Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Oklahoma Speaker ousts budget chair after public disagreement

July 18, 2017 at 02:32PM

By Dale Denwalt Capitol Bureau ddenwalt@oklahoman.com

Oklahoma Speaker Charles McCall has replaced Appropriations and Budget Committee Chair Leslie Osborn a day after she and others publicly disagreed with him.

McCall emailed some members of the House notifying them that Osborn, R-Mustang, would be replaced by Wellston Republican Kevin Wallace, who served as vice chair last session.

On Monday, Osborn and two House appropriations subcommittee chairs disputed claims that the Department of Human Services was to blame for program and service cuts that were announced last week.

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