Murphey Wants Legislative Action To Be Televised

State Rep. Jason Murphey said today he is working on legislation that will require the televising of House and Senate proceedings.

Murphey, Guthrie Republican, said that's important and he favors "requiring state government to televise its proceedings so people can see what is really going on. I have observed that without televised proceedings, it is more difficult for citizens to view legislative events in their proper context. The number of procedural votes and other complicating issues create a cloud of confusion that sometimes allow politicians to take public positions on controversial issues that they in actuality are voting to sabotage. If proceedings were televised, people would be able to see not onlyhow their elected representatives voted, but they would have full access to the debate and procedural votes as well. That way, a representative would have to answer to a more informed electorate when he returned home."

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