Roy Blunt

I certainly think that is a reasonable period of time, particularly in these extraordinary circumstances. I think we would see State election officials not only eager to help reconstitute the House but also encouraging the quick movement…

for too long seniors have been paying extraordinary high prescription drug costs with no relief measures in sight. But thanks to the recently signed Medicare and Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act, Medicare will now…

I want to talk briefly this morning about what is happening with Medicare. We are approaching a time when seniors will have an option for the transitional card that allows them to have immediate help with their prescription drug benefits…

like many other Members who voted for the addition of prescription drugs to Medicare and Medicare reform on both sides of the aisle, I have been out in my district talking to people about this first significant change in Medicare in 38…

today as we debate this resolution, I am more convinced than ever that our country's leadership in removing Saddam Hussein from power was both morally and strategically right. Saddam Hussein left no choice but for us to act. He…

Mr. Speaker, I am glad to be here to talk about this bill. This is a tax bill. It is a tax bill that really is an important step toward what we do for charities in this country. It is an important step in the President's faith-based…

Mr. Speaker, let me say, as we look at this substitute again, that this is a substitute that really encompasses the bill and that suggests we add other things to the bill that I think can be better handled in other pieces of legislation…

we come here today to remember the tragedy of 2 years ago and remember the changes that it has made in our country. Two years ago this morning, early in the morning, a beautiful day, much like today, we were at the end of a fairly long…

I am here in favor of the rule and, of course, the underlying bill, and looking forward to the debate today. This is an issue that we have brought to the floor now for the last several Congresses. And every time we do it, I see our Members…

The President's economic growth bill, which will do things that stimulate the economy and create jobs by reducing people's tax burden, will come up next Friday. My understanding is that the chairman and the ranking member of the Committee…

I share his admiration and appreciation for the gentleman from California (Mr. Cunningham), one of the true heroes of this Congress, a person who has defended our country, who thinks about those who are in harm's way, who appreciates what…

To continue to handle it as we have, in a crisis moment, is not the right way to do it. To look at the long term, some tax relief is an option to look at the new obligations that the Federal Government has, in my view, to review our…

I think it became clear during the further discussion of the bill that we sent to the other body and during the conference that we needed to deal with this question of judges as well, and certainly would believe that that would follow any…

Traveling by limousine is increasingly popular among business travelers who appreciate the security and predictability that come with pre-arranged limousine and sedan service. Women are increasingly turning to these services because they…

I rise with some concern in my opposition to this resolution, because I have such high regard for my friend, the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Skelton), who just spoke in favor of the resolution. But I have read the resolution carefully…

Aflatoxin, a biological weapon that has no battlefield use, something I only recently read about, as it has become apparent that this weapon has been designed and put on missiles able to be delivered by Saddam Hussein, no battlefield use…

in response to my friend, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), I would like to say that on the list of things she mentioned, the House of Representatives passed virtually all of that legislation, sent it to the Senate. We would…

I just heard a suggestion that somehow this would confuse administrative lines of control and decisionmaking. I think just the opposite. The whole idea of a homeland security agency is to do away with that confusion. At a time when people…

American consumers sent Iraq and Saddam Hussein more than $1.4 billion for oil in the first 4 months of this year. This is a corrupt regime that pays the families of homicide bombers $25,000 for their attack on innocent victims in Israel…

I am here to talk about what happens to working families in 2011 if we do not go ahead and act now, act in a way that responsibly assures that we do the right thing for the children of those families. Mr. Speaker, $460 billion of tax…

This is a tax that needs to be eliminated and this law needs to be taken totally off the books. This tax was put on American families, American businesses, to pay for World War I in 1918. We won World War I. We paid for the war. All the…

I think our conferees worked hard, did a tremendous job, kept this on focus, and my belief is that it was as likely as not that we could have wound up at the end of that conference without a farm bill if it had not been for the great…

in the last few days, beginning on Saturday, two individuals from my congressional district gave their lives in Afghanistan: one, a 34-year-old warrant officer in Special Forces; another, a 31-year-old sergeant, both of whom had clearly…

in a report already mentioned today on Morning Edition, NPR implied, as we have already heard, that a conservative group, the Traditional Values Coalition, was involved in the anthrax mailings to the Senate because they disagreed with two…

of course I rise in support of the amendment. I do not know why this amendment would derail the bill. The Senate I do not think had it in their bill; it was not in the original Shays-Meehan bill. In fact, under the original bill, the…