Herb Frierson

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House Appropriations Committee chairman Herb Frierson, of Poplarville, left, confers with fellow Republicans Medicaid Committee chairman Bobby Howell of Kilmichael, center, and Public Health and Human Services Committee chairman Toby Baker of Hattiesburg, during Medicaid funding debate in House Chambers at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)