It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.

It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.

A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.

The only thing holding us back is ourselves.

This is not the time for partisan bickering. This is not the time for politics as usual. Some of us are Democrats. Some of us are Republicans. Some of us are Independents. Above all, we must be Oklahomans first.

Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.

If ever there was a time for true bipartisanship, it is today.