McConnell: National Security Challenges Require Urgent Investment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding national security priorities: “Two months ago, the Senate passed a national security supplemental that reflected the clear links between the challenges we face. That was by design. “America’s adversaries, from Beijing to Pyongyang and Moscow […]
Iran’s Attack Underscores Need For Urgent Action To Address National Security Threats
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding national security priorities: “In response to Iran’s massive attack against Israel over the weekend, we saw two things: “First, we saw a sovereign nation that takes its security seriously mount a successful defense. Israel’s air […]
McConnell: “Senate Will Not Allow Vital Security Authorities To Go Dark”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding FISA: “In December, the director of the FBI told our colleagues on the Judiciary Committee that when he surveys threats to the homeland, he saw, quote, ‘blinking lights everywhere.’ “Iran’s efforts to kill Americans, compromise […]
Leader McConnell Statement on Iran Attack on Israel
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement today regarding the latest strikes by Iran: “In the face of Iran’s significant military strikes on Israel, the United States must stand with our ally as Israel’s national unity government takes necessary measures to defend its people and its sovereignty. “President […]
McConnell Remarks On U.S.-Japan Alliance And Providing For Common Defense
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) submitted the following remarks today regarding Prime Minister Kishida’s address to Congress. Below is the text as prepared for delivery: “Today, a joint session of Congress welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Kishida to the Capitol. “The importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance is front-and-center at a critical […]
Biden Admin’s Runaway Energy Regulations Delivering More Economic Pain
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) submitted the following remarks today regarding the economy. Below is the text as prepared for delivery: “Yesterday’s inflation report did little to help working Americans make sense of Bidenomics. The 3.5% year-on-year jump recorded last month puts cumulative inflation since President Biden took office at […]
McConnell on SHOP Act: Comprehensive, Non-Partisan, Will Strengthen Confidence In Our Federal Judiciary
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) submitted the following remarks today regarding the SHOP Act. Below is the text as prepared for delivery: “Yesterday, with my colleagues the junior Senator for Arkansas and the senior Senator for North Carolina, I was proud to introduce the SHOP Act, a comprehensive, non-partisan solution […]
McConnell Remarks On 75th Anniversary Of NATO, Responsibilities of 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 priorities and NATO: “Last week, the strongest and most successful military alliance in the history of the world marked an impressive milestone. Seventy-five years ago, at the dawn of the Cold War, with […]
McConnell Remarks On Resolutions To Cut Red Tape For Small Businesses, Consumers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Congressional Review Act resolutions : “I’ve spoken before about the effort led by our colleagues, Senator Capito and Senator Cramer, to block a coercive, one-size-fits-all mandate from the Federal Highway Administration that would force states […]
Democrats Would Rather Weave Conspiracies Than Talk About Their Own Radical Judicial Nominee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: “I’ve spoken repeatedly about Adeel Mangi, nominee to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals: both his shocking ties to anti-police and anti-Israel radicals, and Democrats’ increasingly frantic efforts to whitewash them. “Nineteen different […]