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Stitt says NGA inclusion and task forces show governors can cooperate
Summary
Governor Stitt recounted insisting that a White House meeting include all governors while serving as National Governors Association chair, and described forming bipartisan task forces on permanent reform and immigration.
Governor Stitt recounted a controversy surrounding a White House meeting and said, as chair of the National Governors Association (NGA), he insisted the gathering could not be called an NGA meeting unless all governors were invited. "I basically just said, hey, we can't call this a National Governors Association meeting if not all the governors were were invited to it," he said, describing public media coverage and subsequent engagement with the White House.
Stitt said those experiences reinforced the value of governors working across party lines on concrete reforms. He described assembling bipartisan task forces on permanent reform and immigration and urged governors to focus on delivering results: "Let's make Oklahoma top 10... dream big." His remarks framed the NGA as an institution with bipartisan origins and as a vehicle for state-driven solutions rather than partisan standoffs at the federal level.
