Former Kansas House speaker elected to national legislators conference
Topeka ? State Rep. Melvin Neufeld, R-Ingalls, has become president-elect of the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Neufeld will serve one year in the position and then become president during the 2011-2012 conference year.
“The relationship between the states and the federal government is at a critical juncture,” said Neufeld. “Congress’ inability to address the nation’s most pressing problems leaves it up to state legislators.”
Neufeld, a former Kansas House speaker, has served in the Legislature from 1985 to 1988 and then from 1990 to the present.