Wrap: The exchange started when Kansas City Democratic Representative Jeremy LaFaver took exception to an amendment offered by Liberty Republican Representative Wanda Brown.
Rep. Wanda Brown, R-Lincoln, sponsored the bill, which would allow people to use welfare cards to buy food at some liquor or convenient stores. The bill would ban purchases of alcohol, lottery tickets, tobacco products and adult material.
Rep. Wanda Brown, R-Lincoln, and Rep. Jeremy LaFaver, D-Jackson County, exchanged insults back-and-forth as House members looked on and occasionally "ooh'd" and "ahh'd."
Rep. Wanda Brown, R-Lincoln, and Rep. Jeremy LaFaver, D-Jackson County, exchanged insults back-and-forth as House members looked on and occasionally "ooh'd" and "ahh'd."
Bill sponsor, Rep. Wanda Brown, R-Lincoln, said this bill gives people living in food deserts more purchasing power.
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