Honorable Roy Blunt
United States Senator, Missouri, Republican
Senator Blunt was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010. He was Missouri Secretary of State from 1984 to 1993 and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2010. He serves on the Appropriations Committee; the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee; the Rules and Administration Committee; and the Select Committee on Intelligence. The following is from the March 1, 2012, Senate floor debate on the Blunt Amendment S. 1813, to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs. The reason this amendment is being debated right now is because the Administration issued an order that is unprecedented….