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Oklahoma State Representative Jason Murphey On Reducing Legislative Pay |
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Murphey News GUTHRIE - State Rep. Jason Murphey continued his mid-March tradition of presenting a yearly donation of $8,241.92 from his legislative salary to officials from Crossroads, An Open Door For Life Choices, Inc., located in Guthrie. Crossroads provides faith-based, pro-life counseling and support services to expectant mothers. Murphey said that Oklahoma legislators are some of the highest paid part-time legislators in the nation, making more than double the regional average. He is using the donation to demonstrate that legislators in Oklahoma should not be paid so much more than other legislators in the region and to illustrate the importance of pro-life services such as Crossroads. “In order to reform government, we must cut out wasteful state government spending. I hope most would agree that it is not a good principle to pay legislators more than double the regional average,” said Murphey, R-Guthrie. Crossroads is a Christian-based non-profit organization focused on supporting the values of the sanctity of human life, pre-marital abstinence, and marital fidelity. The services provided included limited pregnancy related medical services, options education, client advocacy, support for prenatal care, parenting education, post-abortion peer counseling, and abstinence education. Crossroads offers abortion-vulnerable women a scan to confirm viable pregnancies. Statistics show that 89 percent of abortion-minded women choose life for their unborn babies after seeing them through ultrasound and receiving truthful information about their options. The amount donated reflects the difference in legislative pay and the per capita pay in Oklahoma at the time Murphey was elected. During his 2006 campaign for office, Murphey pledged to continue making the yearly pledge until legislative salaries are adjusted. Murphey sponsors legislation to accomplish this goal during each term of the Legislature. Murphey News GUTHRIE - (January 25, 2007) - Saying he can think of no better place to trim state waste than the Oklahoma Legislature, state Rep. Jason Murphey (R-Guthrie) today announced the introduction of House Joint Resolution 1007. Murphey's resolution calls for a vote of the people to amend the Oklahoma Constitution to slash state legislators' pay. If approved by the voters, the amendment would cut Oklahoma legislative annual salaries from $38,400 per year to match the annual income of the average Oklahoman, which now stands at $29,908.Murphey also presented the first of 12 monthly donations totaling $8,492 from his paycheck (the difference between his legislative salary and the average Oklahoman's salary) to officials from Crossroads, An Open Door For Life Choices, INC. Crossroads, located in Guthrie. Crossroads provides faith-based, pro-life counseling and support services to expectant mothers. Murphey said that Oklahoma legislators are the third highest paid part-time legislators in the nation, making more than double the regional average of $18,333. "In order to reform government we must cut out wasteful state government spending. I hope most would agree that it is wasteful to pay legislators more than double the regional average," Murphey said. Murphey's proposal would index legislative pay to the annual income of the average Oklahoman. Current Regional Legislative Pay Regional Legislative Pay If HJR1007 Is Approved By the Voters Top 5 Highest Paid Part-Time Legislatures in the Nation (out of 39 that do not serve year-round) Crossroads: an Open Door for Life Choices, Inc. of Guthrie, Oklahoma Crossroads is a Christian ministry dedicated to the sanctity of human life, the belief in abstinence until marriage and the teaching of sound Christian precepts of life-style and parenting. Crossroads provides an opportunity to reach out in love to pregnant young women and single mothers and assists them emotionally, spiritually and physically. It provides programs to save the life of the unborn, teaches Christ-centered principles of parenting and living, provides for material needs and offers support for women who have had abortions. Crossroads also presents adoption as a loving parenting option.  Rep. Murphey with Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin. |