In The News
03.09.2010
by US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell
‘Let’s start over and work together on step-by-step solutions that focus on cost, that actually lower costs, not the other way around’
In The News
03.09.2010
by Congressman Geoff Davis (KY 4)
Developing a love of reading in children from a young age establishes a strong foundation for future success. Literacy is fundamental to every child’s education and development. According to the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL), children who become proficient readers early in life are more likely to become better learners throughout their school years and beyond.
In The News
03.04.2010
by Republican Party of Kentucky
FRANKFORT – Today, the Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Kentucky unanimously adopted a resolution condemning President Obama, Speaker Pelosi and Leader Reid for refusing to follow “Pay As You Go” rules and commending Senator Bunning for supporting unemployment benefits without adding to the federal deficit.
In The News
03.03.2010
by Wall Street Journal Outlook
The Senator is vilified for following Obama's pay-as-you-go rules.
In The News
03.03.2010
by Congressman Geoff Davis
In early February, President Barack Obama announced plans to hold a Health Care Summit with Republican and Democrat leaders to discuss the way forward on health care reform. My colleagues and I were hopeful that his call for a bipartisan summit indicated that the President had heard the demand of the American people to start over on health care reform.
In The News
02.26.2010
by Office of US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConn
Washington, DC – Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks Thursday following the White House health care summit:
In The News
02.25.2010
by BRUCE SCHREINER
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Kentucky's governor would have to disclose any nonofficial use of the executive mansion and report flights aboard state aircraft as part of an executive branch ethics bill that won easy approval Wednesday from a Senate committee.
In The News
02.25.2010
by Congressman Ed Whitfield
U.S. Representative Ed Whitfield (KY-01) met with a key healthcare negotiator to present his “10 Steps to A Healthier America,” a package of reform proposals the Congressman has championed throughout the healthcare debate.
In The News
02.24.2010
by US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell
‘If the White House wants real bipartisanship, then it needs to drop the proposal it posted yesterday, which is no different in its essentials than anything we’ve seen before — and start over. And they need to take this last-ditch reconciliation effort off the table once and for all’
In The News
02.24.2010
by US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell
‘Americans don’t want to be told what’s best for them. They call the shots. And what they’re telling lawmakers in Washington to do on health care is to stop and to start over. They want us to put the old bills on the shelf, pull out a clean sheet of paper, bring all the parties together, and start over’
In The News
02.23.2010
by Congressman Geoff Davis (KY 4)
Read Congressman Geoff Davis' weekly column regarding the failed stimulus plan.
In The News
02.22.2010
by WKYT Kentucky Newsmakers
Senate President David L. Williams appeared on WKYT's Kentucky Newsmakers on Saturday, February 20, 2010 to discuss the state budget and other issues facing the General Assembly.
In The News
02.18.2010
by Greg Kocher
DANVILLE — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said he hopes that President Barack Obama's bipartisan commission to reduce the national debt "won't be just another aimless commission that makes a report that nobody pays attention to."
In The News
02.18.2010
by Congressman Geoff Davis
As we are all aware, in October 2008, despite widespread opposition and bipartisan disapproval, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act was rushed through Congress and became law.
In The News
02.10.2010
by Office of US Senator Mitch McConnell
McConnell said the best way to accomplish these job-creating measures is to bring them to the Senate floor as stand-alone measures, not attached to other controversial provisions, “to produce immediate bipartisan accomplishments that will grow jobs here at home.”
In The News
02.10.2010
by Congressman Geoff Davis (KY-4)
On February 1st, President Barack Obama released a budget plan that will put Americans on the hook for another year of higher federal spending, more dangerous borrowing, and new piles of unsustainable debt. His budget for fiscal year 2011 proposes to spend a record $3.83 trillion – and yes, that’s trillion with a “T.”
In The News
02.10.2010
by Fred Barnes
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn’t claim to have developed an economic stimulus plan of his own. But he does favor a cluster of proposals that, when packaged together, are a simple, sensible program for rejuvenating the economy.
