State Rep. Steve Kouplen, D-Beggs, has issued the following statement on behalf of House Democrats in support of Oklahoma teachers as they organize and prepare to ‘walkout’ in the face of low wages and inadequate education funding.

“In the past year, House Republican leadership has continued to put revenue measures up for a vote on the House floor that disproportionately affect working-class Oklahomans and protect corporations and wealthy campaign donors. 

"Although the majority party gets to choose the legislation that makes it to the House floor, the Republican Caucus has yet to have a high enough percentage of their members support a revenue package that would pass if the measure had equal support from Democrats. In fact, a Republican authored bill that would have raised enough revenue for a teacher pay raise was supported by 82 percent of Democrats last November, but it failed because less than 75 percent of the House Republican Caucus supported it.  

https://www.okhouse.gov/Media/News_Story.aspx?NewsID=5341

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