McConnell Supports President’s Plan to Re-open the Government
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the need to secure our border and re-open the government: “For weeks, I’ve stated that I wouldn’t let the Senate become a theater for show votes and messaging stunts from either side. We’d only vote on plans that […]
Senate to Vote Today on Compromise to End Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the need to secure our border and re-open the government: “Later today — on Day 34 of this partial government shutdown — the Senate will be voting on a proposal to end it. We’ll be voting on the […]
Leader McConnell Meets with EPA Nominee Andrew Wheeler
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement after meeting with the president’s nominee for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Andrew Wheeler: “I am very pleased with the president’s nomination of Andrew Wheeler for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator. Having served as both Deputy Administrator and Acting Administrator at the EPA, […]
Senate to Vote Tomorrow on Plan to Re-Open the Government, Fund Border Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the need to secure our border and re-open the government: “Tomorrow, the Senate will vote on the plan put forward by President Trump to re-open the closed portions of the federal government right away, increase security on our […]
Senate to Vote this Week to Re-Open Government, Fund Border Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding Democrat obstruction and the President’s plan to re-open the closed portions of the federal government, fund border security and address additional immigration measures: “Here’s what happened this weekend with respect to the continuing disagreement over funding the […]
McConnell: The President Stepped Up with Bold Plan to Re-Open Government, Fund Border Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following statement regarding the President’s plan to re-open the closed portions of the federal government, fund border security and address additional immigration measures: “I commend the President for his leadership in proposing this bold solution to reopen the government, secure the border, and take […]
Behold the Democrat Politician Protection Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The following op-ed by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) appears in today’s Washington Post on A17: “For the past two years, our united Republican government drained money and power from Washington and returned it to states, communities and families. From middle-class tax cuts to regulatory reform, we took this approach and watched […]
McConnell Votes to Support More Protection for the Lives of Unborn Children
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the 46th annual March for Life and the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: “Tomorrow, Washington will play host to one of our nation’s proudest examples of peaceful activism, the 46th annual March for Life. Hundreds […]
Barr Has the Experience, Integrity, Total Commitment to be Attorney General
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the president’s nominee for Attorney General of the United States, Bill Barr: “Even in the midst of this political climate, the president’s nominee for Attorney General delivered an impressive performance during the first day of his hearings before […]
Political Obstruction is Democrats’ Top Priority
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the need to secure our border and fund the government: “‘One dollar.’ That is the amount the new Speaker of the House recently said she’d be willing to invest in physical barriers at our southern border. One dollar. […]