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McConnell Observes Police Week, Honors Fallen KY Officer
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Police Week: “This week, thousands of law enforcement personnel from across America will descend on our nation’s capital to pay solemn tribute to comrades killed in the line of duty. “The entire nation joins them once again in honoring service and sacrifice as we mark National Peace Officers Memorial Day and add the names of fallen heroes to the National L… Continue Reading
05.15.24
McConnell Commends Resolutions To Roll Back Biden Admin. Regulatory Overreach
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’d like to briefly commend several of our colleagues for their work on resolutions the Senate will consider to roll back yet another slate of Biden Administration overreach. “Today, we’ll vote on a resolution from Senator Schmitt to finally put the brakes on the Treasury Department’s extension of massive recovery fun… Continue Reading
05.14.24
McConnell Remarks On Princeton Offering ‘Restorative Justice’ To Hamas Sympathizers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding college campus protests: “Last month, I suggested that administrators at schools like Columbia - where nests of anti-Semitism were festering and growing - ought to follow the lead of Princeton, where trespassers were quickly arrested and removed by law-enforcement. “Unfortunately, Princeton may not be setting such a shining example, after all. The school h… Continue Reading
05.14.24
McConnell: Withholding Aid From Israel Gives Terrorists Lifeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Israel: “I’d like to begin my remarks today with a quote: “’The idea that we would cut off military aid to an ally - our only true, true ally in the entire region - is absolutely preposterous. It’s just beyond my comprehension why anyone would do that.’ “Five years ago, then-candidate Biden was saying the right thing about America’s commitment to the Jewi… Continue Reading
05.14.24
McConnell Remarks To Copenhagen Democracy Summit
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) recorded the following remarks for release today at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit: “Hello, I’m Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican Leader of the U.S. Senate. It’s an honor to be speaking to friends and allies at such a pivotal moment. “Today, we’re facing grave threats to the prevailing international order that the United States and allied democracies fought to establish after World War II. “It was a decade ago, as Russ… Continue Reading
05.09.24
McConnell Remarks On Biden Admin. Withholding Assistance to Israel
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding aid to Israel: “War is hell. It tears apart societies. It alters the course of entire civilizations. “And innocent noncombatants suffer. “Try as we might, humanity has not eradicated war or stripped it of its horrors. “But in the modern world, civilized nations hold themselves to the highest standards and take deliberate care to minimize harm to civilian… Continue Reading
05.09.24
McConnell Remarks On Liberal Campaign To Circumvent Judiciary Committee On Mangi Nomination
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 many times about Adeel Mangi, President Biden’s nominee for the Third Circuit. I’ve covered his shocking and deep association with virulent anti-Semites - and how he misled the Senate about them. “I’ve also covered his association with anti-police radicals. Just last week, it was revealed that Mr. Mangi had introduced one… Continue Reading
05.08.24
Prescription Drug Socialism Nips Life-Saving Cures In The Bud
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding prescription drug socialism: “Last week, the Biden Administration rolled out the second wave of guidance in the price-fixing scheme it calls the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. But as I said the first time around, the word ‘negotiation’ is doing a lot of work in that name. “Calling Administration bureaucrats’ strong-arm tactic a ‘negotiation’ is l… Continue Reading
05.08.24
McConnell Remarks On Support For Israel, Justice For Terrorists
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: “The attacks of October 7th brought the world face-to-face with the savage terrorists who have tried to destroy the Jewish state for decades. “They forced us all to take a sober look at what our ally, Israel, has to defend against every single day. “In the months since, I’ve insisted repeatedly that America should provide Isr… Continue Reading
05.07.24
McConnell Remarks On Ongoing Campus Chaos
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding college campus protests: “Yesterday, the world marked Holocaust Remembrance Day - an annual reminder of mankind’s horrifying capacity for evil, and of our obligation to combat hatred towards Jews wherever it emerges. “Today, of course, anti-Semitic hate is welling up amid the lawless radicalism on college campuses across our own country. “In the physical … Continue Reading
