Matt Blunt
Matt Blunt
Matthew Roy "Matt" Bluntserved as the 54th Governor of Missouri from 2005 to 2009. Before his election as governor, Blunt served ten years in the United States Navy, was elected to serve in the Missouri General Assembly in 1998, and as Missouri's Secretary of State in 2000. He grew up in a political family and his father Roy Blunt served in a variety of political offices, including the U.S. Senate...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 November 1970
CountryUnited States of America
The Governor's Mansion is a beautiful home, a beautiful building - we're privileged to have a chance to live there. It certainly doesn't feel as comfortable as our home.
The demands of the present must stand above the political habits of the past.
Taxpayers deserve a government that harnesses technology to better serve the people.
We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education and the diffusion of knowledge.
Over the next four years, we will be bold. We will be willing to experiment. We will not fear failure.
If you're opposed to the budget I submitted to the General Assembly, you're for a tax increase.
In spite of advances in technology and changes in the economy, state government still operates on an obsolete 1970s model. We have a typewriter government in an Internet age.
The decision to join or not join a service union, political party or other organization should be left up to the individual. No such organization has the right to take money out of the pockets of state workers without their proper consent.
Public education is an investment in our future.
Child abuse and neglect offend the basic values of our state. We have a responsibility to provide safe settings for at-risk children and facilitate permanent placement for children who cannot return home.
The law is now well established that federal courts have declared that a woman has a constitutional right to choose to terminate a pregnancy rather than carry the pregnancy to term,
You'd be hard pressed to find any governor in the U.S. who's been more focused on delivering real results for his constituents and the people he serves, ... We will all be anxiously awaiting to find out what he decides to do in 2006 and beyond.
I am moved by the compassion of Missourians,