Retire through Ownership Act
House roll call 314 · Sep 16, 2026
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · Result: Passed
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Career and professional background
- Career and public service
an enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation
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graduated from Moore High School, Moore, Okla., 1967
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B.A., Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, 1971
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M.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1974
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Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla., 1984
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consultant
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graduate assistant, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.
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faculty, Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, Okla.
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staff, United States Representative Marvin (Mickey) Edwards of Oklahoma, 1982-1984
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chairman, Oklahoma Republican Party, 1985-1989
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private advocate
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member of the Oklahoma state senate, 1988-1991
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executive director, National Republican Congressional Committee, 1991-1993
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Oklahoma secretary of state, 1995-1999
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chief of staff, Republican National Committee, 1999-2001
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elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2003-present)
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chair, Committee on Rules (One Hundred Eighteenth Congress)
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chair, Committee on Appropriations (One Hundred Eighteenth and One Hundred Nineteenth Congresses).
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Recent recorded congressional votes
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Water Resources Development Act
House roll call 313 · Sep 16, 2026
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗Ratepayer Protection Act
House roll call 312 · Sep 16, 2026
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision”
House roll call 311 · Sep 16, 2026
On Passage · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗PROOF Act
House roll call 310 · Sep 16, 2026
On Passage · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
House roll call 309 · Sep 16, 2026
On Passage · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
House roll call 308 · Sep 16, 2026
On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
House roll call 307 · Sep 15, 2026
On Agreeing to the Resolution · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗Reported campaign finances
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FEC record H2OK04055
2026 cycle · Reporting through 10/14/2026
- Reported receipts
- $4,281,681
- Disbursements
- $3,691,560
- Cash on hand
- $2,370,395
- Debts owed
- $0
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