Roy Blunt

I am deeply troubled by the National Institutes of Health's budget submission to reduce discretionary funding for medical research by $1 billion.

What makes this so worrisome is not only it limits accessibility for the American people, but it also is objectionable because many of these drugs were developed at the expense of taxpayers.

I certainly would not think that would be the way we would want to follow our effort last year to increase research by $2 billion.

I think we need to really be serious about thinking about that as a model to be able to have the predictability...

I'm troubled by the NIH budget request, a request that reduces discretionary funding for medical research by $1 billion.

I do disagree with their budget request and believe that we can do better.

Every time you suggest this could be the last time you're doing something, I'm always here to encourage you not to rush out the door.

A lot of these questions I think are helpful.

I want to talk a little about the Court and the vacancy on the Court. First of all, I want to express my shared concern with my good friend from Delaware about what is happening in Iran and how we are reacting to what is happening in Iran…

Thank you, Senator Shaheen.

a bipartisan group of 12 senators, led by Senator Roy Blunt, Senator Dick Durbin, including Senators Tim Scott, Charles Schumer and others told the agency that it was quote bypassing congressional will and ignoring bipartisan concerns by…

And it certainly is within our rights to put the same language in the bill again this time then that says do not do this beginning January 1, 2017, without going through a rule.

When you set this number this high this quickly and suggest that one national standard makes sense, one national standard may have made some sense at the lower number.

So your memo would become the rule?

Job preparation, the opportunity for families to move forward to better jobs and stronger families is something we are all for, something we need to work for.

What do you think it would be if you had indexed $23,660 over the last 12 years?

Anhydrous ammonia was not involved in that accident.

I continue to have serious concerns about the aggressive regulatory agenda and the use of other methods to short-circuit the way that regulations should be out there for people to see and think about and understand before they go into…

I think we are for practical and effective, and we work with you hard to do things that create new pathways for veterans to get their skills recognized in the workplace and get to the workplace in new ways, and to have that recognized.

I am disappointed that the $627 million increase for the Department of Labor dwarfs the total increase for all non-defense discretionary spending--which is $40 million.

I continue to have serious concerns about the Department's aggressive regulatory agenda and methods used to short-circuit the fair and open regulatory process.

I appreciate your feeling that that might be where you are, but if the United States Chemical Safety Board says when the current rules are followed, there is no evidence there has ever been a problem.

Fostering an environment and regulatory agenda where everyone can flourish, where workers are protected, and where Americans can establish and grow businesses keeps the country's economic engine driving forward.

We do not seem to see the kind of exemptions for an RA in the residence hall or a counselor at the Missouri Baptist Children's Home.

I was disappointed with the proposed increase just simply because it is an anticipated increase of $627 million for the department.