Remarks
Leader McConnell Delivers Remarks On Lessons Of Leadership & Work Ahead
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor: “It’s not entirely clear yet how or when Congress will conclude its end-of-year business. But when the Senate does adjourn, it’ll just about mark the end of my tenure as Republican Leader. “I’ve made it clear this year that our colleagues haven’t seen the last of me. I still fully intend to keep frustrating my critics in the years ahead. “But while I still command… Continue Reading
12.19.24
Leader McConnell Thanks Chief of Staff Sharon Soderstrom
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor thanking longtime Chief of Staff, Sharon Soderstrom: “For months now, I’ve been calling the Senate’s attention to the extraordinary people who have served me, this institution, and our nation so well - and for so long - in the Republican Leader’s office. “Today, I’ve reached the end of the list. My one remaining task is to prepare our colleagues for a Senate without… Continue Reading
12.18.24
McConnell Remarks On The Water Resources Development Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the Water Resources Development Act: “Last week, the House passed the water resources bill with broad, bipartisan support. Today, it’s the Senate’s turn to act. “Thanks in large part to the leadership of Ranking Member Capito and her team, the sensible legislation before us will strengthen our nation’s water infrastructure from the Everglades to the Port o… Continue Reading
12.18.24
McConnell On Push To Commute Mass Murderers: “No Legacy A President Should Seek”
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 pardons: “President Biden’s decision earlier this month to pardon his son may well have set a unique and unfortunate precedent. But abuse of the presidential pardon doesn’t stop there. “Last week, the President went on to commute 1,500 sentences. And the way liberal activists see it, he should have done even more. “More than twenty liber… Continue Reading
12.18.24
McConnell Remarks On Retiring Senator Kyrsten Sinema
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ): “I’d like to close with just a few words about another of our departing colleagues, the senior Senator from Arizona. “It’s perhaps unconventional for the leader of one party to pay formal tribute to a departing Senator who’s caucused with the other side. “But then, Kyrsten Sinema has never had trouble with bucking a trend. … Continue Reading
12.17.24
Leader McConnell Thanks Deputy Chief Of Staff Stef Muchow
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor thanking longtime aide, Stefanie Muchow: “For many years running, a familiar morning ritual has played out just a few steps from my desk here in the Capitol. “A lamp turns on, illuminating a shelf where an embroidered pillow reads, ‘Not my circus, not my monkeys’… “Invariably, a cold Diet Coke is cracked open… “Perhaps, a moment of reflection on Peggy Noonan’s tim… Continue Reading
12.16.24
McConnell Remarks On Outstanding Business
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Senate business: “As is typical this time of year, the Senate’s attention is focused squarely on a long list of business with deadlines fast-approaching. “Extending government funding by Friday is our top priority. Shutting the government down is a one-way ticket to needless disruption of important functions. It has never been a winning proposition, and th… Continue Reading
12.16.24
McConnell Honors Departing Senator Mike Braun
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Senator Mike Braun (R-IN): “My earliest participation in politics was wearing an ‘I Like Ike’ pin on school picture day. Well, last month, the state of Indiana was chanting ‘I like Mike’. “Mike Braun’s fellow Hoosiers like him so much, in fact, they’ve decided to steal him back from Washington to be their governor. And if I know anything about Indiana’s ju… Continue Reading
12.10.24
McConnell Remarks On Biden Admin. Big Labor Agenda, NLRB
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the National Labor Relations Board: “On January 20th, 2021, President Biden broke with longstanding precedent and fired the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. “I guess if you campaign on establishing ‘the most pro-union administration in American history’, then replacing duly appointed officials with Big Labor acolytes is certainly a Da… Continue Reading
12.10.24
McConnell: Bipartisan JUDGES Act Takes Commonsense Step Toward Swifter Justice
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the federal judiciary: “On matters of the federal judiciary - its membership, its independence, and its ethics - I’ve often found myself at increasingly stark odds with many of my Democratic colleagues. It’s unfortunate, but I don’t intend to stop policing the separation of powers any sooner than the left stops trying to undermine it. “But over the past ye… Continue Reading
12.09.24
McConnell Remarks On Fall Of Assad Regime In Syria
