[tps_title]Sen. Trip Pittman, Chairman, Senate Education Budget Committee[/tps_title]
Pittman is a larger-than-life physical, ideological and political presence on the 7th floor of the Statehouse. He loves to mix it up as much as anyone in the Senate. He’s got a libertarian streak (He served as a delegate for the 2012 Ron Paul presidential campaign) and is not afraid to buck the status quo.
Pittman has actively pushed for a Convention of States to amend the U.S. Constitution to term limit elected officials and force the federal government to balance its budget. On the state level, he’s ardently opposed expanding Medicaid and pushed for further conservative reforms to the state’s retirement systems.
There are plenty of staunch conservatives in the Alabama legislature, but few of them rise to the level Pittman has. He oversees the biggest pot of money in state government as the Senate Education Budget chairman.
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