The Republican leader of the state Assembly said he won't let a Democratic lawmaker who's paralyzed from the chest down call into meetings and slammed him for "political grandstanding" on the issue.

But Speaker Robin Vos wrote in a letter to Rep. Jimmy Anderson Thursday he would seek to make a videographer available for public committee hearings and consider letting members vote via paper ballot rather than in-person.

Anderson, of Fitchburg, has sought to be able to phone into committee gatherings, though chamber rules prohibit the practice, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported this week. Vos, R-Rochester, told the publication he didn't want to change Assembly policy in that arena.

In his letter, Vos wrote he has "always been opposed to a call-in option" for committee hearings because they tend to result in "disruptive, ineffective meetings," and it is disrespectful for other attendees who come to give in-person testimony.

Vos' letter also called out Anderson for "political grandstanding" on the issue by going to the media rather than taking his request for phone accommodations to his office, committee leadership and others.