Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
Addison Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell, Jr.is the senior United States Senator from Kentucky. A member of the Republican Party, he has been the Majority Leader of the Senate since January 3, 2015. He is the 15th Senate Republican Leader and the second Kentuckian to lead his party in the Senate. He is also the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Kentucky history...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 February 1942
CitySheffield, AL
CountryUnited States of America
Americans don't think we should be raising taxes on anybody, especially in the middle of a recession.
For everybody who thinks it's warming, I can find somebody who thinks it isn't.
What we do know is that the American people, regardless of how they feel about the abortion issue, don't think that taxpayer money ought to be used to pay for abortions.
I'm in favor of doing tax reform, but I think tax reform ought to be revenue neutral as it was back during the [Ronald] Reagan years. We've resolved this issue.
I think the important thing to remember here is that we haven't been attacked again at home since September of 2001.
By their own admission, leaders of the Republican Revolution of 1994 think their greatest mistake was overlooking the power of the veto. They gave the impression they were somehow in charge when they weren't.
I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance at shooting. Most of us didn’t think that. What we did learn is this — it’s a hostage that’s worth ransoming. And it focuses the Congress on something that must be done.
You'll regret this, and you may regret this a lot sooner than you think.
All Citizens United did was to level the playing field for corporate speech. We now have, I think, the most free and open system we've had in modern times.
The Senate last week decided it wanted to go down this road, so my view is if the majority of the Senate wants to go down this path, let's make sure it's effective," ()
Bolton's exactly what the U.N. needs at this point. The president's right on the mark in picking him." ()
Bring on the debate. We're ready for it." ()
There's no question that the people of New York have to decide whether or not they think it's appropriate for someone from Arkansas to represent them in the Senate, ... And finally, there's the question of all the trips -- about $220,000 owed to the federal government for 11 trips to New York this year." ()
We can't go to the donor conference ... and ask countries around the world to contribute in the form of grants if we have just decided to send a bill to Iraq, thereby encumbering their oil, which is their only resource, to pay us back in the future," ()