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Congressman Markwayne Mullin Eyes Senate Seat- Saying He's Fed Up with Government Overreach
Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:33:15 CST
With Senator Jim Inhofe announcing his retirement, several candidates have thrown their hat in the ring to take his place. One of those is Oklahoma Second District Congressman Markwayne Mullin. Mullin has announced his intention to run for the remaining four years of Senator Inhofe's sixth term. Sr. Farm Broadcaster Ron Hays spoke with Mullin about why he was interested in taking a run at the US Senate Seat, and he said, you are never going to change anything you are willing to tolerate, "I got involved in politics in 2011 just because I simply got Fed Up. I got Fed up with the number of regulations tearing down our businesses."
Mullin and his wife grew up on a family farm with a small cow/calf operation, and with the help of his wife, they went into business for themselves and grew their family business. However, Mullin said when the regulations came down from Washington, they came down heavy, "I thought if my biggest competition isn't my neighbor, but it's trying to compete with the bureaucrats in Washington DC, (underneath that time being Obama) then that's where I need to take a fight."
Mullins said he does think they have had some success in the fight, "We felt like we were having some success, especially against the heavy regulations of the EPA coming onto our farms. But at the same time, we want to be in the best position to fight against this double down on the Obama administration, with the Biden administration. So when we looked at repositioning ourselves, we felt like the senate was the best place to do it."
Mullins knows Senator Jim Inhofe will be leaving behind a strong, lasting legacy, and Mullins knows those shoes will be hard to fill, "He has a tremendous amount of respect, and success, so what we have to do is focus on what we're passionate about." Mullins said his campaign would continue to fight for men and women in uniform. Still, he says his biggest fight will be bringing stability to the business market, "Every time we get a new administration, you see a huge change in the wind, and as a business owner and rancher, all we want is stability."
Mullins said when Obama took office, new regulations came down that made it hard to farm, "We started having to ask permission before we could spray fertilizer, we have to deal with Waters of the US (Wotus) which made it almost impossible to get our hayfields ready during the spring." Mullins said when Trump took office, the regulations got a bit looser, "We started having an easier opportunity to do business."
Mullins said with these administrative swings; it's hard to predict long-term success in your companies. His hope in running for US Senate is to bring in stabilization to those regulatory environments and to push the regulations back to the states, "we have to take a different approach, not just the puppet of the new president, but how do we stabilize the markets again? And I think that starts with the heads of the agencies."
Congressman Mullins says that his campaign website is up- Mullins for America (Click on the name to jump there). He says that while you might think he should have it named Mullins for Senate- he believes it's really a fight for America- thus the website name.
Oklahoma Senator Nathan Dahm and Former Inhofe Chief of Staff Luke Holland have also filed to fill the seat of Senator Jim Inhofe. There are still several more candidates that could enter the race- the actual filing period for this and other races is not until mid-April.
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