WEST CHESTER, Ohio — The 134th General Assembly features a number of newly-elected members of the House of Representatives and Senate.

What You Need To Know

  • George Lang (R-West Chester) previously served two terms in the Ohio House of Representatives after being appointed in 2017

  • Lang now represents the state's 4th Senate District which covers the majority of Butler County in Southwest Ohio

  • Lang said former House Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford) opposed his plan to make Ohio the most business-friendly state in the country

  • Lang said Gov. Mike DeWine's (R-Ohio) handling of the pandemic has destroyed Ohio's economy

It also had a number of lawmakers switch from one chamber to the other.

Sen. George Lang (R-West Chester) is no stranger to the Statehouse.

He previously served two terms in the Ohio House of Representatives after being appointed in 2017.

Now Lang represents the state's 4th Senate District, which covers the majority of Butler County in Southwest Ohio.  ​

"My mission for Ohio has a much better chance of taking shape in the Senate than it ever had in the House," Lang said.

Lang said former House Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford) opposed his plan to make Ohio the most business-friendly state in the country.

"He said you can't put business first (which is) just a fundamental disagreement in philosophy," Lang said.

So Lang, who owns five small businesses, said he will put businesses first in the same four ways he did as a West Chester Township trustee: tax reform, regulatory reform, reducing the size and cost of government and workforce development.

"It's actually part of our slogan: 'Where Families Grow and Businesses Prosper' and a result, West Chester has become the most affluent community in the state of Ohio," Lang said.

Lang said Gov. Mike DeWine's (R-Ohio) handling of the pandemic has destroyed Ohio's economy.

"There are other states that did not take the draconian measures that Mike DeWine did and their COVID numbers are somewhat comparable to ours. So, in my opinion, Mike got it all wrong," Lang said.

Therefore, Lang would be in favor of legislative oversight of future health orders.

In the House, Lang supported House Bill 305, which would revamp the state's unconstitutional school funding model, and said he would back it again if it made its way to the Senate.

On House Bill 6, the taxpayer-funded bailout of two Oho nuclear power plants, Lang said even if Householder is acquitted, the bill does not pass the smell test and should be repealed or replaced.

When asked how he will know whether or not he had a successful four-year term in the end, Lang said, "If instead of Ohio being the fifth most left state in the nation, we are one of the 20 most entered states in the nation and hopefully we are on our way, within a matter of two decades, to financially dominate the rest of the country."