McConnell Remarks One Year Into The COVID-19 Pandemic
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the COVID-19 anniversary: “A year ago, coronavirus cases were beginning to climb on U.S. soil. Shutdown measures were starting to take effect. “Americans have endured one of the strangest and most painful years in living […]
McConnell on ‘Washington Watch’ with Tony Perkins
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) joined Tony Perkins’ radio show ‘Washington Watch’ today to discuss H.R. 1. See below for highlights or click here to listen to the full interview. On H.R. 1 Targeting Speech and Federalizing Elections: “It directly targets speech and associations and also seeks to construct a […]
McConnell on Environmental Nominees: When Bad Policies are On the Table, Kentucky Families are On The Menu
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding nominations: “That brings me to the issue of immigration more broadly. “Just a few weeks onto the job, the Biden Administration and Secretary Mayorkas are flailing and failing on our southern border. “The number of […]
McConnell on Garland Nomination and Pressing Issues Facing DOJ
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding nominations: “Yesterday, I voted to advance the nominations of Congresswoman Marcia Fudge to be the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Judge Merrick Garland to be Attorney General. “These aren’t the nominees that any […]
McConnell on Upcoming Biden Nominations Votes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding nominations: “This week, the Senate is set to consider more of President Biden’s nominations. “I’ve consistently said that presidents should have latitude to staff up their administration with people of their choosing — so long […]
McConnell on Democrats’ Partisan Spending Bill and Partisan Power Grab over Elections
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Democrats’ partisan bills: “When Senators were last in this chamber, our Democratic colleagues were shooting down amendment after amendment to ensure their largely non-COVID-related spending plan remained very liberal and purely partisan. “Republicans proposed amendments […]
McConnell Statement on Sen. Roy Blunt’s Announced Retirement
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement regarding this morning’s announcement from Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO): “Senator Blunt’s announced retirement will be a loss for the Republican conference and the entire Senate. In just 10 years in this body, he’s quickly become a true leader, a policy heavyweight, […]
McConnell: Purely Partisan Spending Spree “A Colossal Missed Opportunity”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Senate Democrats’ partisan COVID-19 relief strategy: “The Senate has never spent $2 trillion in a more haphazard or less rigorous way. “Voters handed Senate Democrats the slimmest possible majority, shrunk the House Democrats’ majority, and […]
McConnell: Democrats’ Longest Vote in Recorded Senate History Shows Pure Partisanship is “Tougher Than They Thought It Was Going to Be”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks this evening on the Senate floor regarding Senate Democrats’ partisan COVID-19 relief strategy: “Well, my goodness. That has been quite a start, quite a start to this fast-track process. They were in a big hurry. We started voting on the first […]
Democrats’ Pandemic Plan: “A Tremendous Opportunity to Restructure Things to Fit Our Vision”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding COVID-19 recovery: “Today, or tonight, or tomorrow, Democrats say they will break the bipartisan streak that has defined the pandemic response until now. They are dead-set on ramming through an ideological spending spree packed with […]