Obamacare is Unsustainable

WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the necessary repeal and replacement of Obamacare:   “Let me begin with a statement of the obvious: Obamacare is a disaster.  An absolute disaster.  Just one in five Americans say their... Continue Reading

Pruitt is The Leader We Need at the EPA

WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the president’s nominee for EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt: “In just a few minutes we’ll have the opportunity to confirm the nominee for the Office of Management and Budget. I had several... Continue Reading

Senate Stands Up For Constitutional Rights of the Disabled

WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the repeal of more regulations put in place by the Obama Administration as well as the Senate’s upcoming confirmation vote on Rep. Mick Mulvaney for Director of the OMB: “The Senate... Continue Reading

McConnell Welcomes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington, D.C.: “Let me begin by welcoming a true friend of the United States: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who will be visiting the... Continue Reading

Senate Democrats Causing Slowest Cabinet Confirmation Process in Modern History

“Over the past several weeks we’ve seen unprecedented obstruction from our colleagues across the aisle.  It’s made the confirmation of this president’s nominees the slowest in modern history. It’s left several key departments without a permanent secretary at the helm for far too long.  “And what’s the point other than... Continue Reading

Senate Democrats Should Follow The ‘Ginsburg Standard’ and Not A ‘Double Standard’ in Considering the Gorsuch Nomination

”When President Clinton took office in 1993, he named his first nominee to the Supreme Court: Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  Ginsburg’s nomination was not without controversy. She had argued for positions that are still quite controversial today.  “For example, she had questioned the constitutionality of laws against bigamy because they implicated... Continue Reading

Leader McConnell Recognizes Senator Hatch, Longest-Serving Republican Senator

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor recognizing Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) as the longest-serving Republican Senator in U.S. history: “If I might, I’d like to begin this morning by directing some remarks to the Chair. I’d like... Continue Reading

The Senate Needs to Confirm the President’s Nominees

WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor on the need to confirm President Trump’s Cabinet, including Rep. Tom Price, MD, the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary nominee, and Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury Secretary nominee: “The nominee currently before... Continue Reading

McConnell on Sessions: Fair in Action. Bound to the Constitution. A Defender of Civil Rights.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the Senate’s upcoming vote to confirm Senator Jeff Sessions as Attorney General: “I’d like to say a word about the nominee we’re about to confirm.  We’ve long known our colleague... Continue Reading

Jeff Sessions: An Attorney General for All Americans

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the upcoming confirmation vote on Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General: “We came together yesterday to confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education, so she can get to work improving our... Continue Reading