Roy Blunt

In the great tradition of Senators, that is what we are expected to do.

Thank you, Chairman. Thank you for having this hearing. We had a similar hearing in this committee last March, and at that time all the panelists were for a single, consistent national standard.

The President and the Attorney General have both taken a position, and both agree with the need for preemption.

The Committee on Rules and Administration has adopted rules governing its procedures for the 114th Congress. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 2, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, on behalf of myself and Senator Schumer, I ask unanimous…

I thought last night, as the majority whip just mentioned, that the President once again showed his sense of why the majority in the Congress and the majority of people in the country support the Keystone XL Pipeline. It is not just about…

I think Roseann Ketchmark will do a great job as a judge. I am supportive of her.

Congress has spoken. The FCC cannot legislate on this point, only Congress can.

I thank my friend for his leadership and his comments. The Presiding Officer and I are looking at legislation we looked at last year where the Senate would simply have to stand up on rules and regulations that have an impact on the economy…

First of all, this is the first opportunity I have had to follow our new President pro tempore of the Senate on the floor. He was just elected yesterday. I have spoken on the floor at times when he has been in other leadership roles. He is…

I want to talk a little bit about regulation today. We end this Congress failing once again for the Congress to take more responsibility for regulation. Items such as the REINS Act, which I have sponsored with Senator Paul and others and…

Passenger rail in this country worked extraordinarily well and served the country well.

We will continue to talk.

We have had a number of hearings on many issues and particularly on the passenger rail issues.

It is good to be here. I was disappointed yesterday to see that we weren't able to move forward on the Keystone Pipeline. It has become symbolic in many ways of whether we are willing to embrace the opportunities of more American energy…

It is a good day for Major Courtland to be here because another thing I want to talk about today is the Air Force itself and to pay tribute to those in the Air Force. This is the anniversary of the 67 years of service and sacrifice for our…

I have come to the floor almost every week. I think I have come to the floor every week it was possible to be on the Senate floor over the course of the last year to discuss the changes we have seen in health care. We are now approaching…

Today marks 13 years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. At that moment, I do not think Americans would have been surprised that we would still be dealing with that 13 years later. But in the 13 years that have passed, there…

When I was home last month, I heard a lot from Missourians, for really the first time over and over: What about all of the bills the House has passed that the Senate has not taken up? What about funding the government? My good friend from…

Early this week I joined with Senator Boxer to introduce the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014. This is an updated version of bipartisan legislation we introduced in March of last year. It is designed to help the…

I join my colleagues here to talk about some of the stories we are hearing from the people we work for. I have been to the floor many times talking about the stories we are getting from families, from moms, from people trying to get that…

I want to talk principally in the next few minutes about a bill that Senator Boxer and I have introduced this week on Israel and talk about what is going on in Israel, but on the work that is the bill before us right now, I am always…

I would think those two things probably do not work out very well together.

I wish to speak for a few minutes and start by talking about these court cases yesterday that create more complications particularly for the President's health care plan. The idea that the law is specific, which is what the Washington, DC…

We are grateful for those employees and the work that they do and are concerned about anything that reflects on their products.

Last month, as my friend from Massachusetts just mentioned, the Supreme Court ruled that the Obama administration's Health and Human Services mandate infringes on the First Amendment guarantee of religious freedom. This is a guarantee that…