Roy Blunt

Well, I think the committee has been pretty effective for a while in making those planes available, but as I have talked to both of you about it, it is important to ask for them and not say here is what we would like to have, we are not…

I am here today to discuss the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. So far this year, we have heard that it is too early to do everything, that the process of putting the President's Cabinet in place, which took…

I am sure we can get the budget neutral, if that is the kind of legislative relief you need.

I think both of those comments are very helpful.

let's redirect our dollars and get a bigger bang for our buck.

We are hopeful still.

A STEM education from preschool through college provides the basic skills and competencies all students need.

Providing students with high-quality education in STEM--science, technology, engineering, and math--is critical for the economic competitiveness and security of our Nation.

I assume if you have that hard a time getting them, you have equally a hard time keeping them.

This is critical for economic competitiveness and frankly the security of our country.

The number of STEM-related jobs is also expected to grow faster than the overall job market in the future.

It is. Mr. President, I think you are seeing that too. The critical needs hospitals, the critical access hospitals--the only hospitals available--are often also hospitals that disproportionately have people who are not insured or people…

I thank the Senator from Wyoming for his efforts on this topic from the time we were both explaining why we thought President Obama's plan wouldn't work. What I see and I think what you mentioned you see is that people who have coverage…

I want to talk about the Affordable Care Act and its failures, as well as the American Health Care Act and what differences I think it makes. I am going to be joined on the floor by at least one of my colleagues soon, and we may even, with…

I am glad to yield my friend 5 minutes to start the day. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Illinois is recognized. Filling the Supreme Court Vacancy

I think there's a $1.1 trillion number out there of today's dollars which would be twice the Defense budget.

I would also say in response to the observation that Senator Alexander made when this committee increased by $2 billion the base number for research

I think that is also an argument for a general view that this committee has recommended to our colleagues

We must continue to firmly establish our Federal commitment to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

If your work and other's work doesn't get us to a better place, the government will be the recipient of a very large bill.

I think anybody on this panel sees a real commitment to continuing our commitment to research and the impact it has on lives.

I want to thank Senator Murray for her support and leadership as we, again, finish the bill that is still pending before the Congress to add another $2 billion to the basic research funding at NIH.

we really have to continue, in my view, to firmly establish our Federal commitment to the National Institute of Health (NIH).

We need to remember that this progress didn't occur on its own.

Thank you, Chairman Blunt and Ranking Member Murray, for the opportunity to speak to the Subcommittee today.