Ray County Republican Committee hosts forum
Featured speakers engaged in discussions about the upcoming Amendments Three and Seven, which are slated to be included on the November ballot, during a recent political forum organized by Ray County Republican Committee.
The speaker’s panel comprised State Representative Terry Thompson,
Abortion Survivors Network founder and author Melissa Ohden and Executive Director of Liberty Alliance USA Spencer Bone.
“I want to compliment everybody here tonight for attending and those who put this together,” Thompson said at the start of the forum. “It is so important to have good communication and try to educate each other on the issues.”
Thompson discussed dif- ficulties associated with handling the high volume of bills introduced during each legislative session and managing the numerous proposed amendments for those bills.
“The house filed over 1,800 bills and the senate over 800. Governor Mike Parsons only signed 42 and 18 of those were for the budget,” explained Thompson. “Even good as…