Roy Blunt

I hope the EPA can stop and consider the multitude of rules coming out of the Agency that threaten the economic viability of our country's energy, manufacturing, and agricultural sectors.

I wish to talk for a few minutes about Chuck Colson, who was a friend of mine and the founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries. He died on Saturday at 80. Before Chuck Colson was 40, he was counselor to the President of the United States…

I thank my good friend for yielding and for taking consideration of my schedule. I rise to support Judge Brian Wimes as the nominee for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri. He spent his entire career working in the public sector…

I thank my friend and my congressional neighbor. When we were in the House, we represented adjoining districts in Missouri and Oklahoma, and it is good to be serving in the Senate with my friend and to hear his commonsense approach on how…

Let me ask a couple of questions about probably the issue that we've gotten the most questions about...

So it's paid for out of regular taxpayer dollars?

FDA must be mindful that burdensome regulations can stifle innovation and lead to unnecessary expenses that limit small businesses' ability to create jobs.

The agency you head regulates approximately 20 cents out of every $1 spent in America and Americans expect the FDA-related products will be safe and effective.

So the Chinese company might pay the user fee if it was in China?

I would certainly be as flexible as you think the law allows you to be here.

The user fees wouldn't be paid by the foreign companies. They'd be paid by U.S. companies.

While, of course, conservation activities with respect to forests are critical, I would hope that USFS focuses their efforts on the opportunity to increase harvest levels, without compromising forest health, and improve the Federal…

Thank you, Chairman Reed and Ranking Member Murkowski, for holding this hearing today.

I appreciate this opportunity to examine the budgetary needs of the United States Forest Service (USFS) in order to make sure taxpayer dollars are spent on programs that reflect our Nation's priorities.

And you feel good about--I mean, both panels now--and, particularly, the Department of Education--talked about the skill certification, and you think that --you're comfortable that you're both headed in the same direction in terms of…

I may have some other questions for the record to submit later, but that's all I have for this panel.

I don't want to keep everybody else out.

For too many years, too many Americans have been telling us that they're struggling to find good quality, good paying, private sector jobs.

Well, Chairman, I'm always glad to have Missouri witnesses, and I'm always glad to get to introduce them.

With proper training, we can fill the current gap where we think we need more H-1B visas.

Thank you, Chairman.

I think the accreditation system has worked pretty well.

The President in the State of the Union said we were going to begin to condition loans and grants based on tuition increases.

I think it's a bad idea for us to, one, begin to think that we're going to do a better job determining whether programs meet the criteria they need to meet.

I hope we can do it. That would be----