ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>Oklahoma State Senate - News</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="author" content="oklahoma state senate staff"> <meta name="description" content="Oklahoma State Senate - Press Release"> <meta name="keywords" content="oklahoma, state, senate, press, release"> </head> <body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <table width="87%" height="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="this table contains the main navigation menu"> <tr> <td colspan="+2"><!-- #BeginLibraryItem "/Library/barnews.lbi" --> &nbsp;<map name="m_barnews"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,26,19" href="../../../index.htm" alt="Link to main page" ><area shape="rect" coords="26,0,119,20" href="../../../senators.htm" alt="Link to Senators" ><area shape="rect" coords="124,0,217,20" href="../../../legislation.htm" alt="Link to Legislation" ><area shape="rect" coords="216,0,309,20" href="../../../schedule.htm" alt="Link to Schedule" ><area shape="rect" coords="310,0,403,20" href="../../../committees.htm" alt="Link to Committees" ><area shape="rect" coords="403,0,496,20" href="../../../publications.htm" alt="Link to Publications" ><area shape="rect" coords="498,2,591,20" href="../../../news.htm" alt="Link to News" ><area shape="rect" coords="593,0,689,20" href="../../../staff.htm" alt="Link to Staff" ></map><!-- #EndLibraryItem --></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="100%"> <table width="100%" height="227%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="this table contains the news navigation menu"> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="100%"></td> </tr> </table> <br> </td> <td width="100%"><table width="82%" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="this table contains the main content of the page"> <tr> <TD width="75%"> <p align="center"><FONT SIZE="+3" FACE="Arial" align="center"><strong>Oklahoma State Senate <br> </strong></font><FONT align="center">Communications Division<br> State Capitol<br> Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105</font><FONT SIZE="+3" FACE="Arial" align="center"></font></p> <div align="center"> <table width="10%" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td width="48%" bordercolor="0"><div align="center"><font face="Arial"><a href="pr20100202dpv.html"><img src="../../printnews.gif" alt="Printer-friendly version" width="25" height="25" border="0"></a></font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td bordercolor="0"><div align="center"><a href="pr20100520cpv.html">Print</a></div></td> </tr> </table> </div> <p align="center">For Immediate Release: May 20, 2010<br> <br> <img src="../senator_photos/justice_bio.jpg" alt="Sen. Ron Justice" width="143" height="200" border="0">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br> &nbsp;Sen. Ron Justice&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br> <br> <b>Statement From Senator Ron Justice On Funding For The Rural Economic Action Plan (REAP)</b></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> Rural Oklahoma has a tremendous impact on our state and nation. We are a state full of hardworking families who take pride in Oklahoma values. <br> <br>  As a rural member of the Senate, I along with many of my fellow colleagues stood together in fighting for REAP funding. We knew that in order to protect rural Oklahoma and continue moving our state forward, REAP needed to be a vital aspect of the budget.<br> <br>  The Governor, Pro Tempore and Speaker have worked tirelessly to craft a budget in a bipartisan fashion that meets the states needs and I commend them for their efforts. <br> <br> <i>Senator <a href="../../../Senators/biographies/justice_bio.html">Ron Justice</a> is chairman of the Senate Republican Rural Caucus.</i><br> &nbsp;</p> <p align="left" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><strong> For more information contact:</strong><br> Sen. Justice: 405-521-5537</p> <p align="left" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</p> <p align="left" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><img src="../bandblue.gif" alt="Inon: Horizontal Blue Band" width="640" height="6"></p> <table border=0 align="center" summary="this table contains return links"> <tr> <td width="273"> <center> <font size="-1" face="MS Sans Serif"><a href="pr201005.html">May Press Releases </a>| </font><font face="MS Sans Serif"><a href="../../press_releases.html"><font size="-1">Press Releases</font></a></font><font size="-1"> </font> </center></td> </tr> </table></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="100%">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>