Sen. Brad Lager, R-Maryville, who had pushed for mapping to be done in a subcommittee hearing last September, said the governor should hold off on awarding state funds for other broadband projects until the mapping is complete.
However, Republican Senator Brad Lager, who is part of the committee doing a separate DNR investigation, says Templeton is responsible for many of the problems stemming from the Department.
State Sen. Brad Lager, R-Maryville, has been investigating these problems as the head of a Senate committee. Lager said his committee's work will not be affected by the governor's decision but said the "public trust was violated" by Templeton's department.
Ford's announcement came hours after Sen. Brad Lager, R-Maryville, accused the department of a "cover-up" regarding information about the E. coli situation.
Wrap:Republican Senator Brad Lager said the Department of Natural Resources made deliberate attempts to hide information regarding dangerously high bacteria levels at the Lake of the Ozarks.
The group is Sen. Brad Lager, R-Maryville, Sen. Luann Ridgeway, R-Smithville, Sen. Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau, Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, Sen. Chuck Purgason, R-Caulfield, and Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County.
The amendment, brought forward by Northwest Missouri Repulican Senator Brad Lager adds two citizens to the commission, which he says makes it more representative of the state.
Committee chair Sen. Brad Lager, R-Maryville, said he had an agreement with Ameren and some of the bills' opponents that neither side would produce commercials until the committee had made a decision concerning the bill. The Fair Electricity Rates Action Fund released a commercial saying the bill would allow Ameren to raise rates 40 percent.
"If we're going to have expansion [of tax credits], you also need reasonable reforms, the checks and balances that ensure accountability to the taxpayers," said the bill's sponsor, Sen. Brad Lager, R-Maryville.
"It's very reasonable to assume and understand that this is going to be a multiple year process," said Sen. Brad Lager, R-Maryville. "And I think that to believe that we're going to be able to do it all in one year is maybe wishful at best."
"The consumers in Missouri have benefited from the power producers here being an exporter of energy," Sen. Brad Lager, R-Maryville, said. "Meaning up until this point, our power companies have been able to generate more energy than they've used, and as a result, they've been able to take the extra capacity and sell it off at a pretty decent premium. And as a result, they've been able to use those profits to buy down the rates for consumers here."