Frank Keating on Abortion

Frank Keating on Budget & Economy

• Bankruptcy reform: limit Chapter 7; protect states' role. (Feb 2001)
• Uphold commitments to states before other spending. (Sep 2001)
• Protect local milk supplies with Southern Dairy Compact. (Sep 2001)

Frank Keating on Civil Rights

• Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment. (Feb 2001)

Frank Keating on Corporations

Frank Keating on Crime

• Target violent and career criminals. (Feb 2001)
• Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs. (Sep 2001)

Frank Keating on Drugs

• Supports community sentencing in drug courts. (Feb 2001)
• More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War. (Aug 2000)

Frank Keating on Education

• More funding for schools and colleges. (Feb 2001)
• Supported largest teacher pay raise in state history. (Feb 2001)
• $80M in block grants to schools. (Feb 2001)

Frank Keating on Energy & Oil

• Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically. (Aug 2000)
• Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries. (Aug 2000)
• More funding to develop domestic energy supplies. (Sep 2001)
• Use federal funds for nuclear cleanup, with state input. (Sep 2001)
• Share offshore oil development revenue with states. (Sep 2001)

Frank Keating on Environment

• Regulate our precious environment because we love Oklahoma. (Feb 2001)
• More state autonomy on brownfields & Superfund cleanups. (Aug 2001)
• Support State Revolving Loan Fund for flexible Clean Water. (Aug 2001)
• Supports national drought policy, focusing on readiness. (Sep 2001)
• Maintain water flow in Mississippi & Missouri Rivers. (Feb 2001)

Frank Keating on Families & Children

• Encourage fathers' participation in child-raising. (Sep 2001)
• Federal funds & state involvement in fatherhood initiatives. (Aug 2001)

Frank Keating on Foreign Policy

Frank Keating on Free Trade

• Enforce trade law against subsidized Canadian lumber imports. (Sep 2001)

Frank Keating on Government Reform

• Attract people to Oklahoma to regain Congressional seat. (Feb 2001)
• Reforms must respect state's rights to select electors. (Aug 2001)

Frank Keating on Gun Control

Frank Keating on Health Care

• No federal pre-emption of employee health plan regulation. (Oct 2001)
• Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure. (Apr 1999)

Frank Keating on Homeland Security

Frank Keating on Immigration

• Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal. (Feb 2001)
• Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation. (Feb 2001)
• Import farm workers from Mexico. (Sep 2001)

Frank Keating on Jobs

• Reform worker’s comp: administrative instead of court-based. (Feb 2001)
• Full review of farm policy; more state flexibility. (May 2001)
• More R&D & tax incentives for small farmers. (Sep 2001)
• Repeal the federal unemployment "temporary surtax". (Feb 2001)

Frank Keating on Local Issues

Frank Keating on Principles & Values

• Religious affiliation: Catholic. (Nov 2000)
• Member, National Governors Association/Economic Development. (Jan 2001)
• Member of Republican Governors Association. (Aug 2001)
• Member of Southern Governors' Association. (Sep 2001)

Frank Keating on Social Security

• Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare. (Aug 2001)

Frank Keating on Tax Reform

• Government spending is not the government’s money. (Feb 2001)
• Lower state income tax rate from 6.75% to 3.75%. (Feb 2001)
• Reduce and ultimately abolish the estate tax. (Feb 2001)
• No national sales tax or VAT. (Feb 2000)
• Let states independently determine estate taxes. (May 2001)

Frank Keating on War & Peace

• Deal with terrorism as a joint federal-state responsibility. (Feb 2001)
• Include states in anti-terrorism planning. (Sep 2001)

Frank Keating on Welfare & Poverty

• Able-bodied people must stand on their own two feet. (Feb 2001)
• Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding. (Sep 2001)
• Maintain flexibility & funding levels for TANF block grants. (Sep 2001)
• More federal funding for Low-income energy assistance. (Sep 2001)
• Supports TANF grants to states. (Aug 2001)