Roy Blunt

here we are to talk about repealing a tax that was put on in 1898 to fight the Spanish-American War. We thought the war lasted 8 months. I used to teach history at high school and then later at college, and I suggested that was one of our…

I was pleased to join the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Skelton) to introduce the bill to name the Headquarters Building of the U.S. State Department for our Nation's 33rd President and Missouri's favorite son, Harry S Truman. The "Man From…

I am confident that this standard of importance would have been used to decide other things if there had been any perception of what those other things might have been. There were issues that James Madison and others thought were important…

I wish I had more time to talk about this great bill and the manager's amendment that perfects it in an even better way. This is about homeownership. It is about choice. I served for a number of years on the Missouri Housing Development…

I was amazed at the end of the business day today when there was a discussion on the floor as to whether or not the failure to extend the law that authorizes the strategic oil reserve, and the concerns that many Members have about the…

The truth is we need to fix it now. We are meeting the important financial goals for the future of the country that we have not met in a long time: balance the budget for the first time in almost 30 years; we are restoring integrity to the…

Today I rise to call attention to a group of dedicated people in the Seventh Congressional District of Missouri who demonstrate the impact of that spirit.

The park, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, is a gift from the Foundation to the community.

Using local donations they bought the mill and 32 surrounding acres to form the Jolly Mill Park and formed the Jolly Mill Park Foundation.

The Foundation has an ongoing commitment to protect the history and heritage of rural Missouri.

A group of citizens decided that it was essential to save this heritage landmark for future generations.

Not only have they restored the mill to its condition at the turn of the century.

Today I offer my appreciation and that of all my colleagues for the spirit of volunteerism and community that characterize the unselfish dedication of the Foundation and its many members over the last 16 years to preserve this singular…

Yesterday we debated a very important resolution on this floor to reaffirm our commitment not to spend the Social Security surplus. We heard repeatedly from the other side of the aisle that we had already spent the Social Security surplus…

I keep asking myself as I hear this debate, as I have looked at this issue over the last several months, why are we spending this money? Why did the administration agree to this study? Why did the Congress appropriate the money? Why are we…

as I go around my district in southwest Missouri and ask school administrators or teachers what is their biggest problem with the Federal Government, I always get the same answer, IDEA. And so now I ask what is their second biggest problem…

there was no vote taken yesterday not to support our military. There was a vote taken not to endorse a policy that we should have been asked weeks ago before the bombing started to be part of. There was a vote not to endorse a policy that…

there are many memories that come to mind when I think of Missouri's longest serving Secretary of State, Jim Kirkpatrick, of Warrensburg, Missouri. There was the quick laugh and sparkling eyes that often calmed a political confrontation…

Mr. Chairman, we have heard a number of times here today that the Congress should not be acting on this question yet. It is amazing to me that of our NATO allies, the members of the Bundestag can debate this question and vote on it, the…

we have heard here again this morning that this Congress and the Congress before it has not appropriated money for education when in fact we have appropriated more money every year than the year before. So much of the debate about…

This truly, Mr. Speaker, been an extraordinary decade for democracy. In the last debate we heard about the democracy in Slovakia. We could talk about democracy in country after country in Eastern Europe. We could certainly talk about an…

I intend to vote for the Judiciary Committee's recommendation that would begin the inquiry for impeachment. The President of the United States needs the trust and confidence of the American people. When the President does not have…

people in America understand that they need tax relief. They understand that it is only fair, as we begin to balance the budget, that they get to keep part of the money they are sending to Washington. We see these two charts here that…

did those who supported tax cuts last summer as part of the balanced budget agreement, and oppose them today, last year raid the Social Security fund when they voted for tax cuts? Why was it that last year the tax cuts that were passed…

so many of our colleagues are for tax cuts in the abstract, until there is money to actually give some relief to working families. This week we have to deal with really what can be a defining moment in the history of this Congress. We have…