Senator Haste Shines for Business in Northeastern Oklahoma
The State Chamber of Oklahoma is traveling the state, visiting members, and presenting its Business All-Star Awards to legislators who received perfect scores in the 2023 RIED Report.
The Research Institute for Economic Development (RIED) Report, released annually by the State Chamber Research Foundation, scores each state legislator’s individual voting record on bills related to business, industrial development, job creation, and economic growth issues. Each legislator is graded with respect to his or her vote on each bill. This year’s report gave 45 legislators perfect scores for their pro-business growth voting record.
Sen. John Haste, R-Broken Arrow, received a perfect score in the 2023 RIED Report. The State Chamber visited its valued member, Windstream System, where the Republican from Broken Arrow was present with the award. Haste said business growth is essential to Oklahoma’s growing success and prosperity.
“I was very pleased to receive this award. I support our state. I think that’s one of the best ways to do that, is to support growth,” said Sen. Haste. “You have to be about growth to support the future for our kids, for our state. We’re a great state to live in and a great state to raise a family, and we want to continue down that pathway.”
“Growth is what fuels our economy. Having representation by officials like Sen. Haste is critically important,” said Aaron Morris of Windstream. “Sen. Haste is a true ally of business. He’s there for the business community and extremely supportive.”
Oklahoma’s business community has relied upon The RIED Report for a quarter century, trusting its evaluation of business, workforce, and economic growth legislation voted on at the State Capitol, as well as its rating of the legislators casting the votes.
About the State Chamber
The State Chamber is the guardian of business in Oklahoma. We work on behalf of our members, the Oklahoma business community, to affect change across all three branches of government to create a pro-growth climate statewide. The State Chamber leverages meaningful partnerships, resources, and coalitions to strengthen Oklahoma’s economy and support businesses of all sizes. For more information, please visit www.okstatechamber.com.
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