Time For President Biden To Display Real American Leadership

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding national security: “Yesterday, at my urging, Biden Administration officials held a briefing for our colleagues on the growing challenge Iran poses to America’s allies, our interests, and our own personnel. “The list of threats from […]

McConnell On Debt Limit Negotiations: “Glad The President Has Taken My Advice”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the debt limit: “Yesterday, President Biden took one step toward the debt limit solution we’ve been laying out for him for months. “After meeting with Speaker McCarthy, the President finally designated specific members of his […]

Biden Democrats’ Latest Attack on American Energy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following statement regarding the Biden Administration’s latest radical anti-energy policy: “By outsourcing his energy policy to the radical left, President Biden is outsourcing away America’s energy security and independence. “Today, the EPA resurrected the devastating climate regulations that liberals have spent more than […]

McConnell Meets With President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement today after meeting with President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea: “I was honored today to welcome President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea to the Capitol. The president’s visit underscores our two countries’ strong democracies, innovative […]

Schumer, McConnell Joint Statement Regarding The Wrongful Detainment Of WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement today regarding Evan Gershkovich: “We strongly condemn the wrongful detention of U.S. citizen and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, and demand the immediate release of this internationally known and respected independent journalist. “Mr. Gershkovich […]

McConnell on Democrats’ Mismanagement of Strategic Petroleum Reserve

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding American energy security: “The new Republican House of Representatives has already done more to protect our nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve than the single-party Democratic government did in two years. “First, House Republicans passed legislation that […]

Democrats’ Reckless Tax and Spending Spree is a Giant, Tangled Mess

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Democrats’ failing legislation: “The Senate is witnessing an unusual sight: Our colleague from West Virginia, Senator Manchin, is trying to roll back legislation that he himself wrote and passed less than a year ago. “Reports […]

Americans Want Law and Order, Democrats Want Leniency

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding law and order: “Here are just a few scenes from across our country in the last few weeks. “Thirty people were shot in Chicago this past weekend alone. That’s up from 21 the weekend before. […]

McConnell Welcomes Overdue Announcements on New Ukraine Aid

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Ukraine: “Here on the floor yesterday, I called on America’s European allies, including Germany, to do more to equip Ukraine with long-requested tanks – not just to resist Russian aggression, but to defeat it. “I […]

McConnell: Ukraine Assistance Must Aim at Victory

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Ukraine: “It’s been almost a full year since Vladimir Putin escalated Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine. “Nearly nine years since he began his military effort to take over the sovereign country in early 2014. “And […]