Roy Blunt

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

Taxpayers deserve a leaner, more efficient Government. Duplicative programs and costly programs are going to have to be carefully evaluated.

I look forward to working with your agency to build a stronger, more effective housing plan in our country.

This hearing is a great opportunity to not only examine the Department of Transportation (DOT) investment needs throughout our system but also to develop a proper transportation investment structure that fosters economic development and…

We need to target funds at the State and local level that will build on the community development and housing assistance that has already begun.

One of my major concerns is the President's investment of $53 billion over the next 6 years in high-speed rail.

I thought the veto in the United Nations last week was a good thing to do.

So there was a 36-percent increase from 2008 to 2010.

Thank you for your work, and thank you for your ability to talk about so many issues so well.

I've always said that government is the last place where you measure how much you care about something by how much money you spend on it instead of the results you see.

I really do want to be supportive of the extraordinary things you're being asked to do.

I frankly think the threat of a no-fly zone, if we could put any group together, so it wouldn't be solely an American effort, a United States effort is worth vigorously pursuing.

I really don't agree that the no-fly effort in Libya should be that difficult.

I think we should be more aggressively using the tools we have there.

Effective oversight is crucial with government contracts.

It is time for us to, again, ensure that money is being spent wisely and effectively and that effective oversight does occur.

I commend the Chairman for her investigations here, as well as the work she has done with Senator Roy Blunt and former Senator Kit Bond.

I commend the Subcommittee for its past work and Chairman McCaskill for her dedication to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government contracting.

Well, there are restrictions that say you cannot mention somebody's name from January 1 until the election. That seems like a pretty big restriction to me.

I tend to be optimistic anyway, Mr. Chairman. That is why I think we are going to get things done.

So the super PAC donors for Club for Growth are disclosed, but the regular donors for Club for Growth or the Sierra Club, the two examples we have used here, are not disclosed.

And under the law we are talking about today, is it accurate that a member of the House or Senate, that some groups, outside groups--which groups cannot mention their name for the entire year of the election?

If it takes more than eight seconds?

I do think our goal here should be getting this system working, getting it working across the country.

this is an amendment that deals with an issue going back to the beginning of the TSA screening program, almost 10 years ago now, at the end of 2001. We had significant discussion between the House and the Senate about how that program…