Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome. It's time now for our community connection right here on kay Well and Mondy Trust and it's brought to you by Tall Grass Motors, ARLEL. Moore, Knee Camp Funeral Home, Wesley and Kidney College, Fraternal Order of Eagles and get Real Ministries. And we have Wendy Steerman who's running for Senate in House along with her sun Gabe, who is a mighty fine actor. I might say, yes, thanks. How are you doing today? Doing very well?
Looking forward to next Tuesday? Hey, that's the big primary and nobody gets any sleep for about thirty six to forty eight hours. That's right. How's your shoe leather? Oh? You know, I'm wearing it out obviously, trying to hit every county every week and talking to a lot of great people. We're actually going through a second and third time through the precincts, either me or there are a lot of volunteers that have signed up lately,
and so just trying to get the word out. You know, a grassroots campaign require, as you say, a lot of shoe leather, Well it does, and a lot of face to face And you've told me every time you've been here that that's what you like, is the face to face You really like talking to the constituents and picking their mind a little bit. I do what are been telling you well, as you know, as there is always a case they're always very frustrated with the way things are going. You
know. Lately there have been a lot of mailers coming out about me, specifically not from me, but about me. So that's been a probably the number one question in the last week, which which I'm happy to answer. Yeah, those and those mailers are discussing a vote that I made on h Jr. Ten, which was a resolution to require voter ID be added, the requirement of voter ID at a polling place be added to the state constitution. Great idea. Love election security, I mean, I fully support election
security. However, there was another piece to that bill which I opposed, and the negative of that outweighed the good of the rest of the language, and that was to put into the state constitution that tribal IDs would be acceptable I d which if a tribal member is a citizen of the United States and a resident of Oklahoma, they're going to have the same idea as the rest of us. Because I want secure elections. I don't like broadening the definition
of what is acceptable. ID so that was my vote. I appreciate the opportunity to explain that that's good because a lot of people wouldn't know, Yeah, because they only go about so deep, maybe two paragraphs, and they're off to the funny papers and things like that. But yeah, good that you explain that it's really awesome. And now you've been picking up a lot of steam, a lot of volunteers, as you said. I see the pictures every now and then and looks like everybody's just working really hard. They
are really hard. Oh yeah, there are some great volunteers. And Saturday was a big door knocking day, and goodness, how hot did it get? My car throw monitors at one hundred, so I wondered how accurate it was, Yeah, ninety five at some places one hundred and another because I remember pulling back into Yes, Benita, it was one hundred van, you know, and it was hot, and yet, golly, yet there were people out there door knocking. I appreciate it. Great group of volunteers.
My goodness, we've got the election coming up here. What do you want to the voters to know about Wendy Steerman that they don't already know, or perhaps if they're just now getting to know you for the first time, tell us about Wendy. It's all about one Well, I was in the House
Representatives for one term. While there, I was ranked the most constitutional conservative by any scorecard that you look at, because I went there to represent the citizen, the people, not to vote special interests, not for the re election, but just to represent the people. So I voted the way I believed, and I'm happy to always discuss any vote that I make because I have a reason why, and I am happy to always discuss my voting record.
So that's one thing about me. The other is based on what I saw while I was in office, with lobbyists and packs and consultants really having a lot of influence in what policy is pushed through. I am not taking any of it. It offended me greatly to see the voice of the people being overshadowed by the money in the political process. And I know it's there, I know it's legal, and the only way to get it out is to elect people who refuse to take it. And so I have not taken
any I will not take any This has been an absolute grassroots campaign. I've been knocking doors since last summer, and the money that we have to spend on mailers and billboards has come from people, from voters who are interested in this campaign being successful. So those are a couple of things about me, A little bit on homeschool and because you've done that, Yes, yes, those gates is one of them. Yes, one of many. Yes,
I am a homeschool mom. Huh. My oldest will be thirty this summer, so we've been We've been homeschooling all the way through, and the youngest is twelve. Gabriel is second to youngest. He's almost sixteen, and he's with me because he likes to participate in CMT, the Children's Musical Theater here in Bartlesville, and rehearsals start today. So that's where we're headed. Next. Busy, busy. Yes, Mom's taxi never stopped, does it? Oh goodness. So when you're out there, anybody ask what you plan to
do on tax cuts for the income tax year. Yes, absolutely, everyone is interested in income tax cuts, actually removal, eliminating the income tax like other states, that is one of the top priorities of the people reduced taxes. The budget for the state of Oklahoma the last two years has been exceptionally high. It had traditionally been around eight or nine billion, and now it seems to be settling at thirteen billion this year and last year, and that
is a huge increase. And I understand inflation affects state agencies as well as the people, but in my opinion, the people's needs come first. Very good when it comes to the state of Oklahoma. We've got a lot of good things going on, but we got a little room for improvement. What do you see things that we need to improve? Really, when I went into the House, I objected to the number of state agencies and the amount
of control that the state agencies have in legislation. They are making agency rules. We don't call them legislation, but they operate just like law, and that removes again the voice of the people from that process. If you put the process of rule making of law making into the agencies, they are appointed, they are not elected, and so the people can no longer voice their objection by saying if you vote for that, I will vote against you,
or if you will support that, I will support you. For reelection, that isn't available in the rule making of the state agencies. So I prefer that all of that the oversight needs to be left in the hands of the legislature, and they have very little oversight in the agencies, and that really is apparent this session there was a bill that the passed. It changed shape throughout the session, but it removed the economic Development incentive package process from the
legislature and put it into Department of Commerce. It was one of the most concerning bills that I've ever seen because that they're negotiating with millions up to well at one point it said seventy five million dollars would be would trigger an audit. But huge package deals for corporations, industries, either to keep them here or to bring them here, and they're negotiating this. They will be negotiating
this without the legislature. There will be a small leadership appointed committee that will oversee any big negotiations and they will be under non disclosures. How's that for a good idea representing the people and their money. But it is a it's a major shift from what it has been where these packages. I don't even like these packages. I disagree with these incentive tax incentive packages. But at
least they were going through the legislature and going before your representative. With the passage of that bill, which it did pass, that that system will change and so it goes into the executive branch now rather than into the legislature. That's an eye opener for a lot of people. And wow, that's wow.
