My 20 years of experience and well-rounded approach to government make me the most qualified candidate. Given my tenure, I have had time to differentiate between the truly important issues vs. those that are considered to be the "hot button issues" of the day. Therefore, I am able to keep focused on what genuinely matters. As I previously noted, fro the past 12 years, I have served as Chairman of the Public Health Committee as well as serving the Appropriations Committee, where we have crafted a conservative and fiscally sound budget for our state. This leadership experience places me in a unique position to be the best candidate to continue to assist this area of Mississippi and our entire state on the matters that truly impact us all.