'The Jesus Shot' is only the latest controversy for Texas Ag Commish Sid Miller

Sid Miller controversies

The Jesus Shot Sid Miller, second from left, poses with Oklahoma Reps. Brian Renegar, from left, Jerry McPeak and Jerry Shoemake and Texas Department of Agriculture Assistant Commissioner Walt Roberts. Lawmakers denied they invited Miller to meet with them despite him claiming the contrary. Instead Miller might have traveled on a taxpayer-funded trip to receive a medical procedure called "The Jesus Shot"? less Sid Miller controversies

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Taxpayers might have paid for Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller to fly to Oklahoma for a controversial medical procedure called a “Jesus Shot.” The injection -- invented by a doctor who's a convicted felon -- claims to take away all pain for life.

CHRONICLE INVESTIGATES: Why did Ag Commish Sid Miller go to Oklahoma?

This is the latest controversy for the first-term agriculture commissioner and former rodeo cowboy. The conservative commissioner overturned a ban on deep fryers in Texas public schools, suggested on Facebook that the United States needed to nuke the Muslim World and gave out $410,000 in bonuses during his first nine months in office.

Miller said he flew to Oklahoma City to meet with lawmakers in February 2015. But the Houston Chronicle’s Brian Rosenthal spoke with officials who cast doubt on Miller’s explanation for the trip, saying they never invited him and only met briefly. Budget records show that Miller billed taxpayers at least $1,200 for flights and a rental car in February 2015. The Chronicle investigation shows Miller could have broken the law on that trip.

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If he didn’t go to Oklahoma to meet with lawmakers, then why did Miller make the trip? That’s where the story takes an even weirder twist. He might have received a $300 injection called “The Jesus Shot” during his stay to cure chronic pain brought on by his time as a rodeo cowboy.

John Michael Lonergan, the creator of the shot, moved to Oklahoma from Ohio after losing his medical license following a felony tax evasion conviction, records state. Miller admitted to getting the show. However, he did not say when the procedure occurred and denied traveling to Oklahoma for a doctor's appointment. '

After the Chronicle raised questions about the trip, Miller agreed to reimburse the state for the trip.

See the gallery above for a look at Sid Miller's biggest controversies during his short time in office.