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Biden Democrats’ Latest Attack on American Energy
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following statement regarding the Biden Administration's latest radical anti-energy policy: "By outsourcing his energy policy to the radical left, President Biden is outsourcing away America's energy security and independence. "Today, the EPA resurrected the devastating climate regulations that liberals have spent more than a decade trying to drop on folks in Kentucky, West Virginia, and the rest of coal coun… Continue Reading
04.01.22
ICYMI: McConnell on Fox News @ Night
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) joined Shannon Bream last night on Fox News' 'Fox News @ Night'. Click here to watch the full interview or see below for highlights: On Surging Gas Prices: "We were energy independent in 2019 and exporting oil and gas. Every solution [the Biden administration] come[s] up with involves somebody else sending energy to Europe rather than us. And with regard to dropping some of the reserves and the strategic petroleum reserves… Continue Reading
03.17.22
ICYMI: McConnell on ‘The Hugh Hewitt Show’
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) joined Hugh Hewitt this morning on 'The Hugh Hewitt Show'. Click here to watch the full interview or see below for highlights: On President Zelensky's Joint Address to Congress: "Well, inspiring once again. What a brave leader the Ukrainians have. They've been an inspiration to the whole world. And that said, yesterday, I appreciate the President's efforts, but he needs to step up his game. There's a lot more we need to… Continue Reading
03.01.22
ICYMI: McConnell on ‘The Story with Martha MacCallum’
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) joined Martha MacCallum this afternoon on Fox News' The Story with Martha MacCallum. Click here to watch the full interview or see below for highlights: On the Russia-Ukraine War: "I think the Ukrainians are inspiring us all and particularly their dynamic and outstanding president Zelensky. He's so brave. It's literally rallying the rest of the world behind him. Who would have ever thought you'd see demonstrations in the… Continue Reading
11.06.21
McConnell: Washington Democrats Ignoring Backlash to their Multi-Trillion-Dollar Nightmare
LOUISVILLE, KY. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement after House Democrats voted to advance Washington Democrats' reckless taxing and spending spree: "It says everything about today's Democratic Party that House Democrats held our country's basic infrastructure hostage for months over a reckless taxing and spending spree that would hurt families and help China. "The radical left refused to fund America's roads and bridges unless they got to ad… Continue Reading
11.20.19
Leader McConnell Meets with Secretary of Energy Nominee Dan Brouillette
Majority Leader McConnell welcomes to his office in the U.S. Capitol the president's nominee for Secretary of Energy. Photo download HERE. WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement after today's meeting with the president's nominee for Secretary of Energy, Dan Brouillette: "I was glad to meet today with Deputy Secretary Brouillette to discuss his nomination to lead the Department of Energy, the administration's ongoing efforts to sec… Continue Reading
10.18.19
McConnell Statement on Secretary Perry
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement today regarding U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry: "I'm grateful to Rick Perry for his long and distinguished career in public service. "His remarkable tenure as the longest-serving governor in Texas history saw the state take tremendous strides forward and rightly earned him a reputation as one of the most effective leaders in the nation. As Secretary of Energy, he has crafted and implemen… Continue Reading
01.24.19
Leader McConnell Meets with EPA Nominee Andrew Wheeler
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement after meeting with the president's nominee for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Andrew Wheeler: "I am very pleased with the president's nomination of Andrew Wheeler for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator. Having served as both Deputy Administrator and Acting Administrator at the EPA, Mr. Wheeler is eminently qualified to take over as the agency's Administr… Continue Reading
06.01.17
McConnell Statement on President’s Decision to Withdraw From the Unattainable Mandates of the Paris Climate Deal
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement regarding President Trump's decision today to withdraw from the Paris climate deal: "I applaud President Trump and his administration for dealing yet another significant blow to the Obama Administration's assault on domestic energy production and jobs. President Obama made commitments in this deal based off a costly power plan that we knew at the time was on shaky legal ground. By withdrawin… Continue Reading
03.24.17
Keystone XL Pipeline: Jobs, Economic Growth, Energy Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement on the Trump Administration's approval of the Keystone XL pipeline: "The building of the Keystone XL pipeline will create thousands of American jobs and pump billions of dollars into our nation's economy. Unfortunately, President Obama vetoed this infrastructure jobs bill in favor of liberal special-interests. President Trump is to be commended for taking this action today, which is a signifi… Continue Reading
12.14.16
Majority Leader McConnell’s Statement on Governor Rick Perry