In The News
02.08.2010
by Office of US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConn
LOUISVILLE - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement Sunday regarding the President’s announcement to Katie Couric that he plans to invite members of Congress to the White House for a discussion on health care reform:
Research Briefings
02.03.2010
by Al Cross
Last Tuesday's filing deadline for this year's Kentucky elections came amid a momentous week and a day in American politics. The events influenced the filings and will certainly influence the election, almost surely to Republicans' benefit. But there will be exceptions, and at least one could be in Kentucky.
Research Briefings
01.27.2010
by Mitch McConnell, Special to CNN
Editor's note: Sen. Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, is minority leader of the U.S. Senate.
Washington (CNN) -- When the president took office last January, he vowed to tackle the economic crisis head on. Yet over the past year, Americans have seen their economic situation deteriorate even further.
Research Briefings
01.27.2010
by Congressman Geoff Davis
-- A column by Congressman Geoff Davis
Despite President Barack Obama’s inaugural promise to create jobs and contain unemployment through passage of a stimulus package that would “provide an immediate jolt” to our economy, Kentuckians have been struggling with an unemployment rate above ten percent since May 2009. Since the Democrat Majority’s stimulus legislation was signed into law almost one year ago, 3.5 million Americans have lost their jobs. More than six million jobs have been lost since Democrats took control of Congress in January of 2007.
In The News
01.27.2010
by Joseph Gerth
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Tuesday's filing deadline for this year's primaries passed without any last-minute drama — but with plenty of candidates seeking office in what appears to be the most active election cycle in recent memory.
In The News
01.27.2010
by Bowling Green Daily News
Gov. Steve Beshear must like to gamble, because that is exactly what he is doing with the state’s budget.
In The News
01.26.2010
by Carrie Stambaugh - The Independent
GRAYSON — Kentucky Republicans are excited about their 2010 election prospects and are gearing up for a long campaign season.
In The News
01.26.2010
by Office of Congressman Ed Whitfield
Congressman Leads Delegation Letter to Protect KY Tobacco Farmers WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Ed Whitfield (KY-01) continued his efforts this week to shield Kentucky tobacco farmers from the consequences of a new Canadian initiative which would effectively result in a ban on U.S. burley tobacco. The Congressman spearheaded a letter, along with four other Kentucky Members of the House of Representatives, to the Prime Minister of Canada asking that their government stop encouraging other nations to implement similar laws which could have a devastating impact on tobacco farmers in the United States.
In The News
01.26.2010
by Office of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R.-Ky., Senate Republican Leader delivered the following remarks at a news conference regarding the four key points he hopes President Obama makes during the State of the Union address.
In The News
01.25.2010
by Alexander Bolton
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnel (R-Ky.) is walking with a spring in his step these days and even smiling a bit.
Research Briefings
01.25.2010
by Office of US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConn
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell appeared on ‘Meet the Press’ this morning. The following are excerpts from the program:
In The News
01.14.2010
by Congressman Hal Rogers
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) announced today that he has launched an updated congressional website that centers on constituent services. His official website, halrogers.house.gov, has been overhauled to make it easier for individuals in Kentucky’s 5th Congressional District to access information and contact him online.
In The News
01.14.2010
by Linda B. Blackford and Beth Musgrave
A bill filed in the General Assembly Wednesday would require the Kentucky League of Cities, the Kentucky Association of Counties and other similar groups to post their expenditures on a Web site for the public to examine.
In The News
01.14.2010
by Jack Brammer and Janet Patton
FRANKFORT — A politically divided Senate approved a proposal Wednesday to cancel a costly benefit that allows state lawmakers to pad their legislative pensions by taking full-time state jobs.
In The News
01.14.2010
by Office of US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConn
‘I am confident that the generosity of the American people will be what it so regularly is in these tragedies—an inspiring expression of responsibility
In The News
01.12.2010
by Congressman Geoff Davis
President Barack Obama and the Democrat Majority in Congress have spent nearly a year entirely focused on one goal: a costly government takeover of health care.
In The News
12.18.2009
by Office of Congressman Hal Rogers
WASHINGTON, DC— U.S. Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) announced today that the House of Representatives has approved $1.6 million for the University of Kentucky’s (UK) Marty Driesler Cancer Project as part of the 2010 Department of Defense spending bill. The Senate is expected to vote on this final legislation soon.
