Roy Blunt

I thank the chairman and Mr. Abercrombie for their work on this bill, which will produce a bipartisan vote today. I join my friend, Mr. Rahall, in his interest and support in the continued expansion of the use of coal and ethanol. I just…

today I come to the floor in support of this bill, the Line Item Veto Act, and I applaud Congressman Paul Ryan for his hard work on this legislation. The Line Item Veto Act will work to eliminate wasteful spending, safeguard against…

I am pleased to be able to be on the floor in support of this important piece of legislation. I am also grateful to the chairman not only for this piece of legislation but for the significant legislation he has brought to the floor year…

I think it's fair to say that the leadership's message to the president has been we don't believe that one bill is necessarily the best way to do this and it just may take two steps.

I thank my friend. Little Charlie Blunt will appreciate your comments as well. Thank you.

But, you know, maybe the Senate will come up with a magic formula here that we don't anticipate them coming up with.

I think the president understands that this is a different situation than the president was in when his numbers were at 56 percent and 60 percent just not too long ago.

Unfortunately, the recent scandals have caused some to question whether we have lost our vision and whether the faith they have placed in us is justified.

I have a brief announcement. The announcement is that we would also plan in our activities tomorrow to have a brief recognition of Helen Sewell, who has run the cloakroom here for a long period of time. Between she and her father, who…

As I said, we intend to have that bill on the floor next week. I think it is probably more likely to be on Thursday, but that decision will be a lot easier to make once we get a greater sense of how all of the work next week will present…

Once we return on Tuesday, the Members should expect the House to be in session and voting every day until we adjourn. That could happen as early as next Thursday, but certainly by next Saturday or possibly Sunday, and we would not…

We have not contemplated that because we do expect to pass both of those bills next week before we leave. I think we are absolutely committed to do that and expect to see both of those on the floor individually, and we will then have…

I am in opposition to the substitute because I am for the underlying bill and I am for the things it has done for our economy. One of the great changes that this bill showed in what happens in the Federal Government is a belief that people…

We are hopeful that both of these reconciliation conferences can proceed. Both the tax conference and the deficit reduction conference are very complicated. It is our hope we can work through these, get these in place and work through them…

I would only say that I understand the point. I also understand, as the gentleman does, in this particular case, the White House was highly involved in the discussion in the Senate; and it does seem to me that this is an issue of unusual…

I thank my friend again for yielding. We are continuing to consult with the Senate on that. Of course, as a senior appropriator, as you well know, as we work the appropriations bills out, the nature of that CR changes. Ideally, we would…

Well, there are four bills remaining, and we think any and all of those bills could be here next week. We have already sent the previous eight bills to the President's desk, and so we have the remaining bills, all of which are likely to be…

It is possible. I would like to say likely. I think it is likely it will be back, and certainly, it is possible it will be back next week.

We have not finalized our plan for the week of October 17 yet, Mr. Speaker, but there are a number of litigation reform bills coming out of the Judiciary Committee. I think those are likely candidates for that week, and there may be some…

I would be glad to discuss it further. At the same time, I do think that this particular week and the way the holidays fell in this week have created a unique set of circumstances, and our planning for those have been a challenge, there is…

I think the gentleman did have extensive discussion on this last week. I know this week really created a number of challenges for us because of those religious holidays. I believe we have accommodated those in the best way we can and still…

after some late nights and a lot of hard work, I am pleased we have a conference report on the energy bill today. The House of Representatives has passed energy legislation five times, only to have the bills die. Keeping the lights on…

we have no other speakers. I look forward to this amendment being included in the legislation, and I am certainly grateful to our good friend, the gentleman from Illinois (Chairman Hyde), for bringing this legislation to the floor. Mr…

I rise today with concern and in opposition to the partisan attacks on Karl Rove. I think we see too many efforts now where people quickly rush to judgment, rush to call for the most bizarre solutions to problems that are problems which…

I am privileged to have been yielded time to speak. I am grateful that we got this time extended without objection, and I join the gentleman from California (Mr. Berman) in supporting the gentlewoman's amendment, without some of his…