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Oklahoma House minority leader Scott Inman D- District 94 speaks at a legislative forum hosted by the Associated Press at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)

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Oklahoma House minority leader Scott Inman D- District 94 speaks at a legislative forum hosted by the Associated Press at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)

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Oklahoma Senate minority leader Sean Burrage D- District 2 speaks at a legislative forum hosted by the Associated Press at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)

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Oklahoma House minority leader Scott Inman D- District 94 speaks at a legislative forum hosted by the Associated Press at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)

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Duffy's Irish Pub at 2106 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, January 29, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Duffy's Irish Pub at 2106 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, January 29, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Duffy's Irish Pub at 2106 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, January 29, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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FILE - In this March 13, 2005 file photo, Monarch butterflies gather on a tree at the El Rosario Butterfly Sanctuary near Angangueo, Mexico. The number of Monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico has plunged to its lowest level since studies began in 1993. A report released on Jan. 29, 2014 by the World Wildlife Fund, Mexico’s Environment Department and the Natural Protected Areas Commission blames the dramatic decline on the insect’s loss of habitat due to illegal logging in Mexico’s mountaintop forests and the massive displacement of its food source, the milkweed plant. (AP Photo/Kirsten Luce, File)

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FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2011 file photo, a Monarch butterfly perches on a tree at the Sierra Chincua Sanctuary in the mountains of Mexico's Michoacan state. The number of Monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico has plunged to its lowest level since studies began in 1993. A report released on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 by the World Wildlife Fund, Mexico’s Environment Department and the Natural Protected Areas Commission blames the dramatic decline on the insect's loss of habitat due to illegal logging in Mexico’s mountaintop forests and the massive displacement of its food source, the milkweed plant. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

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The family of Tyler Doohan, Lewis J. Beach and Stephen D. Smith leave St. John of Rochester Catholic church in Fairport, N.Y. on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 at the end of a funeral service for the three victims of a fire in their mobile home. At center right is Crystal Vrooman, mother of 9-year-old Tyler Doohan; at left is Joseph Breyette carrying the ashes of his father, Lewis Beach; and at center left, an unidentified man carries the ashes of Tyler Doohan. Fire officials say Tyler woke six other relatives and was killed when he tried to help his disabled grandfather, Smith. (AP Photo/Democrat & Chronicle, Annette Lein)

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Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe, toop, speaks to members of the Political Animals Club at the Governors Mansion in Little Rock, Ark., Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. Beebe compared ending the expanded Madicaid coverage to the widespread reports of insurance policy cancellations that marked the rollout of the federal health care law.(AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

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Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe waves before speaking to members of the Political Animals Club in Little Rock, Ark., Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. Beebe compared ending the expanded Madicaid coverage to the widespread reports of insurance policy cancellations that marked the rollout of the federal health care law. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

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State Sen. Berta Gardner, D-Anchorage, speaks to reporters during a Senate Minority news conference on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)