Committees: Agriculture; Insurance, Commerce and Labor (Vice Chair); Judiciary - Civil Justice; Judiciary - Criminal Justice
Honors/Awards: UCO Watchdog of the Treasury Award (2004-2006); UCO Legislator of the Year (2004); Public Service Award - Moms for Ohio (2006); OFBF Friend of Agriculture (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006); Ronald Reagan Excellence in Government Award (2005)
Affiliations: All applicable state and local bar associations; Mercer County Republican Central and Executive Committee
"Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave!"
Francis Scott Key, US lawyer and poet, wrote these words.
"The Star-Spangled Banner," became the national anthem in March 3, 1931
