Aug. 1, 2025 - Epoch Times
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| One of the things that we thought, we asked for a waiver from the USDA, so SNAP benefits, which Oklahoma spends about $2 billion on food insecurity. | |
| And so we wanted that to go towards more nutritional food and not for sugary drinks like sodas and candy. | |
| And so she's going to sign that waiver, we believe. | |
| And then more money will go further to actually provide more nutritional value to our citizens of Oklahoma. | |
| So we're doing things like that. | |
| Obviously, promoting exercise. | |
| I do the marathon every single year and I do a relay team and we're just promoting health in the state of Oklahoma. | |
| So that's basically the purpose. | |
| We did pull out food dyes from state-sponsored meals, like meals going into our education system, our K-12, into our correctional facilities. | |
| We're trying to cook that more farm-to-table type stuff and not put all the artificial dyes in there. | |
| We think that's something we're taking off of Robert Kennedy and what he's pushing nationally. | |
| Let me jump to the thing that made me aware of your work in particular, and that's this executive order you passed in 2024 countering CCP malign influence and preparing for the Indo-Pacific conflict. | |
| It's somewhat unusual, somewhat comprehensive. | |
| And just give me a sense of why you felt this is something that was important to do for Oklahoma in particular. | |
| I was the governor during COVID, and we saw this supply chain disruption, and we saw a lot of problems and backlogs. | |
| And I think that put on everybody's radar what does society look like if we can't get some of the things that we rely on on a daily basis. | |
| And so, you know, I've got advisors that have done some research and they're looking at some of the potential conflicts, to your point, with China. | |
| And if there is some kind of conflict between Taiwan and China, it could make the COVID pandemic times 20 as far as supply chains. | |
| And so we were trying to ask all of our state agencies, hey, y'all do a deep dive to see what it would take, what would happen with state government if we did lose some of that supply chain with some kind of conflict over there. | |
| And so that was the purpose of it. | |
| We just wanted people to be aware. | |
| We wanted to start unplugging. | |
| I think that also helps us nationally. | |
| It's a national defense. | |
| It's a national interest for us to bring the supply chain closer to home. |
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