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Blunt: Republican Health Care Agenda Focuses on Patients, Not Bureaucrats
Jul 24, 2008
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House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) issued the following statement this morning after House Republicans unveiled their proposals to reform and strengthen our nation’s health care system – ideas that focus on the needs of patients instead of the interests of bureaucrats and special-interests:
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Blunt: When Faced With Improving Legislation, Dems Pull Bill
Jun 24, 2008
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House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) issued the following statement after Democrats pulled a bill from the House floor rather than vote to improve it. The majority’s leadership pulled H.R. 5876 – a bill regarding residential treatment facilities that work with troubled teens – after Republicans off...
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Blunt: Trustees Report is a Reminder of Medicare and Social Security Crisis
Mar 25, 2008
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House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) issued the following statement today after the Social Security and Medicare Trustees issued their annual report estimating that Social Security and Medicare will deplete their respective trust funds by 2041 and 2019:
“The trustees report is a solemn remind...
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Blunt Praises President’s Plan to Save Medicare
Feb 15, 2008
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WASHINGTON – House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) today praised President Bush’s proposal that would put Medicare on a track of economic stability.
“It is clear that without substantial reforms, Medicare will not be able to meet the basic needs of tomorrow’s seniors. The legislation put forth b...
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Blunt Statement on President’s State of the Union Address
Jan 28, 2008
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House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) issued the following statement this evening after the president delivered his annual assessment of the state of the American union:
“The president used his final State of the Union address tonight to bring a number of important issues to the forefront, none ...
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House Republicans Continue Fight to Keep SCHIP for Children
Jan 23, 2008
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WASHINGTON – House Republicans today fought to keep the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) focused on serving poor kids first and out of the hands of illegal immigrants in the eighth politically motivated vote on the same issue this Congress. House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.)...
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BLUNT APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF BILL TO HELP TREAT CHILDREN FOUND IN METH HOUSES
Sep 25, 2007
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House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) issued the following statement this morning applauding House passage of the Drug Endangered Children Act of 2007 – a bill will help state and local officials better serve the thousands of children each year found living in meth-producing homes. “Methamphetamine ...
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BLUNT: "SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SHOULD NOT DESTROY HUMAN LIFE"
Jan 11, 2007
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House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) today voted against the Democrat majority’s legislation to use tax dollars to fund stem cell research (HR 3). “We all favor ethically sound stem-cell research,” Blunt said. “In fact, Republicans have been more supportive than Democrats in advancing and funding s...
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BLUNT SUPPORTS LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS FOR WORKERS
Jan 5, 2007
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House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) today issued the following statement on House Democrats’ failure to expand access to healthcare for small businesses in their legislative priorities for the opening hours of the 110th Congress: “Democrats have laid out their priorities for this Congress, but the...
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BLUNT ON MEDICARE PASSAGE
Nov 24, 2003
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House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) today issued the following statement regarding passage of the conference report on H.R. 1, the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003: “There’s no doubt that after 65 years, Medicare needed to catch up with modern medicine. The real debate was ov...
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