[applause] members of the legislature, executive officers, tribal leaders, members of the judiciary and people of oklahoma. It is my distinct honor to recognize my friend the chief executive, our governor kevin stitt. Thank you, thank you. Thanks so much. [applause] thank you, thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you so much. Lieutenant governor matt, mr. Speaker, mr. President pro tempore and members of the 59 legislature, members to have judiciary, statewide elected officials, thank you so much for your service to our great state, tribal leaders, to my cabinet, thank you guys so much for serving the state with sus distinction. Such an honor to serve with you. To my wife sarah, the greatest first lady in the country. [applause]. To my children who are here with me today and my soninlaw. [laughter] and most importantly, to my fellow oklahomans. First off i went to give thanks to my heavenly father for allowing me to serve in this position for all the blessings he has for our great state
Work in making the state quote the strongest its ever been during his annual address in oklahoma city. This was his sixth state of the state address. This is 45 minutes. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] members of the legislature, executive officers, tribal leaders, members of the judiciary, and people of oklahoma, it is my distinct honor to recognize my friend the chief executive, our governor kevin stitt. [applause] thank you. Thank you a lot. Thank you. Thanks so much. Thank you. Thank you so much. Lieutenant governor matt pinnell, mr. Speaker, mr. President pro tem, members of the 59th legislature, members of the judiciary, statewide elected officials, thank you for being here. Tribal leaders. To my cabinet, thank you, guys so much for serving with such distinction. Such an honor to serve with you. To my wife sarah, the greatest first lady in the country. [applause] to my children who are with me today. And my soninlaw. [laughing] and most importantly, my fellow oklahoma
Important challenge we have got in our lifetimes. It is always going to be the most important challenge. If we do not get this right, we have got nothing. It is education and it is climate. I have [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2024] we will break away at this pointer for live coverage of the u. S. House. Lawmakers are considering a handful of bills today, including one that doubles u. S. Customs area of operation in coastal waters. Live coverage of the u. S. House is here on cspan. The clerk h. R. 53433, a bill to amend the Small Business investment act of 1958, to exclude from the limit on leverage certain amounts invested in Smaller Enterprises located in rural or lowincome areas and Small Businesses and Critical Technology areas and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuan t to the rule, the gentleman from texas, mr
Order and for an opening statement. In the midst of a fierce battle against an epidemic by opioids. This crisis has touched every corner of american society. Whielt new england and the regions represent states hardest hit by the epidemic. Health officials from the south and reaching across the Mountain West all reported growing over dose deaths in those counties. The latest deaths is astounding. 91 americans died every day from an over dose. Now more than ever we must come together and strengthen our commitment to fight this malady. I expect todays member state will bring to the forefront key insights and solutions on this critical issue. The energy in Congress Committee led several bipartisan initiatives. And the comprehensive Addiction Recovery alct and the 21st century act are now law at the state and local levels. Much needed policy changes are being implemented. The inflicted passage of kara and cures. As a result, patients now have greater access to evidencebased treatment, adiks
Those are only two of my good things. I dont want to tell you about the bad things. But he really helped me. I had had had somebody that guided me and he had a very, very tough life because of alcohol, believe me. Members of the u. S. House met recently about combatting the Opioid Epidemic. They also shared their own stories in dealing with opioids and other drugs. Subcommittee will come to order and for an opening statement. In the midst of a fierce battle against an epidemic by opioids. This crisis has touched every corner of american society. Whielt new england and the regions represent states hardest hit by the epidemic. Health officials from the south and reaching across the Mountain West all reported growing over dose deaths in those counties. The latest deaths is astounding. 91 americans died every day from an over dose. Now more than ever we must come together and strengthen our commitment to fight this malady. I expect todays member state will bring to the forefront key insigh