Press Releases

11.11.21

Leader McConnell in The Washington Post: Democrats, leave the Supreme Court alone

LOUISVILLE, KY - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) wrote the following op-ed regarding Democrats' efforts to pack the Supreme Court. It will run in the Sunday print edition of The Washington Post. Click here to read online or see below: "We find ourselves in a moment of democratic reckoning." That's what Secretary of State Antony Blinken told a Latin American audience in October. His remarks specifically named "undermining the independence of the courts" and "packing courts… Continue Reading


11.06.21

McConnell: Washington Democrats Ignoring Backlash to their Multi-Trillion-Dollar Nightmare

LOUISVILLE, KY. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement after House Democrats voted to advance Washington Democrats' reckless taxing and spending spree: "It says everything about today's Democratic Party that House Democrats held our country's basic infrastructure hostage for months over a reckless taxing and spending spree that would hurt families and help China. "The radical left refused to fund America's roads and bridges unless they got to ad… Continue Reading


11.05.21

McConnell, Grassley Call Out AG on Plan to Send Taxpayer-Funded Settlements to Illegal Immigrants

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) yesterday pressed Attorney General Garland on reported the multi-million-dollar taxpayer give-away to illegal immigrants in the form of settlement agreements. The Senators' letter follows conflicting statements from President Biden, who said such payments are "not gonna happen," and the ACLU, which later said, "President Biden may not have been fully briefed about t… Continue Reading


11.04.21

Leader McConnell Meets with General Joseph Aoun

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement after meeting with General Joseph Aoun, Chief of Defense of the Lebanese Armed Forces: "I was glad to welcome General Aoun to the Capitol yesterday to discuss ongoing security cooperation efforts. "Since the end of the Syrian occupation in 2005, the Lebanese Armed Forces have steadily worked to become a professional and reliable partner in counterterrorism. Today, as Lebanon faces growing… Continue Reading


11.03.21

ICYMI: 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 Yesterday's Elections and the Biden Agenda: "Well, even more significant than Virginia is New Jersey. We were not competitive in the governor's race up there and yet the Republican candidate, who no one knew, almost won. I think what we can safely say about N… Continue Reading


11.02.21

McConnell Statement on Jean Rounds

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement today regarding the passing of Jean Rounds: "Elaine and I are heartbroken to learn of the passing of Jean Rounds. "As long as I've known Mike, anyone who spent even a few minutes with him would quickly realize that Jean was the center of his world. Jean was an impressive and active public servant, a cherished First Lady of South Dakota, and a beloved wife, mother, and grandmother at the cente… Continue Reading


10.28.21

ICYMI: Leader McConnell on ‘Kudlow’

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business' 'Kudlow' this afternoon. See below for highlights or click here to watch the full interview: On Democrats' Reckless Tax and Spending Spree: "Take a quick look back to the 2017 tax bill. As we all predicted, lowering corporate rates, for example, creates a gusher of corporate tax revenue. We cut rates, revenue went up. In February of 2020, right before the pandemic hit, we had the best e… Continue Reading


10.21.21

McConnell Honors Justice Thomas’s 30th Anniversary with Speech on the Senate and the Judiciary

WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) offered the featured keynote address Thursday evening at an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation and the C. Boyden Gray Center at the Antonin Scalia School of Law in honor of Justice Clarence Thomas's 30 years and counting on the Supreme Court. Excerpts from Leader McConnell's remarks on the Senate, the judiciary, and Justice Thomas follow below. On the confirmation process: "The linkage between the Senate and the Supre… Continue Reading


10.21.21

ICYMI: McConnell on ‘America’s Newsroom’

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) joined Dana Perino on Fox News Channel's 'America's Newsroom' this morning. See below for highlights or click here to watch the full interview: On Democrats' Reckless Taxing and Spending Spree: "The Wall Street Journal [Editorial Board] figured out what the game is. The game is to shrink the cost, start a whole lot of programs, and claim that it doesn't really cost that much because they expire in a year or two. The goal, … Continue Reading


10.18.21

McConnell Statement on Colin Powell

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement this morning regarding the passing of Colin Powell: "America has lost a trailblazing leader with the passing of Colin Powell. It is hard to imagine a more quintessentially American story: A son of Jamaican immigrants who learned Yiddish from his boyhood neighbors in the Bronx becomes a four-star General in the United States Army and serves four presidential administrations, including as Nati… Continue Reading


