Roy Blunt

I wish to speak about where we are right now. We are moving toward confirming a number of individuals with the majority deciding that the majority could do that by themselves. Apparently, they had the right to change the rules, which I…

I wish to share a couple letters I received just today. I was talking earlier in the day on some of these situations and again what happens when one side thinks they can do whatever they want to do and the consequences of that. This letter…

I ask unanimous consent that floor privileges be granted to Maj. Mike Shirley, a U.S. Air Force officer, who is currently serving as our Defense Legislative Fellow in my office, and to Robert Temple, an intern on my staff, for the duration…

I want to talk a few minutes about what is happening with health care. I came to the floor last week to talk about individuals who were having problems. People are contacting our office. In fact, I suspect they are contacting 100 Senate…

I rise to acknowledge Maj. Mark Shirley, serving as a Defense legislative fellow, and Robert Temple, an intern in my office. We have certainly benefited from both of them, particularly Major Shirley. He has been with our office for 1 year…

I thank Senator McCaskill, my colleague from Missouri, and Senator Gillibrand both for the effort, the time, the commitment, the focus they have made on this issue. They have clearly both been at the frontlines of changing the underlying…

The fact that this is in the bill and further improved, I believe, by the amendment, clearly says we are going to change the culture of the military. Had it not been for the hard work of my colleagues, particularly Senator McCaskill and…

Sonya and Jake, her husband, are from Troy, MO. She contacted us to tell me that when her husband quit his job a few years ago to start his own business they, of course, when that happened, lost their employer coverage, but they were able…

It has been less than 6 weeks since the President's health care initiative, the Affordable Care Act, was launched. The Web site is still not working, but the Web site will work. Actually, the Web site will be the easiest thing, in my view…

He can get into the exchange even if he had a preexisting condition. What they found in the exchange is Aaron can no longer use his neurosurgeon from Kansas City, the surgeon he has used for years now. They can't buy a catastrophic policy…

Chairman Rockefeller and I are sponsoring the extension of the New Market Tax Credit Program which does actually give benefits to low-income areas.

We are excited about making things in Ohio as well and West Virginia and a country that makes things again.

We were on the floor the other day talking about the importance of a country that focuses on making things again.

It has a bigger impact on what you can do and how you can do it and what your overall profit picture is.

the things that used to be defining, whether you can compete or not and where you are located... no longer in this moment are nearly as defining as they have been in the past.

The 'Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2013,' sponsored by Senators Blunt and Brown, would authorize Commerce to award funds.

I think part of the issues in the past have been programs that are prescribed programs for technology.

We think this bill does that by using the public-private partnership model.

I am pleased to be working with Senator Brown on this.

last week our Nation lost a true American hero. In the last 40 years no member of the Congress has been more dedicated to America's defense and those who defend it than my good friend and former colleague Ike Skelton. Growing up in…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering Ike Skelton

I wish to say it is a very important topic, and it is a moment when there are many reasons, as the Senator said, that we should keep returning to it. It was this day 50 years ago when President Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health…

I would just say that both our States have led in this area. Missouri has clearly been a pioneer in mental health efforts. Our community health centers--many of them--have added behavioral health in the last few years. There are other…

The Senator's point is well made. These manufacturing jobs are goods jobs. The American workforce is competitive. As Senator Brown said, we have always been on the cutting edge, the outside of competition, making things in a better way…

this is one of those all-too-rare occasions anymore where we all agree, and it is about making things. We will be talking for the next few minutes about what happens in our country and what needs to happen so we can not just make things…