McConnell, Grassley Statement on Meeting with President Next Week
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Senator Chuck Grassley, released the following statement today regarding their upcoming meeting with the President: “On Tuesday we will meet with the President at the White House. We look forward to reiterating to him directly that the American people […]
Senate Continues Bipartisan Efforts to Address the Opioid Epidemic, Help Families Impacted by Drug Abuse
‘There are steps we can take today to help families impacted by drug abuse — and keep more families from ever going through it to begin with. That’s why I’m proud to join my colleague, the Senior Senator from Iowa, in introducing the Protecting Families Affected by Substance Abuse Act, which would reauthorize grants to […]
Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony Honoring the Selma Foot Soldiers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Leaders of the U.S. House and Senate held a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony today honoring the Selma Foot Soldiers of the 1965 Voting Rights Marches. The following are U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s remarks delivered during the ceremony, which took place in Emancipation Hall, in the U.S. Capitol: “From time to […]
President Must Follow Laws He Signed Prohibiting Transfer of Gitmo Terrorists to U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today regarding the President’s announcement on the secure terrorist-detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: “President Obama has left the American people to wait many years for a serious plan — one that poses no additional risk to our […]
Grassley, McConnell Bill Would Help Foster Children Affected by Opioids, Methamphetamine, Other Substance Abuse
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky today introduced legislation to re-authorize a program to help children who are in foster care or at risk of such placement because of parental abuse of methamphetamine or another substance. The new bill ensures that opioid abuse is also a […]
McConnell Asks Senate to Consider VP Biden’s Words on Supreme Court Vacancy
‘Will we allow the people to continue deciding who will nominate the next justice, or will we empower a lame-duck president to make that decision on his way out the door instead?’ WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today regarding “The Biden Rules” for […]
Bipartisan Prohibition Remains Against President Sending Guantanamo Terrorists to U.S.
‘Today we received the descriptions of where the President would like to detain terrorists within the United States…his Attorney General recently confirmed that it is illegal to transfer any of these terrorists into the U.S…We will review President Obama’s plan but since it includes bringing dangerous terrorists to facilities in U.S. communities, he knows that […]
Senate to Vote on Confirmation of FDA Nominee
‘At a time when the prescription-opioid epidemic is tearing families and communities apart in our country, it’s clear we need strong leadership at the FDA…Today we will consider the nomination of someone who I think can help lead the agency in a new direction…The FDA should expect continued rigorous oversight in the way the agency […]
34 Senators, 171 Representatives File Amicus Brief, Urge Circuit Court to Block EPA Attempt to Transform the Nation’s Electricity Sector
Amicus Brief Asks the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to Vacate EPA’s So-Called “Clean Power Plan” WASHINGTON – Led by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and House Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), 34 Senators and 171 […]
The American People Should Have a Voice in the Selection of the Next Supreme Court Justice
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today regarding the Supreme Court’s vacancy: “I recently joined my good friend from Iowa, the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, in writing an opinion piece. “We expressed our joint view that the death of Justice Scalia represented a […]