McConnell Commends CMS Decision to Cover CT Scans for Lung Cancer Screenings
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released the following statement today regarding the decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that low-dose computerized tomography (CT) scans will be covered by Medicare. “Today’s announcement is welcome news and I applaud CMS for its decision to allow Medicare to cover lung […]
McConnell Statement on the Visit of Pope Francis on September 24
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell issued the following statement regarding Pope Francis’ visit to the Capitol: “The American people look forward to hearing Pope Francis’ call to love our neighbors and to find new and creative ways to meet the pressing needs of those who exist on the fringes of society. From […]
McConnell Statement on the President’s Budget and Coal
McConnell Statement on the President’s Budget and Coal WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released the following statement regarding the President’s plan for those struggling under his anti-coal Administration: “It is cold comfort for the Obama Administration to suddenly propose easing the pain they’ve helped inflict on so many Kentucky coal families, […]
McConnell Statement on the President’s Budget
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell issued the following statement regarding the President’s budget: “President Obama promised in the State of the Union to deliver a budget filled with ‘ideas that are practical, not partisan.’ Unfortunately, what we saw this morning was another top-down, backward-looking document that caters to powerful political bosses […]
Senator McConnell Joins Committee Overseeing EPA Budget; Remains Committed to Fighting Agency of Behalf of Kentucky’s Coal Miners
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that he has joined the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies for the 114th Congress. The panel oversees the budget for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). “This Administration continues its war against Kentucky coal jobs, our miners and their families and I have vowed […]
U.S. Senate Honors Wendell H. Ford
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator Rand Paul introduced—and the Senate passed—a resolution honoring former United States Senator for the Commonwealth of Kentucky Wendell H. Ford. The text of the resolution follows: SENATE RESOLUTION 38 Whereas Wendell H. Ford was born in Daviess County, Kentucky in 1924, and attended the […]
March for Life
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement today in support of the annual March for Life held in our Nation’s Capital: “Today, countless Americans — and many Kentuckians — will gather in Washington to give witness to the idea that a just society begins with defending the most innocent […]
Lee, McConnell Introduce Comp-Time Bill to Help Working Families
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Mike Lee and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced a bill to help workers handle the constant challenge of work-life balance by allowing all individuals who work overtime to choose between monetary compensation or comp-time. The “Working Family Flexibility Act” would free workers to choose the best way to alleviate the difficulties of juggling […]
McConnell Statement on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell issued the following statement honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: “As Americans we honor the memory of a man who stirred the conscience of a nation. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had an unswerving commitment to the equality of all Americans, and a firm dedication to […]
McConnell on the Resignation of Marilyn Tavenner
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell issued the following statement regarding the resignation of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner: “The role of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator is supposed to be about overseeing these important programs, not implementing a gigantic, unworkable law that hurts […]