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Roy Blunt is an American politician currently serving as the senior United States senator from Missouri, a position he has held since January 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Blunt previously served as a United States Representative from 1997 to 2011. Throughout his career, he has focused on various issues including public health, research funding, and bipartisan cooperation in Congress.
I think this debate will in all likelihood produce a result, whether that result is out of conference or from the floor today. Those who suggest that a conference would not work, I think, overlook the desire that the President has, that…
reclaiming my time, there will be an amendment that says that. There will be an amendment that says if there is bad, let us go ahead and eliminate it, and let us eliminate all of it. I will be voting for that amendment.
I know my friend from Massachusetts has worked hard on this bill. He has had a bill in the past on the floor that is much tougher than this bill, that did have a total ban on soft money. It had the ability to audit campaign accounts at…
I think it was clear from this conference that the House conferees took in a much stronger set of understanding of what needed to happen, not just in aviation security, but in transportation security than others who were involved in the…
In my district in southwest Missouri, we frankly do not have lots of limousine transportation; but we do make lots of limousines. In fact, I think we may be the biggest manufacturer of limousines anywhere in the country; and for those men…
What has happened, Mr. Speaker, in the last week, is that 100,000 layoff announcements have been issued. I do not know how many fewer of those would have been announced if we had acted last week, but I think fewer than that. And if we do…
as I listened the other day to my colleagues respond on their own, away from this building, to what had happened, I noticed two overriding themes. One was in a free society that stands as a symbol for freedom of the world, we are uniquely…
What we have a chance to do here today is to end 6 years of gridlock, 6 years of striving for a solution that has been outside of our reach. Today we can achieve that solution. Lots of Members have worked very hard to try to find that…
Cuba is different. Cuba is 90 miles away. It is in this hemisphere. The Secretary of State of the United States says Cuba is different in treatment on these issues. The President of the United States says Cuba is different in treatment on…
I am not saying that. I have not had time to calculate this. We really thought we were going to win this rule and vote on this tonight. We thought it was a fair rule, an equitable rule that clearly gave all options. Apparently, the…
Mr. Speaker, with the train metaphor that we are having here, it does seem to me that this bill and what is contained in it will be the engine that moves the train. We do need to respond to what needs to happen to get our economy headed…
It is time to eliminate this tax. I heard my good friend, the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley), earlier today say that 2 percent of the estates in the country are taxed. I think that is an accurate figure. I think we will hear…
Mr. Speaker, I am also glad to see the Congress using for the first time the Congressional Review Act. It has been very comfortable for a long time to not use this act. This act was not on the books until 1996, and to say that we cannot do…
I have the highest, highest regard for the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Dingell). It has been an honor to be able to serve with him on the Committee on Commerce, to see his great understanding of the rules and traditions of the House, and…
It would be easy to overlook many of the accomplishments of his life and career--I'd like to share some of the highlights of a lifetime of accomplishment. Tom Bliley represents the Seventh Congressional District of the Commonwealth of…
before I get on with the business at hand, I would like to make some comments about the hour or so that we have just heard of facts that just simply do not bear up under the reality of what has happened in Texas in the last few years…
I certainly am appreciative that the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Rahall) saw this problem and drafted legislation, and I was glad to join him as one of the early cosponsors of this bill, H.R. 4441. This Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity…
There is no question that in our society in the last generation, too often fathers have been absent without leave. Too often fathers have not been where they were supposed to be, have not been doing what they were supposed to be doing, and…
Mr. Speaker, I must admit I came to the floor partly because I was confused by the debate. This is eliminating a tax on people who receive Social Security. That is what this is about. This tax was not on the books before 1993. It is not a…
I think this amendment is ill conceived. It can produce unknown results. We do not change the law, but we do not provide any funds to enforce the law. As the gentleman from California pointed out earlier, the whole sanctioning process, the…
I was moved by the observation that our friend, the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Wamp), just made about how the Lord may take someone at such an inopportune time in their life to challenge the rest of us to meet a new standard in our…
about a year ago I began to work closely on a number of projects with Senator Paul Coverdell from Georgia. I just want to take some time today to express my appreciation for his great work for the House, the Senate, for America, and extend…
I told the person that gave me that assignment several months ago I would have done that job in retrospect if for no other reason than to get to work with Paul Coverdell. He is truly, as the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel) said, one…
Mr. Chairman, let me further say that America's farmers and food processors deserve action, not just continued talk as my friend, the gentleman from California (Mr. Dooley) and my friend, the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Hulshof) have…
I want to say that it is amazing to me that so much of the debate against this bill has been about campaign finance. I am for the rule, I am for the bill. Two weeks ago, we repealed a tax that we had put on the books in 1898 to fight the…
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