Senate Should Not Confirm a Veteran of the Job-Killing War on Coal

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding infrastructure:  “This week, the Senate is set to vote on President Biden’s nominee to be Deputy Administrator of the EPA.  “The nominee needs no introduction for my fellow Kentuckians and... Continue Reading

Congress Cannot Let Up on Dangerous Fentanyl Analogues

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding fentanyl:  “As I noted here on the floor last week, the unaccompanied children packed into overflowing facilities are not the only tragic consequence of our failure to secure our border.... Continue Reading

Biden Administration Foreign Policy: Concessions and Wishful Thinking

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding foreign policy:  “The past few months have given the world a glimpse at what’s driving U.S. foreign policy decisions under the Biden administration. First came a rush to rejoin a climate... Continue Reading

Democrats’ Spending Proposal is Neither an “Infrastructure” Plan nor a “Jobs Plan”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding infrastructure: “It’s been nearly a month since the Biden Administration rolled out its so-called “infrastructure” plan. It quickly became clear their proposal mainly focused on everything but the things normal... Continue Reading

H.R. 1 Would Create a Stunning One-Party Takeover of Voting Laws and Elections in Our Country

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding H.R. 1: “Earlier this week, the Democratic leadership of the Judiciary Committee convened a hearing with the embarrassing title of ‘Jim Crow 2021.’ “It was the latest effort to use... Continue Reading

Biden Climate Agenda: Toothless Requests Abroad, Maximum Pain at Home

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding climate policy:  “Yesterday, I mentioned that the DNA of the far-left Green New Deal is all over President Biden’s spending bills. That wasn’t just my opinion; it was the verdict... Continue Reading

“I Will Strongly Oppose Confirming Vanita Gupta to Serve as Associate Attorney General”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding nominations:  “Over the past few months, Senate Republicans have made clear that we believe a President is entitled to choose qualified, mainstream nominees to staff the executive branch and receive... Continue Reading

Biden Administration’s “Infrastructure” Bill is a Patchwork of Left-Wing Social Engineering

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding infrastructure:  “Early on, a major theme of the Biden Administration has been false advertising. “We have the so-called ‘COVID relief bill’ that broke a long bipartisan streak on pandemic response... Continue Reading

Misguided Afghanistan Plan Creates More Questions than Answers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Afghanistan: “This afternoon, President Biden is sending his top national security officials to brief members on his misguided plan to abandon the battlefield in Afghanistan. “As I said when this... Continue Reading

McConnell Blasts Liberal Efforts to Go Soft on Fentanyl Analogues

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the opioid crisis: “Of course, the flow of actual people is not our only border security problem. “Americans are dying and communities are being hollowed out because foreign drug dealers... Continue Reading