Roy Blunt

You said they lacked, 'a clear process of identifying high priority R&D to support NextGen.'

we are coming to the conclusion of weeks now of debate on the nominee to be the Attorney General of the United States, and we still have other debates to have on other people before this process ends. In fact, somebody observed this week…

I am proud to have a chance to speak in support of your fellow Coloradan, Neil Gorsuch, President Trump's nominee to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Clearly, we all understand this is an important decision and an important…

I wish to share a little of that editorial where the Denver Post says: We are not afraid of a judge who strictly interprets the Constitution based solely on the language and intent of our nation's founders, as long as he is willing to be…

Yes, the FTC is much better because they have a history of bipartisan cooperation, of focusing on actual harm.

It's about balance, because most of the regulations and rules in this country are really coming from industry themselves.

So anything that can be done to facilitate transportation will help the economy just in and of itself.

I think developing tourism is extremely important. And I think something like a ninth of all the jobs in this country are one way or another dependent on tourism.

I live in Missouri. The Mississippi River is there, the Missouri River flows into the Mississippi, but across the--we are really at the water nexus of the country, but also the rail and highway nexus of the country.

Senator Klobuchar and I have been particularly involved in the travel and tourism issues, thinking that is often described as the low-hanging fruit in the economy.

You're also proposing that as you look at infrastructure, that we're making a greater effort to incorporate new technologies into that infrastructure?

I think that competitive model where we're all trying to figure out how we compete as a country by making intermodal transportation work more effectively is a much more realistic model than thinking of each transportation mode individually.

There's no indication that any effort to get into those records impacted Election Day.

I don't believe there's any evidence of polling places where people had lines that were backed up because there were record changes that were out of the ordinary.

We do believe they tried to get in?

I am going to talk about the resolution we are moving to that will allow us to repeal and begin the replacement for the President's health care plan. A little over 3 years ago, President Obama hailed the start of the ObamaCare exchanges as…

I have five 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 have one story I want to tell about Senator Coats. We have been able to serve together on the Intel Committee. We sit near each other on that committee. We work together on other things. I came to the Senate when Senator Coats came back…

reserving the right to object, one way to be sure of not getting the work done we are doing today is to add another topic. I think the work we are doing today is important. My friend from Vermont mentioned some statistics that were right a…

as we send troops into harm's way--and as you personally well know--it is our job to ensure that they have the tools and the resources they need to carry out the mission they are asked to carry out. We never want Americans to be involved…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. National Defense Authorization Bill

I ask unanimous consent that the military fellow from our office, MAJ Andy Anderson, be given floor privileges for the consideration of H.R. 34. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I thank my friend for yielding. In terms of the money available for research, we have taken that 22 percent of buying power and changed it to about 15 percent. If we doubled our bill this year, we would change it from 15 to about 7 or 8…

I would say that the one thing we will accomplish before the week is out is passing this bill, but I hope this bill doesn't become something that we continue to refer back to and say we have already done that. This bill is a step in the…

I thank my friend for yielding. I would just say that if the Secretary of HHS can certify that, that is a good thing, and I voted for that in the past. But I know what a tomato looks like. I don't know what is inside a capsule, and that…