The committee which issued the report is chaired by House Speaker Rod Jetton, a Marble Hill Republican who led the charge to roll back Medicaid entitlements in the last legislative session.
JEFFERSON CITY - Rod Jetton, 37, was selected Missouri's next speaker of the house Wednesday. Jetton along with governor-elect Matt Blunt, 33, will be the second youngest politicians to hold the respective positions in at least 40 years.
JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri House Republican Caucus named Rod Jetton, 37, the next Speaker of the House Wednesday, which, along with Governor-elect Matt Blunt, 33, has begun a youth movement in the leadership of state government.
The bitter and contentious tone for the day was set early, after the governor's speech was interrupted by House Speaker Pro Tem Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill. Jetton called out mid-speech for the governor to release the nearly $200 million that he had witheld from public education last year.
"This was obviously written by someone who's never served their country," said House Speaker Pro Tem Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, who served with the Marines. "The armed forces has a way of making men out of boys. This is kind of a slap in the face."
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