Roy Blunt

I think a lot of these ratings are going to have those same kinds of problems.

Mr. Secretary, thank you and your staff for your time today. And we look forward to working with you.

I was encouraged that the budget emphasizes funding for core education programs like Title I and IDEA.

To be clear, you zeroed out the payments in the Federal property program and moved it to the facilities management program.

I actually offered an amendment during our budget resolution markup to put this into action.

The priority here doesn't seem very high.

I would like you to look at your data on that and see. I think it may be a bigger piece of the puzzle than we think, when you accumulate some of the debt.

I think there are lots of arguments, and I will be surprised if that part of the budget is the way you submitted it.

Yesterday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015. To the surprise of many people, including me, it was unanimously reported, which makes me begin to wonder just how much Iran nuclear…

I think one of the reasons that the Federal Government has been able to be involved in higher education in a pretty significant way financially since World War II, is it is the one place where the Federal Government has been willing to…

It's a major problem like the ratings will be a major problem if somehow your school is suddenly rated by some matrix of not filling out the form

I am, certainly, always more receptive to those things we do that encourage local school districts to try things, rather than to tell them that they have to do things that apply all over the country.

Under this proposal, they would be regulated by the Department of Labor, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the financial industry regulatory authority?

Let's figure out how to prioritize that.

I think there is a way you can do this.

I have long thought that losing various kinds of benefits is an obstacle to getting to work...

I have said many times budgets are about more than numbers on a page. They really reflect our values and our priorities.

I flatly reject that argument. Back in Washington State, I have seen clearly that when workers succeed, businesses succeed, and the economy succeeds.

Budgets are about choices. They are about making the tough decisions about where we should direct Federal investments.

I have sponsored a bill, the Taxpayer Transparency Act, which would require Federal agencies to disclose when taxpayer dollars are used to pay for Government advertising.

Why would you want to stop reporting the number of people who got checks that they were not supposed to get?

The regulation will deal with this issue of wage surveys?

I believe the only way to create sustainable economic growth is from the middle out, not the top down.

I am very interested in what we are doing to transition people with assistance from unemployment to work.

Let's see how many different people you would want regulating your cancer doctor if he was dealing with you.