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
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.
hardest work
At the end of the day, ... that is probably the hardest work we have to do.
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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'm confident that the commitment of the co-chairs of the Ferguson Commission - along with the work of other local leaders and the Missouri General Assembly - will have a very positive impact as this community works to move forward.
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The Keystone Pipeline is one common-sense step in the right direction to help put more people back to work, reduce prices at the pump, and position our nation for greater energy security now and in the future.
awful both sides work
We have an awful lot of work to do on both sides of the aisle,
continue needed next quite week work
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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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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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.
quite ready
We weren't quite ready to go to the floor,
bill cut designed gas needed prices
Even a bill designed to cut gas prices probably needed more time,
bring floor package
We'll bring the first part of our package ... to the floor when we have 218 votes,
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When it comes to being a responsible steward of the economy, Congress needs to either lead by promoting a pro-growth economic agenda - or, better yet, get the heck out of the way.
dealing mandatory members
We haven't done this in 10 years, so the members aren't used to dealing with these mandatory programs,