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
floor straight supposed time victory
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.
convinced eventually fine floor hard intended members test
Eventually we're going to take something to the floor that is a test of the members more than we intended to test the members, because that's just going to happen. I'm convinced that we're going to be fine when we take this to the floor on Thursday. But hard things to do are hard.
again chairman compromise floor forward house next resolved situation talked today
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.
bring floor package
We'll bring the first part of our package ... to the floor when we have 218 votes,
available looking people reaching resources shy
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.
quite ready
We weren't quite ready to go to the floor,
believe delay indictment leader return
We all believe that he (DeLay) will return once this indictment is out of the way, and be the leader again.
delay meet stay tom
Tom DeLay will stay as leader, ... Meet the Press.
committee delay effective ethics side tom wants
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,
insurance risk suspension week
This week ... we'll, I think under the suspension calendar, have TRIA (Terrorism Risk Insurance Act).
bill cut designed gas needed prices
Even a bill designed to cut gas prices probably needed more time,
hardest work
At the end of the day, ... that is probably the hardest work we have to do.
best budget capacity deliver focus key money product putting requires resources scarce strengthen takes together work
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.
drop food stamp
I don't know that we would drop the food stamp cuts.