Roy Blunt

What is DOD doing to ensure the $1 billion devoted to this integrated electronic recordskeeping system is not going to be wasted?

I am hopeful that, if confirmed, you would work constructively with affected stakeholders to ensure the transition to non-highly enriched uranium (HEU) based production occurs smoothly and without jeopardizing patient access to much-needed…

But we ought to let the money as much as possible be defined by the strategy rather than the other way around, Senator.

I think that is a recognition that our investment and the way we have used those resources has gotten them in a position where we maybe need to be more focused on rebuilding than we do building down.

Our relationship with Israel is of great concern to me, and it is a priority to our efforts in the Middle East.

If confirmed, you have my commitment to work closely with you, the other members of the Missouri and Kansas congressional delegations, and community leaders to ensure the BFC disposition process is undertaken as expeditiously and…

If confirmed, I will be committed to this interaction and to monitoring the global supply.

I rise to talk about a piece of legislation I intend to introduce on behalf of Senator Cruz and myself, The Advice and Consent Restoration Act, which responds to last week's decision announced on Friday by a three-judge panel on the DC…

I want to talk a little about the bill that is coming over from the House that would require the Senate to-- surprise--have a budget. I know the law already requires the Senate to have a budget, but apparently that law wasn't good enough…

First of all, this is the first time I have spoken on the floor when you were in the chair. Welcome to the Senate and welcome to the presiding chair. I want to talk for a few minutes today about a baseball great, a Missouri great, Stan…

I come to the floor today to join my colleague, Senator Landrieu from Louisiana, to talk about Russian adoptions and the decision by the Russian Duma and the President, President Putin, to sign a law that includes a provision that bans…

He signed the law anyway. Senator Landrieu and I are going to have a resolution that she is going to talk about, asking not only that this position be reversed but that immediately we do whatever is necessary to unite these families who…

Also on two things that do not relate to my comments about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act--I would like to say it is a great honor for me to be able to speak on the floor for the first time with the President pro tempore…

I wish to talk about the disaster supplemental today, but before I do that, I would like to spend a minute talking about the Senator from Hawaii, Mr. Inouye. We were at the service this morning in the Rotunda of the Capitol, where only 31…

In the response portion of the report we will file, the GAO said a third of the disasters over the last 8 years cost the Federal Government less than $10 billion. They also said the level of loss necessary to declare a disaster hasn't…

We need to expand the economic partnerships to our neighborhood. The Western Hemisphere needs more attention. Trade makes sense for America. Trade creates jobs. Trade creates opportunity. I am glad we are voting on this trade agreement…

For the last few days the Senate has worked as the Senate should work. We have had amendments. We have had both sides working to find solutions; the Defense Authorization Act, the Russia trade agreement, a bipartisan vote on each of those…

I am pleased the Senate is considering a critical bill this week to establish permanent normal trade relations with Russia. I should have borrowed my friend's sign that says ``PTC Creates Jobs,'' which may very well be an accurate…

It was really amazing, he said, to see the length of this attack.

I think we wrote you a letter, we wrote a letter, or you wrote a letter to Ambassador Locke about this issue in October 2012.

I would like to take a few moments to share a rare piece of good news related to international religious freedom. On October 11 of last year I submitted for the Record the story of a Christian pastor in Iran who had been charged with…

The No. 1 job of this Congress domestically should have been more private sector jobs. The President's long-held view of redistribution as a goal for the government is not going to accomplish that. What is going to accomplish that is more…

I am concerned that we are going to go home without an agriculture disaster bill farm families can rely on. This disaster is real. The disaster programs for livestock ran out a year ago, September 30 of last year. We have a chance to do…

I thank my friend from Rhode Island, and I think we can move forward. I think there is good faith. As I said, we started--the four of us--beginning to get people together. That group was quickly joined by Senators Collins and Lieberman, so…

I strongly believe that states should have the right to decide to collect or not collect sales taxes for online transactions.