State Sen. Holly Rehder (R-Scott City) describes herself as a serious policy maker in Jefferson City who gets things done. Rehder chairs the Missouri Senate Fiscal Oversight Committee in Jefferson City. She joined us live this morning on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” to preview today’s veto session in Jefferson City. Senator Rehder tells listeners that she expects the GOP-controlled Missouri House to override some of GOP Governor Mike Parson’s vetoes, but doesn’t expect the Senate to override the bills. She also discussed her run for Missouri Lt. Governor, saying her priorities would include issues like protecting seniors and addressing Missouri’s child care crisis and the foster care system:
(AUDIO): Missouri’s Rehder is optimistic about the roll out of PDMP
A veteran southeast Missouri lawmaker who’s running for lieutenant governor says more than 70 percent of Missourians favor a prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP).
Governor Mike Parson signed State Sen. Holly Rehder’s (R-Scott City) bipartisan PDMP bill in 2021. The no votes came from Republican lawmakers. Senator Rehder knows legislative opponents had privacy concerns.
“If you go get your prescriptions filled at Walmart or Walgreens you’re in a national database, right. So this is nothing different than an electronic medical record,” Rehder says.
A PDMP is an electronic database that collects data on controlled substance prescriptions within a state. Missouri is now the 50th and final state to have PDMP. Rehder tells 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” that PDMP is just now getting rolled out statewide, due to the vendor process.
She says PDMP will help battle the opioid epidemic. Senator Rehder also says Missouri’s pharmacists and doctors need it to be able to see what their patients’ medication history is.
“Our families suffering in the opioid epidemic have been asking for this. Why can my sister go to multiple places, multiple doctors, and they don’t know that they’re all prescribing her the same medication,” says Rehder.
Passage of PDMP was a top priority for the powerful Missouri Farm Bureau, which is the state’s largest general farm organization. Legislative opponents worry about privacy issues. You can hear the full interview with Senator Rehder here.
(AUDIO): State Sen. Holly Rehder (R-Scott City) discusses her lieutenant governor bid on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
State Sen. Holly Rehder (R-Scott City) is a veteran lawmaker in Jefferson City. She’s served more than 11 years in the Missouri Legislature: eight in the House and three in the Missouri Senate. She’s launched her candidacy for lieutenant governor and says she wants to unabashedly protect sacred Christian and conservative values. One of her landmark bills that was signed into law in 2021 was bipartisan prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) legislation. Senator Rehder joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”, telling listeners that more than 70 percent of Missourians support PDMP. She also says her constituents in southeast Missouri back her transgender bill that becomes law on August 28. It requires athletes to participate in male or female competitive sports based on their gender at birth, through the collegiate level:
(AUDIO): Missouri’s governor tours deadly tornado site near Cape Girardeau
President Joe Biden is offering federal help to tornado-damaged southeast Missouri, where at least five people have been killed in a devastating tornado.
It happened in the small town of Glenallen, which is west of Cape Girardeau. Missouri Governor Mike Parson announced the president’s call, while speaking to townspeople and reporters in Glenallen.
“I also would like to add that the President of the United States called me on the way here. Wanted to make sure that all the people here knew that he was thinking about them. Anything he could do to help, he offered those services. And he wanted me to especially thank all of the emergency people that were on the ground,” Parson says.
Audio is courtesy of our news partner KMIZ. Missouri state troopers say 87 structures in the area have been damaged from the tornado, with 12 of them destroyed. Governor Parson toured the devastation with state troopers, the state Department of Public Safety (DPS), and State Sen. Holly Rehder (R-Scott City).
(AUDIO): State Sen. Holly Rehder (R-Scott City) appears on 939 the Eagle’s “Randy Tobler show”
The Missouri Senate is currently on spring break, after a tense first half of the 2022 session. While the Missouri House has sent 38 bills to the Senate, the Senate has approved just one bill thus far: approval of a supplemental budget. State Sen. Holly Rehder (R-Scott City) is frustrated by the Senate’s gridlock, and …