2026 Regular Session - Day 2 - Citation | Majority Floor Leader Steven Rudy

Mike Helton, one of the founding partners of Government Strategies. Funeral services were held for him yesterday. Uh he worked in three administrations. He was a cabinet secretary and then became a very big part of the lobbying firm that he helped found, one of the biggest firms in Kentucky. He shaped the political landscape of Kentucky, helped shape that for over 50 years. He was a husband, a father, an uncle, a University of Louisville fan. But above all that, uh, as I've talked to many people since his passing in the in his profession, they all say the same thing about Mike Helton. truly a nice man and a gentleman in every way. And that would be so wonderful if when I'm gone, that's what everybody had to say about me and my profession. Mr. Speaker, I move adoption of House Citation number