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Democrats Want to Control Everything — Except Runaway Crime
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding violent crime: "Crime in our nation's capital is out of control. Washington D.C. has already seen about three dozen homicides in just the first two months of the year - a 35% increase over last year's pace. "There have been more than 1,300 thefts from autos - a 25% increase over last year's pace. "And more than 1,100 thefts of motor vehicles, including ca… Continue Reading
02.15.23
President Biden’s Inflation Just Keeps Getting Worse
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding inflation: "Last week, President Biden spent part of his State of the Union address celebrating what he seemed to think was a victory over inflation. "Yesterday, another wave of official figures confirmed what working families already knew: "The President was wrong. The Democrats' football-spiking was premature. The American people are hurting badly. "Th… Continue Reading
02.13.23
Fentanyl Crossing Our Southern Border Is Killing Kentuckians
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding fentanyl and the border crisis: "'Losing a child is the hardest thing that can ever happen to a parent. It's out of the natural order.' "Madam President, those are the words of a grieving father in Bowling Green, Kentucky. After struggling for years against opioid addiction, his son was killed by a lethal dose of fentanyl in 2021. "That year marked a seco… Continue Reading
02.09.23
McConnell on the State of the Union: Americans Deserve Accountability, Not Excuses
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding President Biden's State of the Union Address: "Thirteen percent of the American people believe the state of our union is 'strong.' "Just 16 percent say they are better off financially today than they were two years ago. "But on Tuesday night, it took President Biden the most words in the history of the State of the Union to declare that everything is goin… Continue Reading
02.07.23
Biden Administration Delivers Second Year of Overwhelming Failures
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding President Biden's State of the Union: "This evening, President Biden will begin the back half of his term with his State of the Union address to Congress. "But the White House's attempts to script the message for this week have been upset by recent events. Over the last several days, the country learned that on President Biden's watch, the state of our uni… Continue Reading
02.01.23
“Reverse Robin Hood”: Democrats’ Student Loan Socialism Robs the Working Class
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: "There are lots of egregious ways that President Biden has wasted taxpayer money trying to buy up his low approval ratings. But the Democrats' proposal for student loan socialism is one of the worst. "It's like the Democrats paid scientists in a lab to invent the most unfair government handout that could possibly exist. "Democrats … Continue Reading
12.13.22
Ukraine Support Is One Example of American Leadership Paying Dividends
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Ukraine and national defense: "Senate Republicans have spent months focused on the need for a strong, bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act and robust funding for our Armed Forces. "Defending our homeland, deterring future threats, and supporting our allies and partners should not be last-minute low priorities. "They're fundamental duties if we wa… Continue Reading
11.28.22
Runaway Inflation Hurting Working Families in Georgia and the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding inflation: "Last week our nation celebrated one of our great, distinctly American holidays. "In President Reagan's Thanksgiving proclamation in 1982, he wrote eloquently of the, 'divine plan [that] placed this great continent here between the oceans to be found by people from every corner of the Earth who had a special love of faith and freedom.' "On Thur… Continue Reading
11.17.22
McConnell Remarks on Reelection as Senate Republican Leader
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the Senate leadership elections: "Yesterday, the Republican Conference met to select its leadership team for the 118th Congress. "I am deeply honored that my remarkable colleagues on this side of the aisle decided to re-hire me for another term as Republican Leader. "I'm proud of Senators Thune, Barrasso, Ernst, Capito, and Daines, who were also elected t… Continue Reading
11.14.22
A Divided America Agrees That Democrats’ Failures Are Hurting the Country
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the midterm elections: "Last week's midterm elections re-confirmed something that's been clear for a number of years: When it comes to politics and policy, we are a closely divided nation. "For the third straight election, our closely divided nation saw a closely fought election go all the way down to the wire. And as the dust settles, for the third straig… Continue Reading
09.29.22
Democrats Blocking American Energy, Raising Prices, and Draining our Emergency Reserve
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding energy: "Families across America have felt the brunt of this all-Democratic government's failed energy policies. "When gas prices were skyrocketing, the Biden Administration insisted up and down they had no control over them. When the prices started to level off, the same politicians asked for a round of applause. "Funny how that works. "Here's what work… Continue Reading
09.28.22
Democrats’ Total Control Has Produced Total Economic Disaster
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding inflation: "Two years ago, the American people elected a President who claimed he would govern as a uniting moderate. Underscoring that mandate, voters gave him unusually small coattails, the slimmest possible majority in Congress. "This all-Democratic government inherited an economy that was, by every account, already primed and ready for economic recover… Continue Reading
09.21.22
Runaway Inflation Hurting States Whose Democratic Senator Voted to Cause It
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding inflation: "On Sunday's edition of 60 Minutes, President Biden made a bizarre attempt to deny the American people's pain from Democrats' runaway inflation. "After the latest nationwide data reported that consumer prices are rising at 8.3%, year-on-year, the President suggested the country should be celebrating that they weren't rising even faster! "Workin… Continue Reading
09.20.22
Inflation Is Hammering States Where Both Democratic Senators Brought It On
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding inflation: "Washington Democrats' runaway inflation has caused a nationwide crisis. It's put working families and small businesses in a bind from coast to coast. "Since President Biden took office, inflation has shot up a staggering 13.2%. "For the average American household, this translates to hundreds and hundreds of extra dollars every month. Working o… Continue Reading
09.14.22
Democrats Celebrate Inflation and Market Plunge With White House Party
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding inflation: "The American people's number-one priority is the runaway inflation that is smashing their family budgets and crushing our economy. "Yesterday, the latest inflation report showed that soaring prices are still completely out of control. "Inflation has totaled 13.2% since the day President Biden took office. "We've just had the worst 12 months f… Continue Reading
09.13.22
Democrats’ Inflation Keeps Pummeling Families with Worse-Than-Expected Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding inflation: "Just a few minutes ago, yet again, the American people received a monthly inflation report that was even worse than the expert predictions. "The expectation was that Democrats' runaway inflation might finally begin to level off. The topline inflation rate was expected to fall. Instead, yet again, the opposite happened. Overall inflation was up … Continue Reading
09.12.22
Democrats Ignore Economic Challenges They Created for Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the economy: "Tomorrow, the Labor Department will release the latest monthly update on the Democrats' inflation. "But of course, the American people hardly need government statisticians to explain to them that Washington Democrats' reckless spending has sent prices skyrocketing. "Working families have been feeling this pain in their pocketbooks every sing… Continue Reading
09.08.22
Democrats Taking California’s Energy Failures Nationwide
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding energy: "I've been talking all week about the ways that liberal policies hurt American families in their daily lives. "After two years of total Democrat control in Washington, we've seen how reckless spending comes home to roost in the form of decades-high inflation and shrinking paychecks for working Americans. "We've seen what happens when one of our tw… Continue Reading
09.07.22
Democrats’ Reckless Spending Has Hurt Kentuckians and All Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding inflation: "Washington Democrats have spent nearly two years borrowing, printing, and spending our economy into turmoil. "Families and businesses across Middle America are paying the price. I met with many of them in my home state of Kentucky over the past few weeks. "Since President Biden took office, prices in the Commonwealth have spiked by 13%. At the… Continue Reading
08.06.22
Democrats Who Caused Inflation Prepare Another Reckless Taxing-and-Spending Spree
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Democrats' Reckless Tax and Spending Spree: "A year and a half ago, Democrats misread a 50-50 Senate as a mandate for $1.9 trillion in party-line reckless spending. "The result has been the worst inflation in 40 years. With Democrats in charge, working families are having to spend thousands of extra dollars a year just to tread water. "Grocery costs are t… Continue Reading
