Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis, was also appointed to the committee. Shields said his appointment was based on his experience in the budgetary process when he served in the Missouri House of Representatives.
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.
Senator Jim Lembke is sponsoring the bill that will keep those refusing treatment in county jails until their trail date, and save tax payers more than 60 thousand dollars a year.
Democratic Senator Tim Green debated with fellow St. Louis County Senator, Republican Jim Lembke about what the consequences would be to school officials if a student was killed by accident.
"We currently have 830,000 Missourians getting their health care from the state; they're asking their neighbors to pay for it," said Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County. "And what you're advocating is adding another 35,000 people this year, and then, again, the mechanism to expand it further in the future, and I guess where we have a philosophical difference is who's role is it -- the state's role, the government's role -- to provide universal health care. Because I think tha..
According to the U.S. Department of Energy's Web site, coal power generates nearly half of all the electricity in this country, and Sen. Jim Lembke, R-Lemay, said it powers more than three out of four electric sources in Missouri. At this stage, there are no coal-fired electrical plants nationally that store more than token amounts of carbon dioxide, and Schaefer said that the state should be a leader in exploring the "proven" technology that has yet to be tested here.
St. Louis Republican Jim Lembke sponsored the bill and said he was disappointed with the committee's decision and that the cameras are no more than a money-maker.
Many senators, such as Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, said they would not vote to raise their own pay while jobs are being lost throughout the state.
Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, is sponsoring a bill that will house offenders in county jails for almost half the cost when they aren't receiving treatment at the center.
Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, is sponsoring a bill that will house offenders in county jails for almost half the cost when they aren't receiving treatment at the center.