WASHINGTON, D.C. – Leader McConnell and Speaker Johnson released the following statement: “The release of innocent Americans and Russian political prisoners from wrongful detention is encouraging news. We eagerly await the return of Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Vladimir Kara-Murza to their homes and loved ones and will... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement today regarding the Biden-Harris Administration’s reported plea deal with 9/11 terrorists: “The Biden-Harris Administration’s weakness in the face of sworn enemies of the American people apparently knows no bounds. The plea deal with terrorists – including... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement today regarding FY 2025 appropriations for State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: “The legislation reported favorably by the Appropriations Committee today is the product of diligent efforts by Vice Chair Collins and Ranking Member Graham to... Continue Reading
Download the photo here. WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement today regarding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the U.S. Capitol: “Today, I was honored to meet with the democratically-elected leader of the state of Israel and hear his message to a... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement today regarding President Joe Biden: “For four years, the American people have faced historic inflation at home, chaos at the border, and weak leadership on the world stage. Our nation is less prosperous and less secure... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Speaker Johnson, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, and Leader Jeffries released the following statement: “For 478 days, Evan Gershkovich’s wrongful detention in Russia has demonstrated the cruelty of Vladimir Putin’s thuggish rule. Evan’s unjust sentence in a sham trial is a further reminder that attacks on the free... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement regarding Senator Jim Inhofe: I was saddened to learn this morning that our longtime former colleague, and my good friend, Jim Inhofe, passed away overnight. For nearly three decades, the Senator for Oklahoma lived up to... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today at the Reagan Institute regarding NATO’s 75th Anniversary: “The world remembers Ronald Reagan as the Great Communicator, and rightly so. With plainspoken persuasion, he took an animating principle – peace through strength – to halls... Continue Reading
LOUISVILLE, KY – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo: “The Constitution vests Congress with the sole authority to make law. After forty years of Chevron deference, the Supreme Court made it clear today... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The following op-ed by U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was published in today’s edition of the Wall Street Journal: Democrats like to say that “democracy is at stake” in November. That may be true, but not in the way they think. Across all three branches... Continue Reading