"The first responders isn't FEMA, the first responders are the men and women back home like our volunteer fire department."
"I am giving mine back to the Treasury."
"unfunded mandates that are coming out of this city is killing smaller areas."
"I appreciate your service, I mean, truly, getting it to the public and willing to invest..."
"if the Oklahoma DOT opted in, we could reduce our truck trips by over 5,000 trucks a year, reduce vehicle miles by 1.8 million miles, and CO2 emissions by 6.8 million pounds annually."
"I appreciate your passion and your fight. I disagree with you quite a bit."
"Gaming is what has allowed us to invest back into our people, back into our lands."
"When an ice storm came in, we were having issues with being able to bring in utility companies over the State line to help with repairs to our electric system."
"We were told that FEMA wasn't going to pay for out-of-State contractors to come in and help us."
"the biggest threat to my business is Federal regs and trying to compete at the same time and trying to grow causes conflict."
"I am still floored by the fact that since 2005, just trucks alone has raised from $40 to $105, and I am still trying to figure out how that is good."
"The point that I am trying to make is we are continuously passing this on, one after the next, and we are costing the economy money when we have true infrastructure needs."