Why are D.C. Democrats Desperate to Rewrite Election Law Before Voters Next Decide Their Fates?

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding H.R.1: “Yesterday evening, House Democrats re-passed their plan to give Washington D.C. unprecedented power over the way our nation conducts elections. Just like their partisan spending spree from last week, the only thing bipartisan about […]

Democrats Aim to Exploit Pandemic with Unrelated Partisan Spending Spree

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: “Yesterday, our Democratic colleagues had planned to begin ramming through their partisan spending spree. But it seems they’ve had some difficulty just getting to the starting line. “After all, Senate Democrats, including committee […]

McConnell on ‘The Story with Martha MacCallum’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) joined Martha MacCallum on Fox News Channel’s ‘The Story with Martha MacCallum’ this afternoon. See below for highlights or click here to watch the full interview. On the Democrats $1.9 Trillion Liberal Wish list: “This $1.9 trillion bill is the same size as the bill […]

McConnell Remarks on Biden Administration’s Border Crisis

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding immigration: “Just six weeks into unified Democratic government, we already have another crisis brewing on our southern border. “In January, Customs and Border Protection logged more than 78,000 encounters on our southwest border. More than […]

Democrats Tack to the Left and Leave Families’ Top Priorities on the Cutting Room Floor

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: “Last year, Congress rallied five times around historic, bipartisan legislation to meet urgent and unprecedented needs. Our COVID-19 packages reinforced the healthcare front lines, fueled the sprint for vaccines, and cast lifelines for […]

McConnell to Biden Administration on Iran: Don’t Surrender Leverage for Nothing

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Iran: “We recently learned that Iran has balked at the prospect of direct nuclear negotiations with the United States and Europe. This sort of resistance and gamesmanship is nothing new. “Iran has long flouted international […]

Democrats Using Crisis to Check off Unrelated Liberal Priorities

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: “There’s been a lot of discussion about the Democrats’ decision to load up their partisan spending plan with liberal items that are completely unrelated to the pandemic. “We’re at a key turning point […]

McConnell Defends Democratic Activists in Burma, Hong Kong

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding foreign policy: “Last weekend brought disconcerting headlines for supporters of freedom and democracy in Asia. “In Burma, the military junta’s month-long coup turned bloody. 18 protesters have been murdered and at least a thousand civilian […]

McConnell on Democrats’ Partisan, Non-Targeted COVID Bill: “It Didn’t Have to Be this Way”

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: “At about 2 o’clock on Saturday morning, House Democrats rammed through the bonanza of partisan spending they’re calling a pandemic rescue package. Only Democrats voted for it. Both Republicans and Democrats voted against […]

McConnell on House Passage of Partisan Spending Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement regarding House action on partisan COVID legislation: “In 2020, Congress passed five COVID-19 rescue packages. All five were completely bipartisan. It was the largest peacetime fiscal expansion in American history, yet no bill earned fewer than 90 votes in the Senate […]