Jefferson City representative Jay Barnes said the state needs to invest more in agriculture. The Republican charged that MU lobbists had threatened cuts to a major agricultural research center if the amendment passed.
The committee's chair , Cole County Representative Jay Barnes,questioned the ethics regarding disclosure, but voiced his own frustration with secret donors.
Actuality: HETHICS.WAVRun Time: 00:15 Description: Tommorrow on the first day that bills can be referred, I will refer every ethics bill that has been filed to the Committee on Government Oversight and Accountability.That committee is chaired by one of the legislature's leading proponents for tougher restrictions on special interest money in government and politics -- Jefferson City's Jay Barnes. From the State Capitol, I'm Madeline Odle.
Cole County Republican Jay Barnes sponsored the bill, stating that any appointment by the governor should be held to the higher standard of state employees.
Actuality: CARPENTE.WAVRun Time: 00:10 Description: I think folks back at home, if you told them that a quarter million dollars a year was spent to buy us meals by lobbyists they would say they think that's a bad thing and that we should stop doing that.Republican Representative Jay Barnes said Carpenter was mischaracterizing the meals, which he said are informational and provided by well-intended groups.
Intro: The House Oversight Committee passed the first group of ethics legislation to be heard by the House later this week . RunTime: 0:44OutCue: SOCWrap: The committee chair -- Representative Jay Barnes -- chose four ethics bills to be heard by the committee, the most controversial creating a cooling-off period for legislators wanting to become lobbyists.
"It is giving voice to the voiceless, it is defending the defenseless," said Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City. "Children should not be science experiments."
"It is giving voice to the voiceless, it is defending the defenseless," said Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City. "Children should not be science experiments."
The amendment's sponsor Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, said the state needs to invest more in agriculture. He also noted that the University of Missouri's lobbyists had promised cuts to a major agricultural research center if the amendment passed.
The amendment's sponsor Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, said the state needs to invest more in agriculture. He also noted that the University of Missouri's lobbyists had promised cuts to a major agricultural research center if the amendment passed.
The committee is chaired by one of the legislature's leading proponents of tougher restrictions on special interest money in government and politics -- Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City.
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