As he has in the past, Mullin said the legislative process is slower and more difficult than he expected or much of the public realizes.

“When you go to Congress, you have all these grand ideas of things you’re going to accomplish because you’re a business guy,” Mullin said. “In the business world, if you decide you’re going to do something, you do it. You put your mind to it. You start making the changes you need to make, and you can make them because you’re a one-man army when it comes to making decisions.

“But when you get to Congress, … 218 people have to agree with you,” he said, referring to the number of votes needed for a House majority. “That’s why you have to start building relationships. You can have the best idea in the world … but if you can’t get 218 people to agree with you in the House, not to mention 60 people in the Senate, then all it is is a thought, and you can spend years up there and look back and you will have done nothing.”

Randy Krehbiel 918-581-8365 randy.krehbiel@tulsaworld.com

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