State Chamber Honors 19 Legislators

The State Chamber of Oklahoma presented 19 state legislators with the Defender of Free Enterprise Award. The recipients were honored Thursday for their leadership on issues important to Oklahoma’s business community at the Chamber’s Annual Meeting.

The legislators are the first to receive the award. They were honored for their outstanding effort to further The Chamber’s mission.

“Our mission is to make Oklahoma the state of choice for business,” said Richard P. Rush, president and CEO of The State Chamber. “We need to recognize state policy leaders and legislators who put forth outstanding efforts to further our mission.”

The recipients are: House Speaker Chris Benge, Reps. Fred Jordan, Guy Liebmann, Scott Martin, Steve Martin, Ken Miller, Ron Peterson, Kris Steele, Mike Thompson, Susan Winchester, John Wright and Senators Roger Ballenger, Brian Bingman, Harry Coates, Glenn Coffee, Kenneth Corn, Brian A. Crain, Mike Johnson and Mike Morgan.

Representing more than 2,000 Oklahoma businesses, The State Chamber has been the state’s leading advocate for business since 1926.

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