ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>Oklahoma State Senate - News</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="author" content="oklahoma state senate staff"> <meta name="description" content="Oklahoma State Senate - Press Release"> <meta name="keywords" content="oklahoma, state, senate, press, release"> </head> <body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <table width="87%" height="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="this table contains the main navigation menu"> <tr> <td colspan="+2"><!-- #BeginLibraryItem "/Library/barnews.lbi" --> &nbsp;<map name="m_barnews"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,26,19" href="../../../index.htm" alt="Link to main page" ><area shape="rect" coords="26,0,119,20" href="../../../senators.htm" alt="Link to Senators" ><area shape="rect" coords="124,0,217,20" href="../../../legislation.htm" alt="Link to Legislation" ><area shape="rect" coords="216,0,309,20" href="../../../schedule.htm" alt="Link to Schedule" ><area shape="rect" coords="310,0,403,20" href="../../../committees.htm" alt="Link to Committees" ><area shape="rect" coords="403,0,496,20" href="../../../publications.htm" alt="Link to Publications" ><area shape="rect" coords="498,2,591,20" href="../../../news.htm" alt="Link to News" ><area shape="rect" coords="593,0,689,20" href="../../../staff.htm" alt="Link to Staff" ></map><!-- #EndLibraryItem --></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="100%"> <table width="100%" height="227%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="this table contains the news navigation menu"> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="100%"></td> </tr> </table> <br> </td> <td width="100%"><table width="82%" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="this table contains the main content of the page"> <tr> <TD width="75%"> <p align="center"><FONT SIZE="+3" FACE="Arial" align="center"><strong>Oklahoma State Senate <br> </strong></font><FONT align="center">Communications Division<br> State Capitol<br> Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105</font><FONT SIZE="+3" FACE="Arial" align="center"></font></p> <div align="center"> <table width="10%" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td width="48%" bordercolor="0"><div align="center"><font face="Arial"><a href="pr20100409bpv.html"><img src="../../printnews.gif" alt="Printer-friendly version" width="25" height="25" border="0"></a></font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td bordercolor="0"><div align="center"><a href="pr20100520bpv.html">Print</a></div></td> </tr> </table> </div> <p align="center">For Immediate Release: May 20, 2010<br> <br> <img src="../senator_photos/sykes_bio.jpg" alt="Sen. Anthony Sykes" width="133" height="200"> <br> Sen. Anthony Sykes<br> <br> </p> <p align="center"><strong>Statement From Senator Anthony Sykes On Public Safety Funding In Budget </strong></p> <p> One duty of government is to ensure the public safety of its citizens. We want to ensure an Oklahoma that provides an exceptional quality of life to families across the state. <br> <br>  In light of the difficult economy that Oklahoma continues to rebound from, we knew budget cuts would be necessary. However, in today s budget announcement, we stood by the belief that public safety remains one of the core functions of government that must be protected. <br> <br>  Over the past year, the Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary has made a number of moves to further efficiency and produce cost savings. These moves and cost savings will help our law enforcement agencies perform their mission and protect the public. <br> </p> <p align="left" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><strong> For more information contact:</strong><br> Sen. Sykes: 405-521-5569</p> <p align="left" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</p> <p align="left" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><img src="../bandblue.gif" alt="Inon: Horizontal Blue Band" width="640" height="6"></p> <table border=0 align="center" summary="this table contains return links"> <tr> <td width="258"> <center> <font size="-1" face="MS Sans Serif"><a href="pr201005.html">May Press Releases </a>| </font><font face="MS Sans Serif"><a href="../../press_releases.html"><font size="-1">Press Releases</font></a></font><font size="-1"> </font> </center></td> </tr> </table></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="100%">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>