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McConnell on Coronavirus Relief: ‘The House’s Bill Must Only Be The Beginning’
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the coronavirus: "The new coronavirus that has spread from China throughout the world is challenging our nation in new ways. "Across our country, daily routines are being disrupted. "Families are grappling with school closings and changes to childcare. "Major American companies and institutions are modifying how they do business. "And a growing number of … Continue Reading
03.12.20
McConnell: Republicans Ready to Work with Democrats on Serious Solutions to Help our Nation
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the coronavirus: "Last night, President Trump addressed the nation on the broader, ongoing effort to slow and mitigate the spread of the virus on American soil. "As I've noted here on the floor, the administration's early, proactive measures to repatriate U.S. citizens and restrict travel from China bought more time for public health professionals to prepare… Continue Reading
03.12.20
McConnell Updates Senate on Non-Official Access to the Capitol
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the suspension of public tours and non-official access to the Capitol complex: "This morning, the Senate and House Sergeants at Arms announced the suspension of public tours and non-official access to the Capitol complex, beginning at the close of business today and running through the end of March. "Their decision was made in close consultation with the Att… Continue Reading
03.11.20
McConnell on Coronavirus: This Should Not Be a Time for Partisan Bickering
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding coronavirus: 'Yesterday, President Trump visited the Capitol to discuss the ongoing efforts to fight the new coronavirus and its growing footprint here in the United States. 'As Vice President Pence, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and the other administration experts related in their briefing yesterday, we should expect the number of cases to continue to climb throughou… Continue Reading
03.10.20
McConnell Offers Update on Coronavirus
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the coronavirus: 'Yesterday evening, the President, the Vice President, and their task force offered an extensive public briefing on ongoing efforts to combat this new virus which has spread from China throughout the world. 'As the director of the CDC explained, officials are now tracking more than 500 cases across the country. Nationwide, the risk to any in… Continue Reading
03.09.20
McConnell: Bipartisan Coronavirus Funding Will Support Kentucky and All 50 States
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the coronavirus: 'Our nation is continuing to confront the public health challenge posed by the new coronavirus. 'Right now, as Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health reminds us, the risk that any individual American will contract the disease currently remains low. This is not a time for fear. It is a time to continue calmly scaling up the se… Continue Reading
03.04.20
McConnell Provides Update on Supplemental Funding to Combat the Coronavirus
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the coronavirus: 'Last week, I described how Congress could quickly secure supplemental funding to combat the coronavirus. The way to secure these urgently-needed resources with speed and certainty was to forego partisan posturing, forego micromanagement at the leadership level, and let bipartisan appropriators do their work. 'Since then, Chairman Shelby, Se… Continue Reading
03.02.20
McConnell on Bipartisan Coronavirus Funding: “The Senate’s Immediate Role is Clear”
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the coronavirus, COVID-19: 'The new coronavirus, or COVID-19, continued to capture headlines over the weekend. News of the first American deaths related to the disease confirm this is a public health challenge that is upon us. 'The Senate's immediate role is clear: We need to support the federal, state, and local public health officials and healthcare profes… Continue Reading
02.27.20
McConnell Discusses Supplemental Funding to Combat Coronavirus
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the new coronavirus, COVID-19: 'The continued spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, has the world on notice. 'Here in the United States, we are fortunate not to be facing an immediate crisis. In response to early reports of the outbreak, the Administration began monitoring efforts and enacted common-sense travel restrictions to help blunt and delay the s… Continue Reading
11.05.19
Democrats Block Defense Funding, Promote Destructive Socialism
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor discussing Democrats blocking funding for defense and their continued efforts to grab unprecedented control over American families' daily lives: "Last week, the nation saw several pivotal moments that shed light on the current state of the Democratic Party. "Here in the Senate, as I mentioned, Democrats chose to filibuster funding for our national defense for the s… Continue Reading
10.30.19
Democrats Want to Increase Premiums, Rollback States’ Flexibility and Health Care Choices
