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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
02.07.23
ICYMI: McConnell on The Guy Benson Show and The Story
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) joined Guy Benson on Fox News Radio's 'The Guy Benson Show' and Martha MacCallum on Fox News' 'The Story' this afternoon. See below for highlights or click here and here for the full interviews. On the State of the Union: "I think a good way to start is to talk about what the President's job is tonight. I just looked at a poll today, you may well have referred to it, that said only 13% of Americans thought the state of the… Continue Reading
10.13.22
McConnell Statement on New Inflation Report
LOUISVILLE, KY - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement today regarding today's inflation report: "Democrats' runaway inflation continues to crush working families with no relief in sight. "Democrats have produced staggering 13.5% inflation since January 2021. That was shortly before Sen. Schumer said 'I do not think the dangers of inflation, at least in the near term, are very real' and every Senate Democrat cast the tiebreaking vote for runaway … Continue Reading
08.10.22
Democrats Cheer 8.5% Inflation That Is Crushing Americans
LOUISVILLE, KY - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement this afternoon regarding inflation: "Only these reckless Washington Democrats could see another month of crushing 8.5% inflation and try to spin it as a win for themselves. "Prices keep skyrocketing upward at historic rates. Democrats have hammered working families with the worst food inflation and grocery inflation since 1979. The American people are paying a Democrat Inflation Tax of more tha… Continue Reading
07.14.22
ICYMI: McConnell on The Story
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 Democrats' Runaway Inflation: "One clear reason we're suffering from 40-year high inflation: the $1.9 trillion so-called rescue package passed last year in March without a single Republican vote, which Bill Clinton's Secretary of the Treasury, Larry Summers said at t… 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
03.01.22
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
12.02.21
ICYMI: Leader McConnell on America’s Newsroom
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) joined Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino this morning on Fox News' America's Newsroom. Click here to watch the full interview or see below for highlights: On Federal Vaccine Mandates: "Well, I think there is good news. Multiple courts have pushed the pause button on these government vaccine mandates. There is a decent chance the courts will strike them down. Secondly, next week we are going to have a vote on the vaccine mandate … Continue Reading
11.18.21
ICYMI: McConnell on The Guy Benson Show
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) joined Guy Benson this afternoon on Fox News Radio's 'The Guy Benson Show'. See below for highlights or click here to listen to the full interview: On the Democrats' Reckless Tax and Spending Spree: "What's happening here, Guy, is the Speaker is marching the House Democratic conference, or at least those that put them in the majority in swing states, right off the cliff. Marching them right off the cliff. Pursuing this ide… 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
10.06.21
McConnell Statement on Democrats’ Self-Created Debt Limit Crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement today on the debt limit: "The unified Democratic government had two and a half months to address the debt limit through reconciliation. Instead, they drifted to the doorstep of yet another self-created Democrat crisis. Whether through miscalculation or a deliberate effort to bully their own members into wrecking the Senate, top Democrats have risked adding a default crisis to the inflation cri… Continue Reading
10.04.21
McConnell Letter to President Biden on Debt Limit
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) sent the following letter to President Biden this morning regarding congressional Democrats' duty to raise the debt limit: "Dear President Biden: "For many years, our working relationship has been defined not only by our strong disagreements, but also by mutual transparency and respectful candor. I write in that spirit to express concern that our nation is sleepwalking toward significant and avoidable danger because of con… Continue Reading
