These requirements include a work requirement, limits on food stamps and a two-year lifetime limit where a person is eligible for temporary benefits.Cassville Republican Senator David Sater is the sponsor of one of the bills.
JEFFERSON CITY - A "downright failure" is what Sen. David Sater, R-southwest Missouri, called the current welfare situation in Missouri in front of the Seniors, Family, and Children committee.
Progress Missouri, a liberal activist group, filed a lawsuit last week against Sens. Mike Kehoe, R-Jefferson City, David Sater, R-Cassville, and Mike Parson, R-Bolivar for violating the Missouri Sunshine law.
Progress Missouri filed a lawsuit in Cole County court Wednesday accusing Sens. Mike Kehoe, R-Jefferson City, David Sater, R-Cassvile, and Mike Parson, R-Bolivar of violating the Missouri law allowing members of the public to record meetings of state and local government.
With a 'F' in overall welfare reform, House Speaker John Diehl, R-St. Louis County; Rep. Diane Franklin, R-Camdenton; and Sen. David Sater, R-Cassville called to pass a set of restrictive measures.
With a 'F' in overall welfare reform, House Speaker John Diehl, R-St. Louis County; Rep. Diane Franklin, R-Camdenton; and Sen. David Sater, R-Cassville called to pass a set of restrictive measures.
With a 'F' in overall welfare reform, House Speaker John Diehl, R-St. Louis County; Rep. Diane Franklin, R-Camdenton; and Sen. David Sater, R-Cassville called to pass a set of restrictive measures.
"My objective is to have a program that is efficient, encourages people back to work and makes people self sufficient and not dependent on the federal government," said David Sater, R-Cassville, who sponsored the bill. "This is a temporary assistance to needy families, not a permanent assistance to needy families. We want them on their own."
"We are not taking food off of the table," said Sen. David Sater, R-Cassville. "The families are still getting the snap benefits. The children are still on the state CHIP program. They're getting medical care. The family is receiving heating and electricity costs. So it's not like we're deserting the families."
"We are not taking food off of the table," said Sen. David Sater, R-Cassville. "The families are still getting the snap benefits. The children are still on the state CHIP program. They're getting medical care. The family is receiving heating and electricity costs. So it's not like we're deserting the families."
The bill, sponsored Sen. David Sater, R-Cassville, would limit the lifetime limit a person could receive Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, or TANF, from five years to two. He also added the goal is to get people off the program and not rely on it in the long term.
The bill, sponsored Sen. David Sater, R-Cassville, would limit the lifetime limit a person could receive Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, or TANF, from five years to two. He also added the goal is to get people off the program and not rely on it in the long term.
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