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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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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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,
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I think we'll have the votes next week,
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I think we need to know a little more about what the world we're going to live in looks like.
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I think the whole leadership is in agreement this is what ought to happen, both the House and the Senate,
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Knowing what is going to happen next year is going to be helpful in coming to a conclusion this year,
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I think it is important to put these tax policies out there and do our best to make the truthful case that anything short of this would be a tax increase,
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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.
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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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Law enforcement officials have been candid in identifying ways officers could have handled the situation in Ferguson better, and I trust those recommendations will be helpful as we continue to count on them to protect us.
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I was raised - my mom and dad were dairy farmers. Once you've made a decision to plant a crop for that year, you can't go back and undo that decision.
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Government did get into the health care business in a big way in 1965 with Medicare, and later with Medicaid, and government already distorts the marketplace.
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Unfortunately, some in Washington remain tied to the dogma that responsible energy development cannot be achieved without taking a wrecking ball to the environment.