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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Even a bill designed to cut gas prices probably needed more time,
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I'm not at all shy about reaching out to people on the outside, ... You don't do that only by looking at what resources are available to you in the building.
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I'm the whip, ... We've had 50-plus straight victories, so any time we can't go to the floor the day we are supposed to go to the floor, I don't see that as a victory for me.
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We weren't quite ready to go to the floor,
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We all believe that he (DeLay) will return once this indictment is out of the way, and be the leader again.
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Tom DeLay will stay as leader, ... Meet the Press.
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Tom DeLay wants to lay out that case. I think our friends on the other side know the only effective way he can do that is if the Ethics Committee does its work,
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This week ... we'll, I think under the suspension calendar, have TRIA (Terrorism Risk Insurance Act).
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At the end of the day, ... that is probably the hardest work we have to do.
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Putting together a sustainable budget requires that we all work together, that we focus our scarce resources on key priorities, and that we strengthen our capacity to deliver the best product we can for the American people. And that takes money.
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I don't know that we would drop the food stamp cuts.
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More than anything else, a budget request is a statement of national priorities; a clear enumeration of what our country needs to grow its economy and remain in the future the first-rate power it is today.
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Members when it comes time to vote often have to balance where they are on one issue with where they might be on a handful of other issues, ... I'm not prepared to give up on ANWR yet.
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I don't believe anybody is opposed to refining this product in an appropriate way, ... We're having a significant discussion with our members.