Senate to Vote on Bipartisan Bill to Address Opioid Epidemic
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today urging support for the bipartisan Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA): “The Junior Senator from New Hampshire delivered a powerful address to our nation this weekend. She spoke about the need to tackle a heroin and prescription […]
McConnell Encourages Senate to Move Forward in Addressing Opioid Epidemic
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today prior to the cloture vote on the bipartisan Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA): “As I noted earlier, combatting substance abuse was an issue close to Nancy Reagan’s heart. It’s fitting then that we will have an […]
Honoring the Life of First Lady Nancy Reagan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today honoring former First Lady, Nancy Davis Reagan: “Nancy Reagan was one of the most powerful First Ladies in recent memory. “Sometimes she spoke out — for instance, on issues like substance abuse — but more often Nancy […]
Nancy Davis Reagan
Today, Nancy and Ron are together once more, and we offer our most sincere condolences to the friends and family left behind.’ Washington, D.C.—U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement regarding the passing of Nancy Davis Reagan: “Elaine and I join the nation in mourning the loss of Nancy Reagan. In many […]
Bipartisan Bill Will Help Address Drug Epidemic in Kentucky and Nation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today regarding the bipartisan Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA): “Today we have an opportunity to take another step forward on the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), a critically important and bipartisan bill to address the growing […]
McConnell Reiterates to President the American People Will Be Heard, Senate Will Observe ‘Biden Rule’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today regarding yesterday’s Supreme Court vacancy discussion with the President: “The current Senate Democratic Leader once stated that ‘nowhere in [the Constitution] does it say the Senate has a duty to give presidential nominees a vote.’ The incoming […]
Senate Continues Work to Pass the Bipartisan Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today regarding his discussion with the President on the nation’s drug epidemic and bipartisan legislation to help address this national crisis: “We had a constructive discussion about legislative issues like the prescription opioid and heroin epidemic sweeping our […]
McConnell on Supreme Court Vacancy: American People Will Be Heard
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding today’s meeting with the President: “The Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and I will meet with President Obama this morning. We will reiterate that the American people will have a voice in the vacancy on the Supreme […]
Bipartisan Bill Would Help Communities, Law Enforcement Combat the Opioid, Heroin Epidemic
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today regarding bipartisan efforts in the Senate to address the nation’s prescription opioid and heroin epidemic: “There is an epidemic sweeping across our nation. “Ripping through communities. Tearing families apart. Striking at the vulnerable, even babies who have […]
Senator McConnell Co-sponsors Legislation to Repeal Net Neutrality Rules
‘I remain deeply concerned that the Obama Administration’s plan to regulate the Internet will limit effective network management, jeopardize new broadband deployment, and strike a serious blow to the future of innovation in our country.’ WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is signing on today as a co-sponsor of Senator Mike Lee’s […]