While Democrats Focus on Impeachment, Republicans Focus on Funding Our Troops
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the need to fund our armed forces and the House impeachment inquiry resolution: “Later today we’re going to vote on something that should not be controversial: Funding for our national defense. For supporting servicemembers and […]
Senators McConnell, Lee, Sinema, Paul Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Increase Accountability at Federal Prisons
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as well as Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Rand Paul (R-KY) announced today the introduction of the Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2019, which would bring further accountability to our nation’s federal prisons by requiring the Director of the Bureau of Prisons […]
Democrats Want to Increase Premiums, Rollback States’ Flexibility and Health Care Choices
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Democrats’ effort to undermine a successful Trump administration health care policy for states across the country: “Our Democratic colleagues do apparently have time to push for show votes on messaging resolutions with no chance of […]
House Democrats’ Impeachment Resolution: No Due Process Now, Maybe Some Later, But Only If We Feel Like It
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry resolution: “Yesterday, House Democrats released their much-hyped resolution which was advertised as bringing fairness and due process into Speaker Pelosi’s and Chairman Schiff’s closed-door, partisan inquiry. “Unfortunately, the draft resolution […]
Democrats Threaten to Block Funding for Our Servicemembers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the need to fund our armed forces: “Tomorrow the Senate will vote on funding for the national defense. It will offer a test for our Democratic colleagues: Will their party’s impeachment obsession crowd out even […]
Will Democrats Block Funding for the Men and Women Who Keep Us Safe?
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the regarding the Senate agenda and the need to fund our armed forces: “This week will provide an opportunity for our Democratic colleagues to prove that their longstanding goal of impeaching the president is not […]
Democrats Want to Restrict States’ Ability to Lower Premiums and Increase Health Care Choices
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the regarding Democrats’ effort to undermine a successful Trump administration healthcare policy for families across the country: “This week, we will vote on another effort by our Democratic colleagues to undo successful Trump administration policy. […]
USDA to Issue New Policy Implementing McConnell Hemp Initiative
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding today’s announcement by U.S. Department of Agriculture regarding its release of the new regulatory framework implementing Senator McConnell’s hemp initiative allowing hemp to be cultivated nationwide: “When I joined President Trump last year as he signed […]
The Honorable Kay Hagan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the passing of former Senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina: “First, I was saddened by today’s news that our former colleague, the gentlelady from North Carolina, Kay Hagan had passed away. “During her time representing […]
Upcoming Vote on Defense Funding Will Show Whether Impeachment is Crowding Out Critical Priorities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement today regarding the need to fund our armed forces and his Senate Resolution urging the House to respect due process in impeachment inquiry proceedings: “On Thursday, the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and I introduced a resolution which quickly gained dozens […]