Roy Blunt

I want to thank our witnesses for coming today as well.

Tell me how that works, how do you take $230 billion of income and do $556 billion of authorized----

If you had them, what are we talking about here?

We have to continue to expand access to foreign markets because a thriving agriculture industry is key to our economic recovery.

Any discussion of tax credits or other things that would encourage the railroad companies to build additional track, additional infrastructure?

We are at a crucial moment in our Nation's history, and the decisions we make now will define who we are going to be as a country.

Well, we do have votes, and I may have some written questions.

I did ask the Housing Secretary the other day, at a hearing like this, if they had the infrastructure to handle the rural housing component.

We're at a crucial moment in our Nation's history, and the decisions we make now will define who we are going to be as a country.

Not for an answer today, but on broadband, which we're all interested in seeing that people have access to, I'd like you to come back to me with a definition of what 'underserved' means.

I think when you ask Americans if they want to see changes in the health care system--but not these changes--they say: Yes, we want the health care system to be changed. We just don't want it changed this way. I remind the Chair, in…

I understand they could mean an additional $2.3 billion in meat and poultry exports alone.

It is important we look for ways to do what we can about duplication where it occurs.

The Government must start operating under the same rules that families across America face every day when balancing their checkbook.

If you have any studies on what impact that has on the prices of these drugs...

In Missouri and across the country, there is a growing concern with the capacity of the transportation system.

It's time to move forward with the free trade agreements with South Korea, Columbia, and Panama.

I will continue to be concerned, though, as I know you are, about maintaining what we have.

I look forward to working with you now and in the future to address our country's needs.

Just because you have given a leased area does not mean you have approved specific individual actions, does it?

Our Nation relies on coal to power almost 50 percent of our electricity, and in Missouri that number is more than 80 percent.

$12.2 billion. And you are asking for the 2010 level.

I am concerned that the wild lands policy can have a negative impact on resource development in public lands.

These lands need to be managed in a way that provides the greatest benefit to the public--and what could be more beneficial than using them to provide low-cost, reliable and plentiful energy to this Nation.

The 2012 request is $12.2 billion.