Roy Blunt

Thank you again for holding this hearing, for looking at this bill.

This legislation would boost Missouri's outdoor recreation economy.

How many officers have left the Department since January 6th?

Are there any recommendations that you have made that you can clearly see resistance in the Department?

I do think the recommendations he has made and his consistent following up to be sure those are done, and I know he has looked also at the recommendations we made in our Joint Committee Report, have been significant in moving, helping the…

Why do you think that is?

With 200 officers or so retiring or leaving the force this year, what percentage of vacant jobs are there in the Capitol Police?

Well, I think I have read somewhere it was right around $1 million.

Are we going to face that same situation again where one, we have more overtime than the officers or their families want them to have?

Are you getting significant pushback on the remaining 74?

Do you have regularly scheduled meetings with the department leadership to talk about those recommendations and the implementation of them?

Again, and thank you also for your focus on these issues.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty), and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune). The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 47, as follows…

this is always a very busy time of the year if we are still here, and it has been a long time since the Congress wasn't here in the first of December. There have been years within the last couple of decades where we actually got our work…

serious cybercrime, some state-sponsored, some terrorist-sponsored, some just sponsored by people who'd rather they had our money than we had our money in the United States.

one of the most striking things, I think, we are beginning to notice this year is that the holidays are taking on a really different look than we have seen in a long time. Actually, for about a generation now, we have seen more choices…

there are lots of things we disagree on here on the Senate floor, but one thing we all agree on is the importance of getting the right people to help us do these jobs. I rise today to honor one of my outstanding staff members, Derek Coats…

I spent 20 years as either a local election official or the chief election official in our state.

Our role in Congress is to support states and their administration of elections.

State and local officials are responsible for ensuring that our elections are run effectively.

The best thing that President Trump could do to help us win majorities in 2022 is talk about the future.

Well, Madam President, in just a few short months this year, we have seen a long list of problems develop in the country. Some of them my good friend the Senator from West Virginia just talked about. They range from inflation and debt to…

I want to thank my good friend Senator Moran for actually all he has done to try to make it possible to see the FIFA World Cup games come to Kansas City. This is the biggest sporting event in the world. Frankly, soccer has become a bigger…

We want you to know that we are supportive of the ongoing effort you are making there.

I think looking at the things that you are working on to try to find a better way...