Roy Blunt: “Thanks, Senator. It happens that both Joplin and St. Louis are both served by for-profit utility companies.”

when I gave my first speech on the Senate floor 12 years ago or when I cast my first vote in the House 26 years ago, I had really no way to anticipate the challenges and opportunities that were ahead of us. I come to the floor today…

I look forward to seeing this bill on the floor sometime between now and the end of this year.

These funding levels will put the U.S. back on the path to eliminating TB.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from…