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Syria: “In a matter of weeks, President Biden will hand off his authority to a new Commander in Chief, and his administration will submit its stewardship of U.S. foreign and national security policy to the judgment of posterity. “Already, the contours of history are coming into focus: on this Administration’s watch, and frequently at its tacit invitation, … Continue Reading
12.07.24
McConnell Remarks Accepting ‘Peace Through Strength’ Award At Reagan National Defense Forum
SIMI VALLEY, C.A. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks at the Reagan National Defense Forum. Below is the text as prepared for delivery: “I’m glad to be with all of you. And I’m so honored by this recognition. “I believe in American primacy and in the power of alliances. I make no apology for these beliefs, and I trace them directly to the example of our 40th president. “President Reagan’s leadership was a source both of professional wisdom a… Continue Reading
12.05.24
Leader McConnell Thanks Deputy Chief Of Staff Scott Raab
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor thanking longtime aide, Scott Raab: “Every year, scores of bright young people arrive on Capitol Hill to begin careers of public service. On the whole, they tend to be bright, ambitious, principled, and patriotic. And I’ve been fortunate to have the best of them on my team. “But I’m certain that no one has ever shown up on Day One better prepared to help advocate fo… Continue Reading
12.04.24
McConnell Remarks on George Will's 50 Years at The Washington Post
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Washington Post columnist George Will: “For just a few moments, I’d like to call our colleagues’ attention to a rather rarefied milestone in Washington, and in our national political discourse - fifty years of columns from George Will of The Washington Post. “Perhaps, in some other biography of some other figure approaching George’s intellectual stature, t… Continue Reading
12.04.24
McConnell Honors Retiring Senator Mitt Romney
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT): “At the end of the year, the Senate will bid farewell to a number of distinguished colleagues who are starting well-deserved next chapters. In the coming weeks, I’ll single out a few of them for particular praise. “It seems fitting to begin with someone whose retirement is a departure not just from the Senate, but from a long an… Continue Reading
12.04.24
McConnell Remarks on Israel-Hizballah Ceasefire
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Israel: “It’s been a week since Israel and Hizballah agreed to a ceasefire. War is hell, and I hope sincerely that this marks a durable end to the immediate conflict. “But hope is not a strategy, and I know better than to expect honest dealing from hardened terrorists. “It would be naïve enough a year and a half ago to believe Iran and its proxies had sud… Continue Reading
12.02.24
McConnell On Judges Un-Retiring: ‘If You Play Political Games, Expect Political Prizes.’
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominees: “Just before Thanksgiving, the Senate reached a deal on judicial nominees. “Republicans would forego our available procedural roadblocks on the remaining nominations to district courts—which have the votes to be confirmed—and in exchange the Democratic Leader won’t bring any of the remaining nominations to circuit courts to the floor—bec… Continue Reading
12.02.24
McConnell: It’s Well Past Time For The Senate To Pass NDAA, Government Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding outstanding business: “The Senate has three weeks to complete some of the most important business of the year. And at this late hour, we’ll have to act on legislation that comes to us from the House. “But let’s be absolutely clear: December drama is not the way to demonstrate we’re serious about our most basic governing responsibilities. “With the excepti… Continue Reading
11.21.24
Leader McConnell Thanks Communications Director David Popp
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor thanking leadership staff: “It’s a busy time around Washington. Newly-elected colleagues who will join us in January are hiring staff and getting acquainted with the rhythms of the nation’s capital. I imagine that seasoned veterans are passing along a familiar bit of advice, attributed to President Harry Truman: “’If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.’ “It… Continue Reading
11.20.24
McConnell Thanks Essential Senate Floor Staff
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor thanking Senate staff: “I’d like to take some more time today to salute the outstanding Senate staff who my team and I have relied on during our time in the Republican Leader’s office. “First, I’d like to offer more fulsome thanks to the Official Reporters of Debates - the ears of the nation here on the Senate floor. “Always listening. Carefully recording. And much… Continue Reading
