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U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin, a Republican candidate for governor, brought her “Working Across Oklahoma” tour to Ardmore Wednesday and spoke to members of the Ardmore Rotary Club.
The tour is a 15-day, 21-county event where she performs the jobs of working Oklahomans, joining them in their offices, on the assembly line and out in the field. Since the tour began, Fallin has taught a class in Stillwater, worked heavy machinery in Tulsa driven a bus for Lawton Area Transit, worked on a ranch in western Oklahoma, planted pepper plants and worked as a clerk in Love’s Country Store in Webbers Falls. She worked in the New Accounts Department at First National Bank in downtown Ardmore Wednesday morning.
“The greatest strength Oklahoma has is its people,” she said. “I’m out there to listen and find out what else needs to be done to turn the recession around.”
Fallen was elected as a state representative in 1990, and was named “Legislator of the Year” for her work in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. She went on to become the state’s first woman and the first Republican lieutenant governor in 1995, a position she held for 12 years.
“While I was lieutenant governor, I worked for economic development, workers compensation reform, right to work, the aerospace industry and tourism,” she said.
In 2006, Fallin was elected to the United States Congress. She represents the Fifth District of Oklahoma, which includes most of Oklahoma County and all of Pottawatomie and Seminole Counties. She serves on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Small Business.
“Over the last four years, I have had an opportunity to serve in Congress, and it has been one of the most challenging, historic times in our nation,” she said.
Fallin voted against the health care reform bill and said the measure will create more than $500 million in unfunded mandates for Oklahoma, something the state can ill afford during the economic downturn.
“I have asked the attorney general to file suit to challenge the federal health care legislation, something he has not yet done,” she said.
She said she can have a significant impact on helping to solve many of the nation’s problems should she be elected governor.
“I believe the governors are the ones who can bring about reforms and find solutions to the recession and the budget challenges,” she said. “I’m going to focus like a laser beam on jobs and the economy. I still have a lot of hope and faith for our state.”
She has a lifelong score of 96 from the American Conservative Union, the highest of any Congressman in the Oklahoma delegation.
Fallin lives in Edmond with her husband, Wade Christensen. They have six children and are active members of Crossings Community Church.
U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin, a Republican candidate for governor, brought her “Working Across Oklahoma” tour to Ardmore Wednesday and spoke to members of the Ardmore Rotary Club.
The tour is a 15-day, 21-county event where she performs the jobs of working Oklahomans, joining them in their offices, on the assembly line and out in the field. Since the tour began, Fallin has taught a class in Stillwater, worked heavy machinery in Tulsa driven a bus for Lawton Area Transit, worked on a ranch in western Oklahoma, planted pepper plants and worked as a clerk in Love’s Country Store in Webbers Falls. She worked in the New Accounts Department at First National Bank in downtown Ardmore Wednesday morning.
“The greatest strength Oklahoma has is its people,” she said. “I’m out there to listen and find out what else needs to be done to turn the recession around.”
Fallen was elected as a state representative in 1990, and was named “Legislator of the Year” for her work in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. She went on to become the state’s first woman and the first Republican lieutenant governor in 1995, a position she held for 12 years.
“While I was lieutenant governor, I worked for economic development, workers compensation reform, right to work, the aerospace industry and tourism,” she said.
In 2006, Fallin was elected to the United States Congress. She represents the Fifth District of Oklahoma, which includes most of Oklahoma County and all of Pottawatomie and Seminole Counties. She serves on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Small Business.
“Over the last four years, I have had an opportunity to serve in Congress, and it has been one of the most challenging, historic times in our nation,” she said.
Fallin voted against the health care reform bill and said the measure will create more than $500 million in unfunded mandates for Oklahoma, something the state can ill afford during the economic downturn.
“I have asked the attorney general to file suit to challenge the federal health care legislation, something he has not yet done,” she said.
She said she can have a significant impact on helping to solve many of the nation’s problems should she be elected governor.
“I believe the governors are the ones who can bring about reforms and find solutions to the recession and the budget challenges,” she said. “I’m going to focus like a laser beam on jobs and the economy. I still have a lot of hope and faith for our state.”
She has a lifelong score of 96 from the American Conservative Union, the highest of any Congressman in the Oklahoma delegation.
Fallin lives in Edmond with her husband, Wade Christensen. They have six children and are active members of Crossings Community Church.
