Roy Blunt

I agree with Senator Hutchison, that the, this NLRB rule is something that, if somehow the Congress wanted to enact this as a new national standard, that's one thing--and I wouldn't be for it.

It's a lot easier to not put your money on the table to see if you can lose it.

More American energy is the fastest path to more American jobs.

I look forward to hearing Mr. Bryson's observations about what we do to trade.

Missouri has withstood a number of tremendous natural disasters this spring. In fact, the flood our good friend from Montana just talked about is headed down the Missouri River from Montana, to the Dakotas, to Missouri right now. We have…

I rise today to talk about President Obama's speech today on the support of the Arab spring, at least what we are calling the Arab spring. I believe and hope, as many of my colleagues do, that it is in the best interests of the United…

I think it creates a management challenge.

Let's continue to talk about it and see if there's not a better way to do this.

I hear talk about gas prices and the economy, the effect on the economy and our future. We need to work hard to be sure we are producing more American jobs. Frankly, I can't think of a better way to do that than to produce more American…

I really think one of the ways to manage the forest is to go in there and be sure that we're doing the management job we should do and capitalizing on these resources at the same time.

I think this is going to have a real impact on forest managers.

I rise today in opposition to the energy tax bill that would eliminate so-called tax preferences for some oil companies. Actually, I agree with part of the bill--the part that says several companies will not be exempted because we want to…

I wish to talk about another topic. Senator Kirk and 36 other Members of the Senate are cosponsoring an amendment we would hope to add to the small business bill if we ever get back to it. This is an amendment we offered independently as a…

It is $3.88 in St. Louis, which would be the area that we have that uses specialty fuel.

I thank the Senator for those comments. Using his chart, in Missouri you can buy one blend of gas in St. Louis, another blend of fuel in the Kansas City area, and a third blend yet in between. So, clearly, these areas are not even unique…

I thank my friend from Illinois, a long-term proponent of this concept. We will continue to work for solutions that make gasoline and the fuel system work better and make more sense for people all over America.

Can you please provide an accounting of the actions being taken by the Army to expeditiously repair and replace housing and training facilities damaged or destroyed by the tornadoes that affected Fort Leonard Wood in February?

If the Senator will yield for another moment, while we have a hard time dealing with these big numbers--and I think they approach now $3.8 trillion in spending and $2.2 trillion in money coming in--we are adding $4 billion a day. We are…

I thank the Senator. Of course, they have every right to be mad. They have every right to be as frustrated as we are that the work in which the Senator from Alabama is so involved as the leading Republican on the Budget Committee hasn't…

Your organization's mission to promote development and provide aid of all kinds to areas of the world in need is something that is both morally right and helps improve America's image in the world.

Significantly lower than what?

I'm supportive of that and hope that we can give more attention to the people that we think absolutely need attention.

I have grave concerns that with an implicit guarantee from the Federal Government, this agency could be the next big bailout waiting to happen.

I have serious concerns about the current vacancies in both the FHA Commissioner and the Federal Housing Finance Agency Director positions.

Thank you, Chairman, just a couple of questions quickly. I know we're on a timeframe here, and I appreciate that.