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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 our communications and data, and collect intelligence on U.S. soil are well-known. At this point, so are the hundreds of known or … Continue Reading
04.15.24
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 defenses, with the help of regional and coalition partners and the vigilant support of brave U.S. servicemembers in the region, i… Continue Reading
04.11.24
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 19.4%. Grocery prices are up 21.2%, gasoline prices are up 47.8%, and rent prices are up 20.4%. “And it’s getting part… Continue Reading
04.11.24
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 moment. As I said earlier this week, Japan is an essential partner in the security of the Indo-Pacific. “But its lead… Continue Reading
04.11.24
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 to venue shopping in federal courts. “As I have said before, the problem with venue shopping is not a judge in north Texas. It’s a natio… Continue Reading
04.10.24
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 decades of superpower competition on the horizon, the founding members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization convened here in Washingt… Continue Reading
04.10.24
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 and localities to build transportation infrastructure the way the bluest coastal cities do. “I’m glad our colleag… Continue Reading
04.09.24
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 law enforcement groups have written in opposition to this nominee. As the Senior Senator from Nevad… Continue Reading
04.09.24
McConnell: Support For Allies Is In America’s Interests
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Israel: “While the Senate was away from Washington, we received some sobering reminders about the challenges facing America and our friends in a dangerous world. And about how to meet them. “In Gaza, innocent people continue to suffer for the cowardice and hateful violence of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. “And just last week, as Israel continued th… Continue Reading
04.08.24
McConnell On Strength Of U.S.-Japan Alliance
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Prime Minister Kishida’s visit to Capitol: “America’s national security depends on sustained investment in both cutting-edge capabilities and expanded defense industrial capacity. “That’s why I continue to insist on overdue steps like the full-year defense appropriations and national security supplemental the Senate passed earlier this year. “As I’ve said… Continue Reading
04.08.24
McConnell on TikTok: Take Tool Of PRC Coercion, Espionage Off The Table
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding TikTok: “America’s adversaries are working overtime to undermine our interests and erode the alliances that protect them. “And it’s easy to conceive of these challenges as playing out exclusively on the high seas of the Indo-Pacific or the borderlands of Europe or the Middle East. “But in reality, this competition is not an ‘away game’. America’s greatest… Continue Reading
04.08.24
It’s Time To Put Taliban on Notice and Bring Ryan Corbett Home
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding an American citizen detained by the Taliban: “The disastrous consequences of America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan were both foreseeable and foreseen. And as Taliban rule terrorizes the region and brutalizes the Afghan people, it’s also inflicted terrible pain on American families. “I have worked closely with the family of Ryan Corbett, an American citizen… Continue Reading
03.22.24
In The Case Of Adeel Mangi’s Record, Senate Democrats Plead Ignorance
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 have spoken repeatedly about the nomination of Adeel Mangi to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in New Jersey. As I have explained, his radical associations are truly staggering. And this fact seems to have rubbed some of our Democratic colleagues the wrong way. “Yesterday one of my esteemed Democratic colleagues objected that we… Continue Reading
03.22.24
Senate To Take Necessary Step Toward Rebuilding American Hard Power
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding government funding: “The task before Congress this week - completing annual appropriations - is important work every year. In fact, it’s among our most basic, fundamental responsibilities. “But not in decades have the stakes of providing for the common defense been as high as they are right now. “For the first time since the Cold War, America faces an era… Continue Reading
03.21.24
McConnell: Opposition to Radical Judicial Nominee Adeel Mangi about Record, not Religion
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 the nomination of Adeel Mangi to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Notwithstanding his anti-Semitic affiliations, it seems every week a new law enforcement organization announces its opposition to this nominee for his record of associating with the most radical type of anti-police activist: those who sup… Continue Reading
03.20.24
Biden Admin. Climate Agenda: More Rolling Blackouts, Greater Dependence on China
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding left-wing climate policy: “This week, the Biden Administration’s radical EPA is finalizing yet another regulation that will force ordinary Americans to conform their lifestyles to coastal elite sensibilities. “This latest rule would use strict emissions requirements on auto manufacturers to effectively ban gas powered vehicles. “The President’s energy age… Continue Reading
03.20.24
McConnell Remarks On Restoring Trust In Judiciary
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding national injunctions: “Here on the floor yesterday, the Democratic Leader defended his efforts to restrict rural Americans’ access to justice. And he laid plain some rather partisan goals. “Apparently, our colleague is upset that he still has not managed to bully the Judicial Conference into embracing his vision of unequal justice. “During the course of h… Continue Reading
03.20.24
McConnell On Democrat Attempts To Strong-arm Israel
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Israel: “More than five months after the butchery of October 7th, Israelis are overwhelmingly united behind their government’s unity war cabinet in support of ongoing military operations against Hamas. “By contrast, some prominent American Democrats are increasingly vocal in their belief that Israel’s unity government and voters are wrong. “That is, after… Continue Reading
03.19.24
Congress’ Next Moves Will Shape America’s Global Influence
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: “Over the weekend, Putin claimed electoral victory in a display of his regime’s disdain for the Russian people. With a fresh six-year term in office, he’s on track to pass Joseph Stalin as the longest-ruling despot in modern Russian history. “For the past two years, Putin has sacrificed tens of thousands of his countrymen on t… Continue Reading
03.19.24
McConnell On FY 24 Appropriations Process
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding government funding: “This week, the Senate faces one more test to complete the annual appropriations process. And the stakes couldn’t be higher for America’s security - at home and abroad. “The work we have outstanding amounts to nearly seventy percent of the discretionary budget. Once again, I’m grateful to our colleagues on the Appropriations Committee f… Continue Reading
