Roy Blunt

I think that is what we all want to do and are trying to do here.

I wish to speak for a few minutes about the EPA rules on water. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy is in Missouri today to discuss the EPA's proposed rule which would significantly expand the authority of the United States under the Clean…

I thank my friends who have been here talking about this. Both Senator Thune and Senator Barrasso spent so much time on figuring out ways this could work better and obviously it is not working as well as people hoped it would. There is a…

I wish to talk today about a couple of issues. This first issue I will address concerns the first freedom and the First Amendment in this country, a matter which people in other parts of the world are seeing in jeopardy, and that is…

And I thank you for conducting this hearing.

The other matter I wish to talk about for just a few minutes deals with the disappointing answer Senator Alexander and I got this week from a request we made several days ago about a processing center near St. Louis where the employees…

The funding is not any taxpayer funding from the United States

Chairman, I am just pleased you are holding this hearing.

I have been persuaded for some time that with the Chinese, who may, based on a comment you made, be changing their view of this.

If we can't, what you have done on renewing travel visas in a much better way than we had before has clearly made a difference.

I thank my good friend from Nevada for yielding a few minutes to me. He is going to speak on an amendment which requires the Senate to pass a budget I am supportive of and support his efforts to do that, but I wish to speak in support of…

I am pleased to join the Senator from Arkansas in introducing this bill. He has been a great person to work with. I also fully associate myself with his comments about our colleagues' ability to amend these bills. Senator Mikulski and…

I want to join our Republican leader in recognizing the birthday of the 41st President of the United States, George H.W. Bush. It is possible that nobody ever came to the Presidency with a preparation that exceeded his in both…

I wish to talk a little bit about health care this morning. The majority leader has suggested in past weeks that all of these contacts and concerns I get from Missourians are just made up--although he didn't target Missourians and say only…

We don't want to just blow by this deadline as if it's not there.

Let's be sure we are.

The legislation required that any action on obstructive sleep apnea be taken only through official rulemaking.

I want to talk a little bit about the continuing concerns we see in our office and hear from Missourians about what is happening with the implementation of the health care plan. The more people know about the path we are on with health…

If we want that, and if we mean it, we'd better be asking them what they're looking for.

The solution to a highway congestion problem may not be a highway, and the Mayor referenced that. Public transit is often a solution.

It was a very helpful hearing, lots of helpful perspectives for us.

I wish to say a few words about National Police Week. I am pleased to be able to cochair with the Presiding Officer and the Senator from Delaware Mr. Coons the Law Enforcement Caucus which we founded when we came to the Senate together. I…

I think the consensus here--and it has been very powerfully stated--is that investment is key, and we need to find a way to do it on a bipartisan basis.

Certainly, the opportunities we have to grow jobs, to make things, to manufacture, to connect with the worldwide marketplace aren't there if we don't have the infrastructure that supports that.

I applaud the outside-the-box approaches to finding creative solutions to funding critical projects and programs.