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Casey Snider, newly elected Utah House majority leader, cites farm roots and firefighter cancer bill as priorities
Summary
Representative Casey Snider, elected by the House Republican caucus this month as majority leader, told the House Rules podcast that a violent episode on a mission in Russia pushed him into public service and that he plans to focus on natural-resources stewardship and supporting firefighters affected by cancer.
Representative Casey Snider, elected this month by the Utah House Republican caucus as the chamber’s majority leader, told the House Rules podcast that a violent encounter while serving a mission in Russia helped drive him into public service and that natural-resources stewardship and firefighter health will be among his priorities.
Snider said he spent "six months of my life in and out of Russian court and jail" after "a Russian police officer breaking my jaw," and that the experience left him unwilling to simply "whine" about government and motivated him to try to "be a participant in…
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