In The News
12.18.2009
by Office of Congressman Hal Rogers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) announced today that the House of Representatives has approved $4.8 million in federal funding for transportable generators for the Kentucky National Guard. Through Rep. Rogers’ efforts, the Kentucky National Guard will be able to supply portable generators to key facilities and locations in the event of a manmade or natural disaster. The Senate is expected to vote on this final 2010 defense spending legislation soon.
In The News
12.17.2009
by George Will
Consider what happened recently in Kentucky. There a Republican candidate succeeded in nationalizing a state Senate race. Hugely outspent in a district in which Democrats have a lopsided registration advantage, the Republican, by 12 points, won a seat in Frankfort by running against Washington -- against Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and their health-care legislation.
In The News
12.17.2009
by Office of Congressman Geoff Davis
Congressman Davis stated, “Speaker Pelosi’s unsustainable policies rely on excessive spending, endless debt and the promise of increased taxes. While it is unlikely that anyone has finished reading and digesting the bill, it is clear that this bill adds more money to several programs from the original stimulus bill that still have substantial reserves, not to mention reporting errors and accountability problems.
In The News
12.17.2009
by Office of Republican Leader Mitch McConnell
Early yesterday, the Administration announced what can only be viewed as the latest in a string of seriously misguided decisions related to the closing of the secure facility at Guantanamo Bay. It plans to move dozens of terrorist detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a prison in Northern Illinois’
In The News
12.17.2009
by PETER WALLSTEN
WASHINGTON -- Less than a year after Inauguration Day, support for the Democratic Party continues to slump, amid a difficult economy and a wave of public discontent, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
In The News
12.17.2009
by Office of US Republican Leader Mitch McConnell
And here’s the most outrageous part: at the end of this rush, they want us to vote on a bill that no one outside the Majority Leader’s conference room has even seen. That’s right. The final bill we’ll vote on isn’t even the one we’ve had on the floor. It’s the deal Democrat leaders have been trying to work out in private’
In The News
12.17.2009
by Office of Congressman Hal Rogers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) announced today that the House of Representatives has approved $3.6 million in federal funding for counternarcotics activities in Kentucky. Through Senator Mitch McConnell and Rep. Rogers’ ongoing initiative, the Kentucky National Guard will be able to continue marijuana eradication and methamphetamine lab destruction efforts in the Commonwealth. The Senate is expected to vote on this final 2010 defense spending legislation soon.
In The News
10.25.2009
by Editorial
If Republicans in the state Senate have finally caved to Democrats on the issue of expanded gambling, why aren’t the Democrats happier about it?
Research Briefings
10.15.2009
by Office of US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConn
‘Americans want reform. But higher premiums, higher taxes, and cutting Medicare is not reform’
In The News
10.14.2009
by Office of US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConn
It’s long past time for the administration and its allies in Congress to face the hard choices that Americans have had to face over the past several months. No more spending money we don’t have on things we don’t need. No more debt. Real reform will lower costs and debt, not raise both when we can least afford it.
In The News
10.14.2009
by Office of US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConn
‘The question is not whether terror suspects should be brought to justice. The question is where and how. And the answer is perfectly clear: the right forum is Military Commissions at the secure facility we already have at Guantanamo, not in civilian courts in U.S. communities.’
In The News
10.13.2009
by Office of US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConn
At a time of nearly 10 percent unemployment, Americans don’t need higher taxes and higher health insurance premiums. And yet one thing that’s perfectly clear about the administration’s health care proposal is that it promises higher taxes on virtually everyone in America.
In The News
10.13.2009
by Congressman Geoff Davis
In early 2006, Democrats gained the Majority in Congress, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Senate Leader Harry Reid and then-Senator Barack Obama in unveiling the Honest Leadership Open Government Act.
In The News
10.08.2009
by US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell
What matters is that the final bill will cost about a trillion dollars. Vastly expand the role of government in people’s health care decisions. Increase premiums. And limit choice
In The News
10.08.2009
by Halimah Abdullah
WASHINGTON — The push for greater transparency by Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., as lawmakers stitch together health care reform legislation is gaining momentum.
Research Briefings
10.08.2009
by Ryan Alessi
Two lawmakers want the state to create a Web site where taxpayers may see all expenditures made by Kentucky legislators and by the executive and judicial branches of state government.