Roy Blunt: “You know, in St. Louis and Kansas City, both, we have a significant number of charter schools.”

I think you have completed about 75 percent of those.

They decided to change the rules. I suspect that changes the Senate in fundamental ways forever.

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 won't be able to work with you and others on this in the next Congress. I am coming to the end of my 26 years here. In a couple more weeks, I will move on to whatever is the next chapter, and I am excited about that. But I am frustrated…