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Okla. house sets oil and gas subcommittee. (leaders of Oklahoma legislature create Oil and Gas Regulatory Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy, Environment and Natural Resources)
In Oklahoma, where oil and gas production was once king and now represent a flagging source of tax revenue, state house leaders have created a new legislative subcommittee on oil and gas production and regulation. The new body will focus on the industry's contribution to Oklahoma's economy and its impact on state and local tax revenue.
House Speaker Glen Jonson, D-Okemah, chose Rep. Karroll G. Rhoads, D-Ada, to chair the Oil and Gas Regulatory Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy, Environment and Natural Resources.
Johnson said he created the 12-member subcommittee at the request of Rep. Larry Rice, D-Pryor, who chairs the parent committee, because …
