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 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.
Federal authorities that have seen this site have said this is a model. This should be a national model.
Marlin Gray was found responsible for these deaths. The events of that night were heard before a jury and judges at every level, all of whom affirmed this just punishment...I carefully reviewed applications for clemency, and the legal proceedings' history and found no cause to justify pre-empting previous judicial proceedings.
It has become clear since the list was published that the Air Force abused the BRAC process by discriminating against Air National Guard Units and by making programmatic aircraft location changes not within the scope of the BRAC law, ... Additionally, neither I nor my Adjutant General was consulted before the 131st was included on the BRAC list, which makes the realignment of the 131st illegal.
to explore the possibility of moving to Illinois ... and the promise of stem cell research.
We have the responsibility to do everything we can to make sure the journey to and from school is as safe as it can be for children,
I am honored and humbled to accept this award, ... I am proud to represent the people of Missouri who I believe deserve the highest accolades for their unwavering work ethic, compassion and faith.