Kit Bond

June 22, 2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – After last week’s victory to reverse the President’s decision to eliminate the C-17, U.S. Senator Kit Bond today renewed efforts to increase funding for the F/A-18 Super Hornet.

“Underfunding the Super Hornet gambles with our ability to project U.S. power from aircraft carriers, damages our security in the long run by eroding our competitive domestic industrial base, and puts more than 110,000 American jobs at risk,” said Bond. “I’m not willing to make this risky bet which is why I’ve joined with Senator Kennedy to restore funding for this critical program.”    » read more »

Missouri to Receive Nearly $79 Million in Disaster Recovery Funds

June 10, 2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kit Bond announced today that Missouri will receive nearly $79 million in federal dollars from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to be used for recovery and clean-up efforts following a federally declared disaster.

“Unfortunately we in Missouri know all too well the damage that Mother Nature can inflict on families, homes and businesses. These funds will help hard-hit cities and rural communities rebuild and recover,” said Bond.    » read more »

Senator Presses Defense Officials on F/A-18 & Next-Generation Bomber

June 9, 2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Upholding his promise at a recent rally in St. Louis to fight until his last day in the U.S. Senate for Missouri workers, Senator Kit Bond today pressed Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to increase funding for the F/A-18 Super Hornet and reverse the cancellation of the Next Generation Bomber during an appropriations subcommittee hearing on defense issues.    » read more »

Calls on Senate to Confirm Quickly; Diplomatic, Economic Efforts Central to Military’s Success

June 3, 2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kit Bond, Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and a senior member of the Defense and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittees, today met with Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal, President Obama’s choice to be the next military commander in Afghanistan to discuss the way forward in the region.

The Senator stressed the need to employ Smart Power – or non-military diplomatic and economic efforts – in cooperation with military force to combat terrorism and extremism in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.    » read more »

May 26, 2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kit Bond made the following statement Tuesday regarding the President’s announcement of his intent to nominate Judge Sonia Sotomayor to fill the upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court:

“I look forward to reviewing Judge Sotomayor's record and learning more from her hearings. Judge Sotomayor once said ‘I don't believe that we should bend the Constitution under any circumstances,’ I agree that is how judges should rule and I will expect her to continue that view."

Source: Senator Kit Bond

Measure would provide duty free status for textiles and imported apparel from 14 Least Developed Countries, as defined by the United Nations

May 22, 2009 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Kit Bond (R-Mo.) have introduced a measure to provide trade relief for apparel and textiles imported from 14 of the world’s poorest nations. The legislation is intended to help some of these impoverished nations sustain vital export industries and promote economic growth and political stability.    » read more »

Request information on behalf of Missouri dealerships

May 22, 2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter sent today to the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry, U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill and Kit Bond sought answers to concerns raised by those Missouri dealerships selling Chrysler and General Motors vehicles that learned last week that their contracts will soon be terminated.    » read more »

Washington, D.C. -- May 22, 2009 -- U.S. Senators Kit Bond (R-Mo.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), co-chairs of the Senate National Guard Caucus, announced that they have secured an additional $500 million to help the National Guard and Reserves address critical equipment shortfalls, in a budget bill passed by the Senate Thursday night.    » read more »