Senate Democrats Should Not Block Critical Veterans Funding, Anti-Zika Efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today regarding the need to advance important bipartisan funding measures to address Zika and support veterans: “Combatting the spread of the Zika virus should be a priority for both parties. We worked hard to forge a compromise […]
McConnell Statement on SCOTUS Immigration Ruling
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand the lower court’s decision in United States v. Texas, preventing the implementation of the president’s unlawful executive overreach on immigration: “Today’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court will prevent the Obama Administration from moving […]
McConnell Encourages Senate Democrats to Support Critical Veterans Funding, Anti-Zika Efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today regarding the need to advance important bipartisan funding measures to address Zika and support veterans: “Combatting the spread of the Zika virus has been a priority for both parties. So Republicans and Democrats deliberated and forged a […]
A Serious Moment That Calls For Serious Solutions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today regarding the need for the President to lay out a credible plan to defeat ISIL: “We learned yesterday that our allies in Jordan were victims of a terrorist attack. The vehicle-borne IED killed Jordanian soldiers and police […]
Senators in Both Parties Should Work to Fight ISIL
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today regarding the need for the President to lay out a credible plan to defeat ISIL: “Yesterday the Justice Department released a transcript of the Orlando terrorist’s 9/11 call, in which he claimed responsibility for the attack […]
America Needs ‘Serious Solutions’ From the President to Defeat ISIL
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today prior to votes regarding Republican-led efforts to fight terrorism: “The terrorist attack that claimed 49 innocent victims in Orlando left families broken and our country shaken. It was a deliberately targeted attack inspired by the hateful […]
Preventing ISIL-Inspired Attacks Requires Defeating ISIL
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered remarks on the Senate floor today regarding the need for the President to lay out a credible plan to defeat ISIL. The following are Senator McConnell’s remarks as prepared for delivery: “Over the past few months, terrorists inspired or directed by ISIL have committed […]
Republican-Led Senate Continues Working on Bipartisan Efforts to Fight Terrorism
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today regarding the need for the President to lay out a credible plan to defeat ISIL: “Seven months ago, ISIL terrorists massacred 130 victims across the city of Paris. Six months ago, ISIL supporters murdered more than […]
Congress Working to Get Opioid Legislation to the President’s Desk Soon
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): “Both the Senate and the House took decisive action to combat the heroin and prescription opioid epidemic that’s devastated so many of our communities. “We’re now working […]
McConnell: ‘We Need to Defeat, Not Contain, ISIL’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today urging passage of the National Defense Authorization Act and the need to defeat ISIL: “The terrorist attack in Orlando continues to horrify our country. The FBI and our intelligence community will determine whether that terrorist was […]