Roy Blunt

This 10 page bill would simply give them that right--and keep up with changes in technology and the way consumers make purchases today.

Fiscal relief for the states that does not cost the Federal Government a single dime.

I think I'm going to add to that, in case somebody else hasn't, a pretty good outline of conservatives, like the Chairman of the American Conservative Union; Governor Mitch Daniels; Chris Christie; Congressman candidate for Governor, Mike…

As we gear up for what I hope will be meaningful reform of our tax code, I believe this is the right moment to also consider allowing states to level the playing field.

I do think we are having that discussion, and particularly about the budget. There have never been 60 popularly elected Republican Senators, so anytime the Republicans have controlled the Senate, it was with a number that was below 60. And…

I think the Senator is exactly right. He has made that pledge at press conferences. I think some of that has been said recently on the floor of the Senate: Let's get our work done. And if we were in the majority, we would pledge that we…

My only thought, as we are standing here finishing up this discussion, is that as people hear this, they may wonder if Senator Alexander and Senator Blunt are talking about how the Federal Government can spend the money, and that being the…

It is disappointing in that, as the Senator says, it is not even that hard to figure out what we could be doing or what we should be doing or what is the fundamental work of what we should be doing. There are things the Constitution says…

That is exactly right. That is the way the process is supposed to work. I think the observation the Senator made on the Budget Control Act is that is the maximum amount of money we agree to spend. The majority leader's view is: Well, if…

I thank the Senator from Rhode Island for his kind comments. I wish to comment on a couple of things that have been said, and one by my friend from Connecticut that there are competing concerns here and they don't need to be mutually…

I think Senator Mikulski made the case so well here, too. When we looked at this, when we have gone through exercises, the power grid is where you go first because it is the most dramatic, I suppose. But there are so many other places you…

I thank the Chair. I thank my colleagues for joining me. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Illinois.

We have heard our colleagues talking about jobs. Clearly, that needs to be the No. 1 priority in the country today, and it needs to be domestic jobs. The private sector is not doing just fine. The answer to the problems we face is not more…

How much? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There is 8 minutes 40 seconds remaining.

I thank the Senator. Madam President, how much time do we have? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There is 8 minutes 43 seconds remaining.

I will yield to Mr. Wicker who I believe has a unanimous consent request as well. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Mississippi.

Well, I am pleased to have the time on the floor today to talk about these issues: the attack on small business, and the idea that the private sector is doing fine, that we just need more government jobs. I just do not find anybody in…

I thank the Senator for this time. I rise in support of this resolution. We have only been able to use the Congressional Review Act successfully one time, and I think that means at some point we need to look at the Congressional Review Act…

I urge my colleagues to vote for the issue before us that says we don't want to have this rule. We want to do the right thing, not the wrong thing. I thank the Senator for this time. I yield the floor.

I know this week we are talking about, among other things, the Agriculture bill, and I am supportive of moving forward with that bill. Like so many other things in our economy, the more certainty we can create for farming families, for…

I do think there are those things that we can agree on. I am glad to join the three of you and Senator Rubio as one of the cosponsors of this bill that you all crafted and put together. Good energy policy, good tax policy, good regulatory…

I thank the Presiding Officer for the time to speak on the Senate floor. I am supportive of the bill that has come out of the HELP Committee to reauthorize user fees for the Food and Drug Administration. We have tried these user fees in…

Reserving the right to object, I appreciate the leader's desire to get this done. I would like to get it done too. In fact, the original Iran sanctions language was drafted in my office when I was in the other body. This is an issue I have…

I am embarrassed that we are not serious about this issue. Senator Thune and I served in the House together while the Senator from Alabama was leading in these budget fights in the Senate, and we had a budget every year. We didn't always…

I would like to stay on this. Saying the Budget Control Act is a budget--as Senator Thune mentioned, if that was the budget, why did the President submit one? Nobody believes that is a budget. The Parliamentarian said it was not a budget…