10.14.21

“Umpteenth Iteration of the Same Partisan Power Grab” Will Fail in Senate, As It Should

LOUISVILLE, KY - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement on the Democrats' latest effort to federalize all 50 states' elections: "Another week, another effort by Washington Democrats to create fake drama over a proposed election takeover that will go nowhere. "Senator Schumer wants to stage another political stunt around the umpteenth iteration of the same partisan power grab that the Senate has already considered and rejected repeatedly. It is the s… Continue Reading


10.09.21

McConnell Letter to AG Garland on DOJ Targeting Concerned Parents

WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) wrote a letter today to Attorney General Merrick Garland concerning his announcement that the Department of Justice will scrutinize and target parents who express concern about their children's public educations. The full letter is available here. Excerpts from the letter are below: "Parents absolutely should be telling their local schools what to teach. This is the very basis of representative government. They do this b… Continue Reading


10.08.21

McConnell Letter to President Biden on Debt Limit

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) sent the following letter to President Biden today regarding congressional Democrats' duty to raise the debt limit: "Dear President Biden: "Last night, Republicans filled the leadership vacuum that has troubled the Senate since January. I write to inform you that I will not provide such assistance again if your all-Democrat government drifts into another avoidable crisis. "The Senate Democratic Leader had three months' no… Continue Reading


10.06.21

McConnell Statement on Democrats’ Self-Created Debt Limit Crisis

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement today on the debt limit: "The unified Democratic government had two and a half months to address the debt limit through reconciliation. Instead, they drifted to the doorstep of yet another self-created Democrat crisis. Whether through miscalculation or a deliberate effort to bully their own members into wrecking the Senate, top Democrats have risked adding a default crisis to the inflation cri… Continue Reading


10.04.21

McConnell Letter to President Biden on Debt Limit

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) sent the following letter to President Biden this morning regarding congressional Democrats' duty to raise the debt limit: "Dear President Biden: "For many years, our working relationship has been defined not only by our strong disagreements, but also by mutual transparency and respectful candor. I write in that spirit to express concern that our nation is sleepwalking toward significant and avoidable danger because of con… Continue Reading


09.22.21

Leader McConnell Meets With U.S. Ambassador to Burma

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement after meeting yesterday with Thomas Vajda, U.S. Ambassador to Burma: "I was glad to speak with Ambassador Vajda about the United States' continued support for the people of Burma, and additional, necessary steps to help them restore democracy. The coup perpetrated by a repressive military junta in Burma continues to threaten the life and liberty of millions of innocent people. The junta's lead… Continue Reading


09.19.21

Democrats’ Failed Effort at Sweeping Amnesty Shows Their Radicalism

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement on Senate Democrats' amnesty proposals: "Senate rules never contemplated a majority circumventing the filibuster by pretending that sweeping and transformational new policies were mere budgetary changes. "Tonight's ruling confirms that principle. Democrats will not be able to stuff their most radical amnesty proposals into the reckless taxing and spending spree they are assembling behind closed… Continue Reading


09.14.21

McConnell: Democrats’ Latest Election Takeover ‘Compromise’ is “Just a Compromise Between the Left and the Far Left”

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement on the Democrats' latest effort to federalize all 50 states' elections: "No amount of repackaging or relabeling will let Democrats sneak through big pieces of the sweeping, partisan, federal takeover of our nation's elections that they have wanted to pass since they took power. "Seemingly every few weeks, Democrats take another run at this. This week's latest 'compromise' is just a compromise… Continue Reading


09.13.21

ICYMI: McConnell Remarks at Congressional Remembrance Ceremony Marking 20th Anniversary of September 11th

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today steps regarding the twentieth anniversary of the September 11th attacks. See below for the transcript, or click here to watch the full address: "Twenty years ago, the United States of America was reeling. "Our initial shock was settling into deeper pain. Early confusion was becoming lasting anger. "But as the stories of September the 11th began to be told and heard, one thing became c… Continue Reading


09.02.21

ICYMI: Leader McConnell on The Guy Benson Show

LOUISVILLE, KY - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) joined The Guy Benson Show last night. Read below for the highlights or click here to listen to the full interview. On the Biden Administration's Disastrous Exit from Afghanistan: "[I] would start with saying the war hasn't ended, it's just become more difficult for us to prosecute. The terrorist threat in Afghanistan is already greater than it was before this rash decision to withdraw. It will continue to grow, and our cap… Continue Reading

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