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Senate Republicans Target Biden Administration’s Red Tape Tangle
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding permitting CRA: "Later today, the Senate will vote on a resolution to peel back a significant layer of regulatory red tape that has been causing headaches across the country. "Thanks to the leadership of the junior Senator from Alaska, this resolution would overturn a Biden Administration action that aims to give the federal government even more authority … Continue Reading
08.04.22
Democrats Ignore Inflation, Border, and Crime to Focus on Green New Deal Nonsense
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Democrats' Reckless Tax and Spending Spree: "A year and a half ago, every Senate Democrat cast the deciding vote for a $1.9 trillion disaster that caused the worst inflation in 40 years. "Democrats have crushed working families with runaway prices. More tha… Continue Reading
08.03.22
Democrats: Tax Working Families’ Gas and Electricity to Subsidize Luxury Shopping for the Wealthy
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Democrats' Reckless Taxing and Spending Spree: "Democrats want to pass huge, job-killing tax hikes in the middle of a recession they created. "Hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes on American jobs, American manufacturing, American electricity, and American investment. "Nonpartisan experts have proven these tax hikes will break President Biden's pr… Continue Reading
08.03.22
Finland, Sweden NATO Accession Deserves Unanimous Bipartisan Support
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding NATO: "Today, the Senate will approve ratification protocols to welcome Finland and Sweden as the two newest members of NATO. "I appreciate Leader Schumer working with me to ensure the Senate takes this vote before the August recess. "And for the reasons I've explained for months now, the vote this afternoon will be as decisive as it is bipartisan. "Ther… Continue Reading
08.03.22
McConnell Praises Kentucky Heroism Amid Flood Disaster
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the flooding in Kentucky: "Tragic flooding continues to devastate Eastern Kentucky. "In the past few days, I've spoken to the state legislators and county judge-executives who represent our hardest-hit counties. "The Governor reports that Knott County has seen the largest loss of life so far. County Judge-Executive Dobson tells me the toll may keep rising… Continue Reading
08.02.22
McConnell: Amid Tragic Flooding, Kentuckians Step Up to Help Victims
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the flooding in Kentucky: "We learn more each day about the devastating toll that ongoing flooding has inflicted in Eastern Kentucky. "As rescue and recovery efforts continue, Kentuckians are grieving lost family members, friends, and neighbors. "One of the victims of last weekend's flash floods was Gabe Hensley, a thirty-year-old coal miner and father. … Continue Reading
08.02.22
McConnell on Taiwan and Indo-Pacific Security Challenges
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Taiwan: "Public reports indicate that the Speaker of the House just landed in Taiwan as she travels through Asia. "She has every right to go. And it's been unseemly and counterproductive for President Biden and his aides to have publicly sought to deter her from doing so. "There is significant precedent for high-ranking U.S. officials visiting Taiwan, inc… Continue Reading
08.02.22
Democrats’ Inflation Bill Will Cut Jobs and Wages But Not Inflation
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Democrats' Reckless Taxing and Spending Spree: "Democrats have had a tough few days rolling out their latest reckless taxing and spending spree. "It turns out that proposing huge, job-killing tax hikes and more runaway spending during inflation and a recession doesn't go over well. "Here are a few of the things nonpartisan experts have already proven abou… Continue Reading
08.01.22
McConnell on Ongoing Kentucky Floods
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the flooding in Kentucky: "Eastern Kentucky is reeling from some of the worst flooding in our state's history. The area is still experiencing rainfall today. This horrible, tragic crisis is far from over. "In Jackson, waters reached 43-and-a-half feet high, breaking an 83-year record. Drone footage shows whole towns submerged. Roadways have turned into riv… Continue Reading
08.01.22
Democrats Want Job-Killing Middle-Class Tax Hikes in a Recession
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the economy: "When it comes to our economy, American families do not trust this Democratic Party government one bit. "Nearly 90% of Americans are feeling anxious about inflation. 28% approve of how President Biden is handling it. Only 22% think things will get any better after another year on his watch. "Americans' distrust of Democrats stands to reason. … Continue Reading
07.28.22
Important Veterans’ Bill Deserves Commonsense Toomey Amendment and Prompt Passage
