Roy Blunt Next Quotations

I'm very much inclined to be a next-chapter guy instead of a last-chapter guy.

Knowing what is going to happen next year is going to be helpful in coming to a conclusion this year,

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.

I think the compromise works. I talked to Chairman (Michael) Oxley about it again today and we look forward to having that situation resolved on the House floor next week.

I think we'll have the votes next week,

We'll move toward voting next week, and when we do it will pass,

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.