* Vice-Chairman of Appropriations for Health, Mental Health and Social Services
2005-2010
* Vice-Chairman of Senior Citizens Advocacy Committee 2005-2010
* Rural Community Development Committee 2007-2010
* Health Care Transformation 2008-2010
* Medicaid Reform Commission 2006
* Job Creation and Economic
Development Committee 2005-2006
* Conservation and Natural Resources Committee 2005-2006
* Joint Interim Committee on Missouri Health Care Stabilization Fund 2005