represent the
people. So I voted the way I

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believed, and I'm happy to always
discuss any vote that I make because I

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have a reason why, and I
am happy to always discuss my voting record.

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So that's one thing about me.
The other is based on what I

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saw while I was in office,
with lobbyists and packs and consultants really having

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a lot of influence in what policy
is pushed through. I am not taking

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any of it. It offended me
greatly to see the voice of the people

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being overshadowed by the money in the
political process. And I know it's there,

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I know it's legal, and the
only way to get it out is

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to elect people who refuse to take
it. And so I have not taken

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any I will not take any This
has been an absolute grassroots campaign. I've

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been knocking doors since last summer,
and the money that we have to spend

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on mailers and billboards has come from
people, from voters who are interested in

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this campaign being successful. So those
are a couple of things about me,

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A little bit on homeschool and because
you've done that, Yes, yes,

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those gates is one of them.
Yes, one of many. Yes,

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I am a homeschool mom. Huh. My oldest will be thirty this summer,

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so we've been We've been homeschooling all
the way through, and the youngest

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is twelve. Gabriel is second to
youngest. He's almost sixteen, and he's

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with me because he likes to participate
in CMT, the Children's Musical Theater here

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in Bartlesville, and rehearsals start today. So that's where we're headed. Next.

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Busy, busy. Yes, Mom's
taxi never stopped, does it?

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Oh goodness. So when you're out
there, anybody ask what you plan to

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do on tax cuts for the income
tax year. Yes, absolutely, everyone

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is interested in income tax cuts,
actually removal, eliminating the income tax like

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other states, that is one of
the top priorities of the people reduced taxes.

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The budget for the state of Oklahoma
the last two years has been exceptionally

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high. It had traditionally been around
eight or nine billion, and now it

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seems to be settling at thirteen billion
this year and last year, and that

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is a huge increase. And I
understand inflation affects state agencies as well as

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the people, but in my opinion, the people's needs come first. Very

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good when it comes to the state
of Oklahoma. We've got a lot of

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good things going on, but we
got a little room for improvement. What

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do you see things that we need
to improve? Really, when I went

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into the House, I objected to
the number of state agencies and the amount

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of control that the state agencies have
in legislation. They are making agency rules.

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We don't call them legislation, but
they operate just like law, and

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that removes again the voice of the
people from that process. If you put

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the process of rule making of law
making into the agencies, they are appointed,

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they are not elected, and so
the people can no longer voice their

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objection by saying if you vote for
that, I will vote against you,

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or if you will support that,
I will support you. For reelection,

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that isn't available in the rule making
of the state agencies. So I prefer

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that all of that the oversight needs
to be left in the hands of the

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legislature, and they have very little
oversight in the agencies, and that really

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is apparent this session there was a
bill that the passed. It changed shape

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throughout the session, but it removed
the economic Development incentive package process from the

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legislature and put it into Department of
Commerce. It was one of the most

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concerning bills that I've ever seen because
that they're negotiating with millions up to well

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at one point it said seventy five
million dollars would be would trigger an audit.

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But huge package deals for corporations,
industries, either to keep them here

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or to bring them here, and
they're negotiating this. They will be negotiating

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this without the legislature. There will
be a small leadership appointed committee that will

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oversee any big negotiations and they will
be under non disclosures. How's that for

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a good idea representing the people and
their money. But it is a it's

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a major shift from what it has
been where these packages. I don't even

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like these packages. I disagree with
these incentive tax incentive packages. But at

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least they were going through the legislature
and going before your representative. With the

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passage of that bill, which it
did pass, that that system will change

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and so it goes into the executive
branch now rather than into the legislature.

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That's an eye opener for a lot
of people. And wow, that's wow.

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You know your voice was heard loudly
during COVID about everybody's individual rights as

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the first thing you said, you're
there to represent the people, the individual

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and tell us a little bit about
some of the things that you were able

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to do bring to everybody's attention during
that That was that was something else that

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was that was horrible. We never
want to have that happen again. And

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in the state of Oklahoma, we
have not successfully implemented any protections against a

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similar situation. So the governor still
has extraordinary powers which gives him a lot

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of power. Whoever, the governor
might be a lot of power over property

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rights in an extraordinary situation, and
which the legislature can declare, you know,

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this is an extraordinary emergency. Therefore
we have extra authority. In my

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opinion, the people are the ultimate
authority. They do not give up their

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authority, their rights in an emergency. So I fought hard on that.

