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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I've thought from the start that a parallel federal investigation into the death of Michael Brown is important. I also believe that our state and local elected officials have been given a responsibility by the people who they work for to get to the bottom of this tragedy.
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I explained to the president that I've been pleased with my conversations with the Attorney General and Civil Rights Division regarding their helpful understanding that they aren't taking over this investigation, but are conducting a parallel review of the events that led to Michael Brown's death.
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This report's only of value if we use it in a positive, forward-looking way, and not try to get into meaningless blaming, who could have done what when; now that it doesn't matter, ... American Morning.
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This week ... we'll, I think under the suspension calendar, have TRIA (Terrorism Risk Insurance Act).
hardest work
At the end of the day, ... that is probably the hardest work we have to do.
quite ready
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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We were not quite where we needed to be to go to the floor. We'll come back next week and continue to work with our members.
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I don't know that we would drop the food stamp cuts.
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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.
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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.