Congressman John Sullivan is a fourth generation Oklahoman, who has tackled many key policy issues since being elected to Congress in 2002. He was recently tapped to serve on the House Energy and Commerce Committee Leadership team for the 112th Congress as the Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
During his time in Congress, Congressman Sullivan has fought hard for his constituents with the common sense Oklahoma values of less government, fiscal restraint and working to ensure that Americans keep more of their hard earned tax dollars in their pockets and out of the hands of Washington bureaucrats. Congressman Sullivan is a cosponsor of the Fair Tax Act, which will abolish our nation’s dated tax system. As a member of the Republican Study Committee, a fiscally-conservative group of House members, Congressman Sullivan has taken the lead to slow the growth of the federal government and control runaway spending.
Congressman Sullivan is pleased to continue his service on the influential House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The oldest legislative standing committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, this committee is responsible for legislative oversight relating to telecommunications, consumer protection, food and drug safety, public health, air quality and environmental health, the supply and delivery of energy, and interstate and foreign commerce. Within the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Congressman Sullivan is proud to serve on the following Subcommittees: Energy and Power (Vice Chairman), Environment and the Economy and Oversight and Investigations.
As a Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Sullivan developed a comprehensive plan to fix our broken health care system – a plan that includes prevention and detection, a plan that ensures access to quality care for all Americans and a plan which addresses the issue of long term care. We must increase access and affordability of health care, while still maintaining the high quality of care our doctors give to Americans every day. He looks forward to working in Congress to make health care affordable and accessible for Oklahomans and all Americans.
This is why Congressman Sullivan is proud to sponsor the Strengthening the Safety Net Act, legislation to help Oklahoma hospitals to offset the costs of uncompensated care and help Oklahoma's medically vulnerable population get access to quality health care outside of the emergency room setting, saving money for both hospitals and taxpayers alike. Sullivan also sponsored legislation to ensure that Oklahoma seniors continue to have the option of end of life hospice care and was proud to recently to bring mental health parity to Oklahoma and our nation. Oklahoma ranks as one of the top states in the nation in the number of people struggling with mental illness – almost 1/4th of the population of the state.
Congressman Sullivan has also been influential in the area of immigration reform. He has continually called for an increase in border security and for no amnesty for those who are already in the United States illegally. Congressman Sullivan is responsible for securing a permanent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office for Tulsa. Previously, he worked to increase the number of ICE agents in the Oklahoma City field office from a mere four field agents to their current twelve agents and to bring the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s 287(g) immigration training program to Tulsa. A visit to the U.S.-Mexico border in October 2005 confirmed his fears that too many illegal aliens and potential terrorists were slipping into the United States undetected.
Congressman Sullivan was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The oldest of four siblings, Congressman Sullivan’s parents, Daniel and Mag Sullivan taught their son the importance of faith and family. He still resides in Tulsa with his wife, Judy, and his four children: Tommy, Meredith, Sydney and Daniel. Congressman Sullivan graduated from Northeastern State University and, prior to being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, worked as a small businessman in Tulsa in the fields of energy, transportation, real estate and investments. His prior experience in the Tulsa business community gives him a unique understanding of some of the major legislative issues facing the First District. Congressman Sullivan was also proud to serve the Tulsa area in the Oklahoma House of Representatives for seven years, including acting as minority whip. During his time in Tulsa, Congressman Sullivan and his family continue their long and abiding history of volunteerism through active involvement in organizations such as Tulsa Catholic Charities and Bishop Kelley High School.
Congressman Sullivan is also proud to be a member of the following Congressional Caucus’s:
○ Co-Chair - Congressional Task Force on Responsible Fatherhood
○ Vice-Chair - Congressional Native American Caucus
o Co-Chair-Congressional Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus
o Co-Chair, Congressional Friends of Liechtenstein Caucus
○ Values Action Team
○ Republican Study Committee
○ Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus
○ Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamine
○ Congressional USO Caucus
○ Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease
○ Congressional Mental Health Caucus
○ Congressional Waterway Caucus
○ Congressional Wireless Caucus
○ Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus
○ Congressional Diabetes Caucus
○ Congressional Taiwan Caucus
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