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Unfortunately, the legislature is not made
up of enough truly conservative constitutionalists. We

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need more in there in order to
be successful. So that's still on my

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radar. I brought this. I
wanted to be shot light. I like

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showing this. I do teach high
school government to homeschool students. I've been

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doing that for years, and I
love showing this next. And I wish

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I'd grabbed my little constitution, but
showing this next to the US Constitution.

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This is the constitution of the state
of Oklahoma. It is this is seven

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hundred pages long, and this is
just the constitution. This is not the

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statute. And the administrator rules so
and it is supposed to be, of

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course, subjected to the US Constitution. So the US Constitution is the supreme

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law of land. Nothing can conflict
with that. There are things in this

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Constitution that do conflict with that,
like the Second Amendment portion of this book.

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It's not the Second Amendment but in
here, but it's the carrying of

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firearms. This does allow regulating firearms
this book, whereas the you know,

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the US Constitution says that our right
to bear arms shall not be infringed to

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me, that's pretty straightforward. In
here it says the legislature shall this shall

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not prevent the legislature from regulating the
carrying of firearms. So just something to

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be aware of this, I am. I want to make sure that our

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constitution is in line with the US
Constitution and protecting our rights, broadly recognizing

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our rights, narrowly representing the powers
of government. Wow, now you made

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world history with your abortion bill.
Yes, sir, tell us a little

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bit about it, siphone ringing off
the hook, people from Australia going.

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What I found most interesting about all
those interviews from all over the globe was

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people outside of the United States still
view the United States as a Christian nation.

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And we hear as citizens we often
see so much just the the morality

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on decline in this country, but
outside this country, we are viewed as

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a Christian nation. And I loved
finding that out as I talked to the

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different reporters from from all over the
globe. And that bill. You know

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that that bill really did nothing in
itself. It was not a criminal bill.

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It was just in civil It was
a civil bill, so it would

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allow citizens in civil court to sue
an abortion provider. The only punishment would

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be fines because it's not a criminal
bill. But it was effective because citizens

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are unpredictable, and so this bill, because anyone providing an abortion could not

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determine how a citizen might respond,
it was effective. And the day that

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Governor Stitt signed it, the clinics, the remaining clinics in the state of

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Oklahoma closed. It was it was
wonderful that it was able to go through

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the whole process. I'm very grateful
for Governor Stitt for being willing to sign

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any as he said when he ran, I will sign any pro life bill

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you get to my desk, and
he did that, and I am grateful

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to him for that. And so
far, although the Supreme Court of Oklahoma

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has ruled several, including this one
bills, unconstitutional, the clinics are closed

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still and there have been a ten
slash year. There was an attempt to

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expand abortion through criminal law. Thankfully
that failed. That will I would always

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oppose that should I be elected.
I want I want the every life from

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conception until a natural death to be
defended. That is, that is the

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proper role of government that is declared
in our Declaration and understood in our Constitution

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that we all have the right to
life, life, liberty, and the

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pursuit of happiness, lifely being the
first word. Absolutely very good Winny.

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This is where you get to hop
up on the soapbox. Tell us anything

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you want to tell us. Here
in the last couple of minutes, Okay,

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I want to hear from the voters
in Senate District twenty nine, that

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is Washington County Nowada County, in
the northern half of Rogers County. You

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can find a map on my website
at Goodness Steerman for Senate SdeA R M

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A n f O R senate dot
com. There is a map of the

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district. You can zoom in and
see your street and see actually if you're

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in the district or not, and
if you are, call me. My

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cell number is there, my email
is there. I've been getting numerous calls

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every day from people letting me know
of their support, wanting to know about

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the negative mailers coming. They're asking, you know, what did you see

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in that bill? Can you explain
why you voted the way you did?

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And I appreciate the opportunity to explain
it. I genuinely want to hear from

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voters. This is I'll give you
my cell number. I'm the one answering

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it. I will true, I
genuinely want to hear from voters because that's

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who I want to represent. I
am not taking lobbyist money. I am

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not there to represent special interests should
I be elected. I am there to

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represent the voters. So my cell
number is nine one eight three nine eight

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one nine six two. All right, Wendy Sterman for Oklahoma Senate twenty nine.

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Yes, sir, all right,
thank you very much. Thank you

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both for being in here today.
Okay, all right, we've been watching

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