Roy Blunt

a lot of things have been said today, and some things will be repeated, but as I sit here, it occurs to me that the mark of a truly great legislator and a great friend is how many people have an individual story about Johnny Isakson. That…

first of all, let me say that I totally agree with my friend from Montana on the importance of, after a year of deliberation--or maybe ``deliberation'' is too strong a word--more than a year since all three countries agreed on an…

on that topic, of course, all Members of the Senate have said they are preserving the coverage of preexisting conditions. It is sort of like the same speech our friend from Connecticut said he was tired of hearing about supporting the…

first of all, I want to say how much I appreciate Senator Ernst. When she talks about veterans, she talks about her own experience but also the veterans she has served with and sees every day. This goes to the heart of her great dedication…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays are ordered. All time has expired. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Tapp…

Cuts to public health and prevention programs will not balance our budget and will only lead to increased costs to our healthcare system.

We especially thank Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education Chairman Roy Blunt and Ranking Member Patty Murray for their unwavering support for the NIH.

Through the strong, bipartisan leadership of this Subcommittee's leaders, Chairman Roy Blunt and Ranking Member Patty Murray, who has been a consistent champion for biomedical research and a leader in the fight to end cancer.

Reserving the right to object, I would like to object. I would like to talk about this bill for a minute. In March, the House passed a bill that would give the Federal Government unprecedented control over elections in this country…

I might just respond by saying that, if States are adopting these things because they think they are a good idea, that is one thing. For Washington, DC, to tell them they have to do it because we think it is a good idea, that is another…

I want to thank Senator Portman for his comments about what we have tried to do to provide the money, but let me tell you, having been involved in that part of it, really, before we began to pass legislation, nobody was more vigorously…

this is a classic example of everything has been said but not everybody has said it yet. One of the great traditions of the Senate is to be sure everybody says it. We are going to say it now, and we will continue to say it until the House…

the next vote, the vote we will take in less than an hour, is a vote that would exercise the Congressional Review Act, of which I am a supporter. The idea that we should use the Congressional Review Act is a good thing for us to look at…

I want to talk about a very different topic, and that is the Stanley Cup. Yesterday at the White House, the St. Louis Blues were warmly welcomed by the President in a ceremony celebrating their Stanley Cup victory. On June 12, the Blues…

in accordance with rule 23 of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee on Rules and Administration and pursuant to Public Law 115-364, on September 25, 2019, the Committee adopted the U.S. Senate Disabled Veteran Leave Regulations. There…

later in the day--certainly today or tomorrow--we will have a vote on whether we want to move forward on this year's appropriations process. The vote would allow us to move forward. Frankly, it would and should allow every Member to make…

I join my two colleagues who were just here and spoke while I was here--my friend from Montana and my friend from Oklahoma--to talk about, really, the uniqueness of the government we have and of the unbelievable coming together of ideas in…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Howery nomination?

as my friend from Indiana and others have pointed out today, this is a day that Americans remember as a day of unique tragedy. Earlier today, on the Senate floor, we had a moment of silence in the middle of a series of votes. The Senate…

I have 2 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to Rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I ask unanimous consent that the remaining votes in this series be 10 minutes in length. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

over the past several weeks, we have seen numerous attempts by our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to take a serious issue and, frankly, I think, turn it into a political football. It is an issue on which the Presiding Officer…

first of all, I wanted to talk about everything you could be doing in Missouri in the next month or so with your family, and then I was told I have 5 minutes. That seems to be an impossible restriction for me. So let me see how many things…

I ask unanimous consent for the Legislative Activities Report of the Committee of Rules and Administration during the 115th Congress be printed into the Congressional Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed…

in accordance with rule 23 of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee on Rules and Administration and pursuant to the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act, on July 25, 2019, the committee adopted the U.S. Senate…