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Democrats' effort to undermine a successful Trump administration health care policy for states across the country: "Our Democratic colleagues do apparently have time to push for show votes on messaging resolutions with no chance of becoming law. "This week's installment is a Democratic effort to limit the flexibility that governors of both parties have utili… Continue Reading
10.29.19
Democrats Want to Restrict States’ Ability to Lower Premiums and Increase Health Care Choices
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the regarding Democrats' effort to undermine a successful Trump administration healthcare policy for families across the country: "This week, we will vote on another effort by our Democratic colleagues to undo successful Trump administration policy. In recent days, our colleagues across the aisle have forced two failed votes on similar resolutions. "One woul… Continue Reading
07.24.19
McConnell: Encouraging to See the Reduction in Overdose Deaths Across the Country
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the nationwide battle against opioids: "The epidemic of opioid and substance abuse has wreaked havoc throughout the country. More than two million Americans suffer from opioid addiction. For years, the situation only seemed to get worse and worse. Unfortunately, my home state of Kentucky saw the pain firsthand. We're among the hardest-hit states by this crisis. "… Continue Reading
05.23.19
Experts, Advocates and Public Health Groups Rallying Around the Tobacco-Free Youth Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding legislation to raise the national minimum age for purchasing tobacco products to 21: "Earlier this week, along with Senator Kaine, I introduced new legislation to raise the national minimum age for purchasing tobacco products to 21. Now, it has generated some attention that senators for Kentucky and Virginia, states with some connection to tobacco farming and production… Continue Reading
05.22.19
Public Health Groups Express Support for the Tobacco-Free Youth Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding legislation to make 21 the new minimum age for purchasing any tobacco product: "On Monday, I introduced legislation to raise the national minimum age for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 21. I walked through the long history of our nation's complicated relationship with this major cash crop. I laid out the challenges facing tobacco farmers in Kentucky and in other… Continue Reading
05.20.19
McConnell Introduces Legislation to Make 21 the New Minimum Age for Purchasing Tobacco Products
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding legislation to make 21 the new minimum age for purchasing any tobacco product: "Today, I am introducing federal legislation to make 21 the new minimum age for purchasing any tobacco product, anywhere in the United States. Let me say that again. A new age, nationwide, for purchasing anything classified as a tobacco product - cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vapor products, and … Continue Reading
05.16.19
Senate Republicans Won’t Let These Far-Left Dreams Get in the Way of Progress for Middle-Class Families
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the benefits Americans continue to see from the Republican pro-opportunity, pro-growth agenda: "This week, I've been discussing the stark contrast between the remarkable opportunity economy that Republican policies have helped unlock for the middle class and my Democratic colleagues' hard turn toward far-left ideas that would stifle the progress. My colleagues across th… Continue Reading
05.02.19
McConnell: Ill-Fated Paris Deal Will Go Nowhere in the Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding an effort from House Democrats to remain in the Obama-era Paris agreement on greenhouse gas emissions: "As I've mentioned, there's been a remarkable development this week in the House. The Rules Committee held the first hearing to discuss 'Medicare for None.' It was another demonstration of how disconnected my Democratic colleagues' agenda has become from the best inte… Continue Reading
05.01.19
Congressional Democrats Continue to Push Untested Government Takeover with ‘Medicare for None’
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding bills from Washington Democrats that would force all Americans into a government-run healthcare system: "Unfortunately, while the Senate may be writing a new chapter of bipartisan productivity, the same cannot be said for the House under Democratic leadership. On this side of the Capitol, we've passed timely legislation to address real, urgent policy priorities. S. 1, … Continue Reading
04.30.19
Medicare for None: A Fantasy Pulled from the Farthest Corners of the Left
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding bills from Washington Democrats that would force all Americans into a government-run healthcare system: "Lest there be any doubt that my Democratic colleagues here in Congress are serious about their party's radical left turn, the House Rules Committee is actually holding a hearing today on their proposal to outlaw private health insurance and force every American into … Continue Reading
