is naming
legislators who have established themselves as pro-business
lawmakers," said Lew Ebert, president and CEO. "Identifying
legislators with a pro-business track record is an integral
component of The Chamber's efforts to hold legislators
accountable for votes that impact the business climate in
Kansas."
This
recognition replaces the voting record released by The Chamber
in previous years, and its approach is more positive, only
recognizing members of the Legislative Business Caucus who
demonstrate a commitment to supporting pro-employer and
pro-jobs legislation.
"Legislators don't hear thank you
enough from the business community for their efforts to
improve the Kansas business climate. We appreciate their hard
work and dedication to making Kansas the best state in America
to do business," said Lew Ebert, Chamber president and
CEO.
"At times, these votes are not
easy to make with pressure placed on them from groups such as
unions and trial lawyers in their district to vote against
business," Ebert said.
"Please take a moment to
congratulate and thank your legislators if their hard work in
the Kansas Legislature to support the Jobs First Agenda has
earned them this esteemed recognition from The Kansas
Chamber," Ebert said.
You can use The
Chamber's eMobilize Grassroots Action Network to contact your
lawmakers at hw/hw.dll?
page&t=emzofficials1&file=emobilize
The register of Pro-Jobs
Legislators will be reviewed yearly as new votes are taken on
issues important to employers in Kansas. Our goal is to grow
this list to encompass more legislators of all parties. We
look forward to adding more names in the years to come.
Following is The Kansas Chamber's roster of Pro-Jobs
Legislators organized by Senate and House.
These members of the Legislative
Business Caucus have distinguished themselves through their
votes and their actions to support the tenets of free
enterprise and to move Kansas towards becoming the best state
in America to do business so that our companies can become
more productive. The Chamber's Pro-Jobs Legislators display a
voting record that reflects a pro-business approach to public
policy decisions and also exercise personal leadership to
improve the Kansas business climate. Legislators are evaluated
on votes taken on Jobs First Agenda issues, leadership in
committee work, on the floor during debate, and their work
behind the scenes.
The Chamber's Job First Agenda
includes legislative action on healthcare cost containment,
improving the legal climate, improving the workers comp
system, improving the unemployment comp system, and a
business-friendly tax climate.
To become a Jobs First
Legislator, lawmakers are evaluated on votes taken on Jobs
First Agenda issues, leadership in committee work, on the
floor during debate, and their work behind the scenes. The
Chamber's Job First Agenda includes Senate action on
healthcare cost containment, improving the legal climate,
improving the workers comp system, improving the unemployment
comp system, and a business-friendly tax climate.
Pro-Jobs
Senators
Barbara Allen Overland Park
Pat Apple Louisburg
Jim Barnett Emporia
Karin
Brownlee Olathe
Terry Bruce Hutchinson
Pete Brungardt
Salina
Les Donovan Wichita
Jay Emler Lindsborg
Tim
Huelskamp Fowler
Nick Jordan Shawnee
Carolyn McGinn
Sedgwick
Stephen Morris Hugoton
Kay O'Connor Olathe
Ralph
Ostmeyer Grinnell
Peggy Palmer
Augusta
Mike Petersen Wichita
Roger Pine Lawrence
Dennis Pyle Hiawatha
Derek Schmidt Independence
Vicki
Schmidt Topeka
Jean Schodorf Wichita
Mark Taddiken
Clifton
Ruth Teichman Stafford
Dwayne Umbarger Thayer
John Vratil Leawood
Susan Wagle Wichita
Dennis
Wilson Overland Park
David Wysong Mission Hills
Pro-Jobs
Representatives
Clay Aurand Courtland
Virginia Beamer Oakley
Bob Bethell Alden
Anthony
Brown Eudora
Steve Brunk Bel Aire
Richard Carlson St.
Marys
Eric Carter Overland Park
Pat Colloton Leawood
Don Dahl Hillsboro
Willa Decastro Wichita
Kathe
Decker Clay Center
John Edmonds Great Bend
Joann
Freeborn Concordia
Pat George Dodge City
Mario Goico
Wichita
Lana Gordon Topeka
John Grange El Dorado
Gary Hayzlett Lakin
Carl Holmes Liberal
Mitch
Holmes St. John
Deena Horst Salina
Steve Huebert
Valley Center
Joe Humerickhouse Osage City
Terrie
Huntington Mission Hills
Becky Hutchins Holton
Bonnie
Huy Wichita
Dan Johnson
Hays
Everett Johnson Augusta
Kasha Kelley Arkansas
City
Richard Kelsey Goddard
Mike Kiegerl
Olathe
Patricia Kilpatrick Overland Park
Forrest Knox
Fredonia
Carl Krehbiel Moundridge
Brenda Landwehr
Wichita
Bill Light Rolla
Peggy Mast Emporia
Doug Mays
Topeka
Bill McCreary Wellington
Joe McLeland
Wichita
Ray Merrick Stilwell
Frank Miller
Independence
Don Myers Derby
Melvin Neufeld Ingalls
Ed O'Malley Roeland Park
Mike O'Neal
Hutchinson
Lynne Oharah Uniontown
Rob Olson
Olathe
Bill Otto Leroy
Virgil Peck Tyro
Mary
Pilcher-Cook Shawnee
Larry Powell Garden City
Charlie
Roth Salina
Scott Schwab Olathe
Sharon Schwartz
Washington
Stephanie Sharp Lenexa
Clark Shultz
Lindsborg
Arlen Siegfreid Olathe
Jason Watkins
Wichita
Shari Weber Herington
Kenny Wilk
Lansing
Kevin Yoder Overland Park
Jim Yonally Overland
Park
Don't forget to thank your
friends in the legislature today for their commitment to the
Kansas business community! Their shared vision for a better
Kansas is essential in making our state the best place in
America to do
business.
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