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Political Party: Republican
I agree with Frank Lucas [|Frank Lucas] homepage What issues I agree on: I agree with Frank Lucas that we should be cracking down on illegal immigrants because of the threat they hold to our current economy and national security. I also agree that the government should not just send the illegal immigrants back but also punish the people that employ illegal immigrants. I also agree with Frank Lucas's view on veteran affairs and how health care for veterans should be improved to help improve their life style after coming back from war.

5 Interesting Facts for Oklahoma

1. The port of Catoosa in Oklahoma, north of Tulsa is the nations largest inland port 2. Guthrie was Oklahoma's first capitol 3. The town of Beaver, Oklahoma is the cow chip throwing capitol of the world 4. The nickname for the state of Oklahoma is "Sooners" 5. Oklahoma is the only state in the nation having a museum devoted to the collections of lighters. [|More interesting facts of Oklahoma]

5 Facts About Oklahoma Related to Issues

1. Oklahoma Fair Employment Act penalized employers who hired illegal immigrants and gave the displaced employees the legal right to sue. 2.About 72 percent of Oklahoma's class of 2007 received diplomas. ( The U.S average was 68.8 percent) [|more info] 3. Oklahoma has seven veterans centers that provide intermediate to skilled nursing care for veterans. [|more info] 4. 2000 to 2006 the immigration population increased by 27 percent.[|more info] 5.Oklahoma has the 2nd highest number of Native Americans in the nation.

Key issues 1. Illegal immigration 2. Education 3.Veteran Affairs

1. Immigration Looking at the timeline of events related to illegal immigration, the number of illegal immigrants keep on increasing although the government tries even harder to decrease the number of illegal immigrants. There are some signs of progress though. In 2011 there was a speech saying that the federal government deported a record number of illegal immigrants in 2009 and 2010 numbering 779,000. If the U.S. can keep on decreasing the number of immigrants and punishing the people who employ illegal immigrants I think that the illegal immigrants will decrease gradually until they are legal immigrants or out of the U.S. My view on this issue is that I think that the government needs to work harder in making sure that people are not hiring illegal immigrants and enforce this by punishing the people that do hire illegal immigrants. If the chance for money becomes low for the illegal immigrants I think they would not risk coming over the border any more.

2. Education I think that education is the responsibility of the parent and student not the federal government. I also think that education programs should be the state governments responsibility not the federal government. I think this because the federal government is not close enough to watch what each states education problems are to change them when needed for each individual state. In the constitution it even states that everything mentioned is in control of the federal government but the stated govenment controls over what was not mentioned. Since education was not mentioned the state government should be the one helping education problems.

3. Veteran Affairs I think that we should honor are veterans because they fought for are country. I think that we should provide are veterans with the best care possible because without them are country would not be the way it is today. When the veterans are promised healthcare for injuries inflicted during their service then they should be given what they where promised. I think that there should be more effective bills like the G.I. bill that was signed on June 22, 1944 that pays for college tuition, provides housing and medical benifits to students, and made available low-interest loans.

Link to the Bill I am Sponsering:HB34 This is bill that requires middle school students moving on to high school to take a test on basic materials in math, reading, and english. If students are to score a 65% or below they are required to take summer school to review the material that they did not understand. This bill will make sure that students in high school know the material from middle school, that they will be building upon during the four years in high school. I think that not knowing the basics will make advanced work more difficult and harder to understand. So I think that the bill will make high school education easier, will help improve the United State test scores, and be one step to bring the United States back to the top of education in the world Citations

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