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released the following statement regarding President-elect Trump's intention to nominate Governor Rick Perry as Energy Secretary: "President-elect Trump has made an outstanding choice with Governor Perry to head the Department of Energy with a focus on more American energy and more American jobs. For the past eight years, our nation's energy potential has been held back by an administration that put ideology and politics ahead of jo… Continue Reading
03.21.16
McConnell Letter to Governors: Court-Mandated Halt of Administration’s Anti-Coal Regulation Shows Merits of ‘Wait and See’ Approach
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wrote to the nation's governors today regarding the Supreme Court's recent nationwide stay of the Obama Administration's so-called "Clean Power Plan" (CPP) - a massive regulatory plan that will not have a meaningful impact on global emissions but will punish states' most vulnerable citizens and ship middle-class jobs overseas. The letter follows one he sent governors in March 2015, urging them to carefully review the consequences of t… Continue Reading
01.21.16
Senator McConnell Applauds Governor Bevin’s Decision to Seek Extension on EPA Regulation
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell commented today regarding Governor Matt Bevin's request for a 2-year extension to the Environmental Protection Agency's regulation that requires states to dramatically restructure their electricity systems based on how the agency thinks electricity should be produced and used in each state. "I applaud Governor Bevin for filing an extension and refusing to submit a plan until the legal challenges are addressed," Senator McConnell sai… Continue Reading
01.15.16
McConnell Statement on President Obama's Latest Attack on Coal
LOUISVILLE, KY - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell issued the following statement today regarding the Department of the Interior's (DOI) announcement on federal coal leasing: "At a time when Americans are calling on the Obama Administration to protect our nation and strengthen the Middle Class, the Administration is again making clear that its priorities are elsewhere. Today's announcement to halt federal coal leasing represents just the latest front in an ideological War on Coal … Continue Reading
01.12.16
McConnell Comments on President’s Final State of The Union Address
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell commented following President Obama's State of the Union Address and spoke to the importance of hosting a Kentucky coal miner as his guest tonight: SOTU RESPONSE: "Well he did the best job he could to try to convince Americans that somehow things are getting better in the United States and around the world. With regard to his foreign policy, Jimmy Carter summed it up pretty well earlier this summer when he said that he couldn't th… Continue Reading
12.14.15
McConnell Statement on the U.N. Climate Proposal
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement regarding the President's support for the United Nations climate proposal: "The climate proposal announced today represents nothing more than a long-term planning document. The President is making promises he can't keep, writing checks he can't cash, and stepping over the middle class to take credit for an 'agreement' that is subject to being shredded in 13 months. His commitments to help leaders abroad … Continue Reading
11.18.15
Senator McConnell Receives Award for Efforts Fighting War on Coal
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was honored today with the Annual Achievement Award by the Washington Coal Club for his work to defend Kentucky's coal jobs, miners and their families. Senator McConnell was presented the award by Bill Bissett, the President of the Kentucky Coal Association (KCA). KCA President Bill Bissett and members of the Washington Coal Club present Senator McConnell with the Annual Achievement Award. "I accept this award on behalf of our coal… Continue Reading
11.17.15
Senate Passes Bipartisan Measures to Overturn Obama Administration’s Anti-Coal Regulations
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States Senate tonight approved two resolutions of disapproval that would halt the Obama Administration's anti-coal regulations. The Senate voted to approve a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) sponsored by Senator McConnell and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) designed to stop the White House from imposing anti-jobs regulations that attack new coal-fired energy plants and their workers. The Senate also passed a separate disapproval resolut… Continue Reading
11.16.15
McConnell, Capito Begin Senate Process to Address Obama Administration’s Anti-Coal Regulations
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced today that he and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) placed their resolutions of disapproval regarding the Obama Administration's anti-coal regulations on the Senate's calendar, meaning they could come up for a vote as early as this week. Sen. McConnell and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) filed a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) last month that is designed to stop the White House from imposing anti-j… Continue Reading
11.06.15
McConnell Statement on President’s Rejection of Keystone Pipeline
LOUISVILLE, KY-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell today released the following statement after President Obama rejected construction of the Keystone jobs and infrastructure project: "I wish I were surprised by the President's decision to reject this jobs and infrastructure project. But it's become painfully clear that the President is more interested in appeasing deep-pocketed special interests and extremists than helping tens of thousands of Americans who could have benefited from Keystone… Continue Reading