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the PACT Act: "Yesterday, the Senate should have been able to clear bipartisan legislation to expand VA health benefits for millions of men and women who have served bravely in our armed forces. "I appreciate our colleagues on the Veterans Affairs Committee for their hard work on the PACT Act. I support the substance of the bill. "But even on legislation … Continue Reading
07.28.22
Democrats Who Created Inflation and Recession Want Giant Job-Killing Tax Hikes
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding tax hikes and inflation: "Minutes ago, new data confirmed what a supermajority of Americans already knew: Democrats have plunged America into a recession. "According to official statistics, the U.S. economy just shrank for the second consecutive quarter. Democrats inherited an economy that was primed for an historic comeback and promptly ran it straight in… Continue Reading
07.27.22
Democrats’ Spin Isn’t Helping Americans’ Inflation Pain
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding economy: "Here's how Washington Democrats are describing the American economy. "From the White House last month, 'robust economic progress under President Biden's leadership.' "According to President Biden himself, our economy has, 'unique strengths that we can build on.' That it was, 'providing important breathing room for American families.' And that it… Continue Reading
07.26.22
Democrats Want to Follow Up Historic Inflation With Massive Tax Hikes
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the economy: "Ninety-three percent of the American people are concerned about inflation. "Forty-two percent say they are struggling just to stand still financially. "Sixty-three percent say that gas prices, inflation, bills, or the economy are their biggest concern. "That, Mr. President, is because 100% of the American people live in a country experienci… Continue Reading
07.26.22
Senate Must Act Quickly on Sweden, Finland NATO Accession and Bipartisan NDAA
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding NATO and Ukraine: "This past Saturday brought yet another escalation in Russia's brutal war in Ukraine. "The ink had barely dried on a deal securing safe passage for Ukrainian grain exports when Russian missiles hit the port city of Odessa. "Ukraine produces one fifth of the world's high-grade wheat. Russia's Black Sea blockade and destruction of Ukraine'… Continue Reading
07.25.22
McConnell Condemns Burma Executions and Calls for Action
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Burma: "Over the weekend, Burma's long and difficult struggle toward democracy and freedom took another dark step backwards. "The brutal military junta controlling Burma executed four political prisoners, including the well-known activist Ko Jimmy and Phyo Zeya Thaw, a former elected official and protest musician. Yet more innocent blood shed for the crime… Continue Reading
07.25.22
Democrats’ Prescription Drug Socialism Would Kill New Cures and Treatments
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding prescription drugs: "Staring down the barrel of the economic disaster they've created, Washington Democrats still don't appear to be pumping the brakes on their reckless agenda. For example, the same Democrats who spent our country into inflation are now angling to regulate our medical cures industry into fewer new cures and fewer life-saving treatments. "… Continue Reading
07.25.22
U.S. Economy Headed Towards Recession, But Democrats Claim Otherwise
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the economy: "For the past year and a half, Washington Democrats have continually found new ways to be wrong about the U.S. economy. "Last springtime, Democrats insisted their plan to dump $1.9 trillion dollars onto the economy would not cause inflation. Here was the Democratic Leader in March of 2021: 'I do not think the dangers of inflation, at least in … Continue Reading
07.21.22
Senate Must Act Swiftly to Support American Military Superiority, Deter Aggressors
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Ukraine: "Yesterday, I had the honor of greeting the first lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, who visited us here in the Capitol. "Like my colleagues in the room, I was moved by her blunt, plaintive remarks to Congress. "As her country endures the fifth month of a brutal Russian siege, Ms. Zelenska was candid about the pain and suffering Russia's unprovoke… Continue Reading
07.21.22
As Americans Struggle With Historic Inflation, Democrats Plan Tax Hikes
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the economy: "Washington Democrats' one-party government has performed an amazing feat: "In eighteen months, they've taken an economy that was ready to soar and completely derailed it with $2 trillion in unnecessary borrowing, printing, and spending. "Now, 9.1% inflation is pinching hardworking Americans every time they visit the gas pump or the grocery s… Continue Reading
