Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
Roy Dean Bluntis the junior United States Senator from Missouri, in office since 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth10 January 1950
CityNiangua, MO
CountryUnited States of America
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We did not arrive at this energy crisis overnight; it is a direct result of years of unreasonable, burdensome regulations and obstruction on the part of radical environmentalists.
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We'll move toward voting next week, and when we do it will pass,
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Our team has the very big shoes of Tom DeLay to fill temporarily, ... Under the strong leadership of the Speaker, we will work hard to do what Tom would do -- complete our work, and move forward with a positive agenda for the American people -- until he returns.
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They're probably not doing that because they have a really bad cold.
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They're not used to pushing back when the other side suggests that the savings are deep cuts in social programs.
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I think the compromise works. I talked to Chairman (Michael) Oxley about it again today and we look forward to having that situation resolved on the House floor next week.
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I think we really need to have is the same kind of safeguards for the whole system that I believe we put in place in my office.
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I think we'll have the votes next week,
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I think we need to know a little more about what the world we're going to live in looks like.
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Knowing what is going to happen next year is going to be helpful in coming to a conclusion this year,
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I think it is important to put these tax policies out there and do our best to make the truthful case that anything short of this would be a tax increase,
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I will continue to work aggressively in the next few hours and days to build on these commitments and to reach out to each of my colleagues, seeking their support for the vision of smarter, not bigger government that is accountable to the people who send us here.
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I think the whole leadership is in agreement this is what ought to happen, both the House and the Senate,
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We're open to doing what we need to do to achieve the highest number of savings that 218 people are willing to make happen, ... Now we'll see if the membership is pleased with all the parts of that, this will undoubtedly not be exactly the same when it gets to the floor.