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
arrows members support taking wavering
I don't see any wavering of the support for the leader. I think a lot of members think he's taking arrows for all of us.
telling
If you were in the leadership, how long would you want someone around telling you what to do?
looks
I think we need to know a little more about what the world we're going to live in looks like.
drop food stamp
I don't know that we would drop the food stamp cuts.
coming conclusion happen helpful knowing next year
Knowing what is going to happen next year is going to be helpful in coming to a conclusion this year,
delay easy fill gap left team together tom
It's not easy to fill the gap left by Tom DeLay but all of our team is going to come together like we've never come together before,
budget clear country economy future grow national needs power remain request statement
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.
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.
next votes
I think we'll have the votes next week,
anwr balance handful issue members might prepared time vote
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.
value
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.
insurance risk suspension week
This week ... we'll, I think under the suspension calendar, have TRIA (Terrorism Risk Insurance Act).
awful both sides work
We have an awful lot of work to do on both sides of the aisle,
senior jobs america
If we're going to talk about economic fairness, or about fairness, one of the most pressing economic issues facing families, seniors, and job creators in Missouri and across America is the strain of skyrocketing gas prices.