05.07.24
With Radicals Controlling Campuses, Biden Admin. Plows Forward On Student Loan Socialism
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding student loan socialism: “Last week brought news that some of the biggest names backing President Biden’s re-election campaign are also behind major left-wing groups stoking campus chaos - from training on occupation and resistance tactics to outright Hamas apologetics. “And as the Democratic Party’s biggest donors fund campus radicals’ anti-Semitic sabbati… Continue Reading
05.02.24
Washington Democrats Continue Attacks On Affordable Energy And Good-Paying Jobs
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: “Last week, the Biden Administration’s EPA finalized new regulations targeting producers of affordable and reliable American energy. The so-called Clean Power Plan 2.0 is just the latest front in Washington Democrats’ long and disastrous War on Coal. “These regulations would effectively force many power plants to close, endanger m… Continue Reading
05.02.24
McConnell: America Faces Grave Threats, Time To Invest Accordingly
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding defense spending: “Last Thursday, the Pentagon announced for the second time in as many weeks that U.S. military personnel would withdraw from years of work on security cooperation with major nations in North Africa. “America has now effectively been pushed out of Chad, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, making more room for Russia and China. “Here at home, a… Continue Reading
05.01.24
The Quickest Path To Peace: Destroy Hamas, Curb Iran’s 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: “I spoke yesterday about the failures of America’s so-called elite universities to maintain academic rigor, student safety, and basic order as their faculty and students become more radicalized. “The most alarming aspect of this chaos on campuses is the brazen expressions of anti-Semitism. “But the world’s oldest form of hate… Continue Reading
05.01.24
McConnell on Net Neutrality: Chicken Little, Chapter Two
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding net neutrality: “Six years ago, the junior Senator for Massachusetts warned that, ‘There will be a political price to pay for those on the wrong side of history’ in the Republican effort to repeal Obama-era net neutrality rules. “Then-Senator Harris warned that the end of net neutrality would, ‘imperil our economy while reducing innovation, entrepreneursh… Continue Reading
04.30.24
McConnell: Restore Order On Campus, Protect Jewish Students, Withdraw Radical Nominees
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding higher education and judicial nominations: “For months, the most elite corners of American higher education have made headlines for all the wrong reasons. Unfortunately, they’re still finding new ways to embarrass themselves with vile, anti-Semitic radicalism. “Beginning, of course, with yet more alarming declarations, like: “‘Burn Tel Aviv to the ground.… Continue Reading
04.23.24
McConnell Remarks On The National Security Supplemental
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: “To provide for the common defense is one of Congress’ primary responsibilities. “I’ve been at this business for quite a while, and I’ve found that making - and explaining - sensible decisions about advancing our nation’s interests is easier when you start from the right set of assumptions. “Here’s what I know to be true: “A… Continue Reading
04.23.24
McConnell Remarks On Passage Of National Security Supplemental
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the national security supplemental: “This is an extremely important day in the history of our country and of the free world. They are all watching waiting to see what we would do. “When Vladimir Putin escalated his war against Ukraine, I told our colleagues that allies and adversaries alike would pay very close attention to America’s response. “When Iran-… Continue Reading
04.19.24
McConnell: SHOP Act Delivers Real Solutions To Judge Shopping
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the SHOP Act: “My Democratic colleagues like to complain about judge shopping. Of course, their real complaint is that regular Americans are succeeding in opposing liberal policies in court. We know this because when it comes to real-life judge shopping, our friends on the other side of the aisle don’t seem to be bothered. “I recently introduced a bill, th… Continue Reading
04.19.24
McConnell: Senate Must Not Let Section 702 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: “For the past sixteen years, federal law enforcement and intelligence professionals have used Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to identify and minimize foreign threats to U.S. national security. “The carefully targeted authorities established back in 2008 are an essential tool for staying a step ahead of non-U.S. persons who s… Continue Reading
