With Cargill Gone, Collins Petitions For Committee
Rep. Wallace Collins, following the resignation of Lance Cargill as House speaker, is requesting reconsideration of his earlier petition to serve on the House Public Health Committee.
Collins, Norman Democrat, contends that given his mental health experience and the fact that he represents the only mental health hospital in the state, he should be given the opportunity to serve and provide invaluable input on mental health legislation.
Collins said he earlier had asked Cargill for a seat on the committee but had been met with silence.
House District 45, represented by Collins, is home to Griffin Memorial Hospital, the last mental health hospital in Oklahoma.
Collins said it is a long-standing tradition that the representative from House District 45, Democrat or Republican, sit on any committee dealing with mental health. However, he said, the tradition was not honored by Cargill.
Collins, Norman Democrat, contends that given his mental health experience and the fact that he represents the only mental health hospital in the state, he should be given the opportunity to serve and provide invaluable input on mental health legislation.
Collins said he earlier had asked Cargill for a seat on the committee but had been met with silence.
House District 45, represented by Collins, is home to Griffin Memorial Hospital, the last mental health hospital in Oklahoma.
Collins said it is a long-standing tradition that the representative from House District 45, Democrat or Republican, sit on any committee dealing with mental health. However, he said, the tradition was not honored by Cargill.
Labels: Lance Cargill, Wallace Collins
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