Roy Blunt

We have warmer winters in Missouri, and there are lots of other good things about our State. Mr. Speaker, one of those is, I think it was one of my predecessors in Congress from our State about 100 years ago gave our State the name, the…

I know the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Peterson) was an advocate of this. That was, let us get what money we spend where it does the most good. Let us be focused on education, not focused on bureaucrats. This is the right kind of…

it is an honor to be yielded time by the distinguished gentleman and to speak after he referred to Harry Truman, a Missouri President who understood responsibility. The responsibility of the House today and tomorrow and however many days…

yesterday the House did something that every single observer 2 weeks ago and a month ago said was impossible, we turned the tables on the IRS to where citizens are protected; where taxpayers will have new taxpayer rights; to where, if…

the question today is, should we send more dollars to the classroom? This does not seem like it would be a tough question, but it is a question that we are struggling with on the House floor today. Who knows your child's name better? A…

Abortion is an issue that there are many differences of opinion of on the floor of this House, but there has generally been broad agreement that taxpayers' dollars should not be spent for abortions in the United States. We need to ensure…

as I was walking out of the revolving door here yesterday after what I think was our fourth vote to adjourn, I was reminded of that Bill Murray movie ``Groundhog Day.'' Here we are again, right back in the same day, voting to adjourn…

this week we celebrated the 210th anniversary of the Constitution. The Constitution is different than any other document that was ever devised as a framework for Government on this continent or any other, and the difference in the…

First, I would just like to point out that this amendment does not discuss OSHA funding. It leaves the funding for OSHA at the same place it is this year.

this amendment, as has been read, transfers the increase in OSHA to vocational and adult education. In the last debate I believe I heard the gentlewoman from Connecticut suggest that we need to challenge the House to spend more money on…

we are here today taking a step toward revising the tax system and revising the tax philosophy that has too long been headed in the other direction. We are here today to decide that American families can spend their money better than the…

I was amazed that in the 7th District in southwest Missouri, 74,533 children... would benefit, 74,533, over $34 million in one year alone will go back into our economy because of just the $500 per child tax credit. We do not understand, I…

we are here today as part of an effort to really help working families. We need to work together. There are people on both sides of the aisle that want to help working families. Let us not get confused by the calculations that are being…

I have got a chart here that follows up on what the gentleman from South Dakota was saying and the gentleman from Colorado was talking about that shows exactly where these tax cuts are distributed. This is your income on this side. Under…

The other thing to remember here, too, is that as hard as we have worked on that and as much debate as we have had about the dangers of giving this money back to the American families and the American people, we are only managing to give…

as we look for alternatives today, I want to commend the gentleman from Michigan, Mr. Ehlers, and the gentleman from California, Mr. Duncan Hunter. My freshmen colleague the gentleman from Kansas, Mr. Jerry Moran, a couple of months ago…

I will be supporting the Republican bill that gives relief to American families today. Mr. Chairman, while I intend to support this tax relief bill today, I want the record to reflect my concern about two provisions of the bill that I…

I would now speak in favor of the demonstration project idea if the amendment is to be withdrawn. I was the chairman of the Missouri Housing Development Commission for some time. We worked with housing authorities. We had even in 1985 a…

I am here today as we set aside this week as Teacher Appreciation Week. If every Member of this House, and if, in fact, the people who are gathered in the gallery today and the people who are watching on television would just take a minute…

I want to say I think this is an idea whose time will come. It may not come today, but I believe that term limits will be a reform that comes in this House. I think it can come with some flexibility. I appreciate my colleague from Virginia…