You know your voice was heard loudly during COVID about everybody's individual rights as the first thing you said, you're there to represent the people, the individual and tell us a little bit about some of the things that you were able to do bring to everybody's attention during that That was that was something else that was that was horrible. We never want to have that happen again. And in the state of Oklahoma, we have not successfully implemented any protections against a
similar situation. So the governor still has extraordinary powers which gives him a lot of power. Whoever, the governor might be a lot of power over property rights in an extraordinary situation, and which the legislature can declare, you know, this is an extraordinary emergency. Therefore we have extra authority. In my opinion, the people are the ultimate authority. They do not give up their authority, their rights in an emergency. So I fought hard on that.
Unfortunately, the legislature is not made up of enough truly conservative constitutionalists. We need more in there in order to be successful. So that's still on my radar. I brought this. I wanted to be shot light. I like showing this. I do teach high school government to homeschool students. I've been doing that for years, and I love showing this next. And I wish I'd grabbed my little constitution, but showing this next to the US Constitution.
This is the constitution of the state of Oklahoma. It is this is seven hundred pages long, and this is just the constitution. This is not the statute. And the administrator rules so and it is supposed to be, of course, subjected to the US Constitution. So the US Constitution is the supreme law of land. Nothing can conflict with that. There are things in this Constitution that do conflict with that, like the Second Amendment portion of this book.
It's not the Second Amendment but in here, but it's the carrying of firearms. This does allow regulating firearms this book, whereas the you know, the US Constitution says that our right to bear arms shall not be infringed to me, that's pretty straightforward. In here it says the legislature shall this shall not prevent the legislature from regulating the carrying of firearms. So just something to
be aware of this, I am. I want to make sure that our constitution is in line with the US Constitution and protecting our rights, broadly recognizing our rights, narrowly representing the powers of government. Wow, now you made world history with your abortion bill. Yes, sir, tell us a little bit about it, siphone ringing off the hook, people from Australia going.
What I found most interesting about all those interviews from all over the globe was people outside of the United States still view the United States as a Christian nation. And we hear as citizens we often see so much just the the morality on decline in this country, but outside this country, we are viewed as a Christian nation. And I loved finding that out as I talked to the different reporters from from all over the globe. And that bill. You know
that that bill really did nothing in itself. It was not a criminal bill. It was just in civil It was a civil bill, so it would allow citizens in civil court to sue an abortion provider. The only punishment would be fines because it's not a criminal bill. But it was effective because citizens are unpredictable, and so this bill, because anyone providing an abortion could not
determine how a citizen might respond, it was effective. And the day that Governor Stitt signed it, the clinics, the remaining clinics in the state of Oklahoma closed. It was it was wonderful that it was able to go through the whole process. I'm very grateful for Governor Stitt for being willing to sign any as he said when he ran, I will sign any pro life bill you get to my desk, and he did that, and I am grateful
to him for that. And so far, although the Supreme Court of Oklahoma has ruled several, including this one bills, unconstitutional, the clinics are closed still and there have been a ten slash year. There was an attempt to expand abortion through criminal law. Thankfully that failed. That will I would always oppose that should I be elected. I want I want the every life from
conception until a natural death to be defended. That is, that is the proper role of government that is declared in our Declaration and understood in our Constitution that we all have the right to life, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, lifely being the first word. Absolutely very good Winny. This is where you get to hop up on the soapbox. Tell us anything you want to tell us. Here in the last couple of minutes, Okay, I want to hear from the voters in Senate District twenty nine, that
is Washington County Nowada County, in the northern half of Rogers County. You can find a map on my website at Goodness Steerman for Senate SdeA R M A n f O R senate dot com. There is a map of the district. You can zoom in and see your street and see actually if you're in the district or not, and if you are, call me. My cell number is there, my email is there. I've been getting numerous calls every day from people letting me know of their support, wanting to know about
the negative mailers coming. They're asking, you know, what did you see in that bill? Can you explain why you voted the way you did? And I appreciate the opportunity to explain it. I genuinely want to hear from voters. This is I'll give you my cell number. I'm the one answering it. I will true, I genuinely want to hear from voters because that's who I want to represent. I am not taking lobbyist money. I am not there to represent special interests should I be elected. I am there to
represent the voters. So my cell number is nine one eight three nine eight one nine six two. All right, Wendy Sterman for Oklahoma Senate twenty nine. Yes, sir, all right, thank you very much. Thank you both for being in here today. Okay, all right, we've been watching and listening to our community connection on K one. There's a time listen