Sen. Roger Thompson’s Press Releases

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Appropriations Chair Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, and Vice Chair Chuck Hall, R- Perry, said Oklahomans would see generational benefits as a result of the incredible hard work and dedication of members of the Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding over the past year.  On Tuesday, the bicameral, bipartisan committee approved more than $1.1 billion in projects through funding provided by the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) that will address critical needs facing the state – needs that were heightened as a result of the pandemic. Thompson and Hal

OKLAHOMA CITY – More than half of Oklahoma’s population lives in areas where there are not enough  licensed child care providers, but Senate Appropriations Chair Roger Thompson is hopeful that a new grant program offered by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) will help fill that need and create jo