Honorable Roy Blunt
United States Representative, Missouri, Republican
Representative Blunt, of the Seventh District of Missouri, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. He was Missouri Secretary of State from 1984 to 1993. He serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee and as House Majority Whip. The following is from the July 13, 2005, House floor debate on H.R. 8, the Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005.I rise in support of the bill that would repeal this tax. The House and Senate are already both on record for repealing the tax. We just did not repeal it permanently. By not repealing the tax…