Mitch McConnell Quotes (84 Quotes)



    I must say in response to this there was stunned silence, so this is clearly not administration policy at this time,

    Certainly there will be some areas of disagreement, ... and I expect campaign finance will be one of the areas of disagreement.

    But what about the continuing great economic news under Clinton Lott offered kudos I agree that Bill and Al deserve a lot of credit, but I'm talking about Bill Gates and Alan Greenspan. ... I agree that Bill and Al are responsible for the prosperity we are currently enjoying across America. That's Bill Gates and Alan Greenspan.

    We all know that Social Security is one of this country's greatest success stories in the 20th century.


    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.

    The money that goes into Social Security is not the government's money. it's your money. You paid for it.

    Elections are breaking out in the strangest places Afghanistan, Iraq, the Palestinian territories, Georgia, Ukraine. A genuine election in Lebanon would be a darn good thing.

    In America, money does not equal speech, ... More money does not entitle one to more speech. The powerful are not entitled to a greater voice in politics than average people. Everyone has an equal say in our government that's why our Declaration of Independence starts with 'We the people.'

    I hope the president may have concluded that his comments about the legitimacy of the new president were inappropriate, ... I hope we don't hear that anymore.

    His dedication to the education of these students should be a model for us all,

    I mean, we're going to have to pry his hands off the door and search him to get the key back to the White House,

    If the president recess-appoints John Bolton, I can understand why, because he's been waiting a long time to get the person that he believes is best to represent his administration at the U. N.

    You cannot create a level playing field it is impossible,

    Well, there are a whole lot of reasons to justify the tax cut the president's been advocating. He just made another argument that, in a time of rising energy costs, this will help a vast number of Americans meet those higher costs.

    Its over in the Senate, but this is a bill that's fraught with all kinds of constitutional problems and if it becomes law, I'm taking it to court,

    We had not been on good terms for years, and I think it was largely because of this issue,

    I knew Chief Justice Rehnquist since the late 1960s. In my opinion, he was the most consequential chief justice since John Marshall,

    No federal court in America is going to let us quiet the voices of all of these interests who have a perfect right to go out and engage in issue advocacy up to and including the day of the election,

    Senator McCain himself has said that he's not going into the meeting making demands, ... Late Edition.

    For almost 20 years, ... Craig and the (Chemical Weapons Working Group) have been invaluable in their efforts to ensure that the millions of pounds of chemical weapons stored at Kentucky's Blue Grass Army Depot are destroyed as safely and expeditiously as possible. In large part due to their efforts, we are closer than we have ever been to taking tangible steps towards chemical weapons disposal.


    I would hope that senators will take their responsibility seriously and not just vote for anything, hoping the courts will somehow save us from ourselves.

    While one person alone may make little difference in comparison to the magnitude of this disaster, millions of individual acts of compassion, taking place all over the country, will go a long way to alleviate the suffering,

    In times of catastrophe, when destruction, suffering and death are so overwhelming that it breaks your heart and almost leaves you numb, it is comforting to find that an outpouring of generosity, kindness and help from our fellow man restores our faith and strengthens our souls,

    His views are more conservative than the majority of the people in the Senate. But Al Gore didn't win the election. I mean, what did they expect to be appointed, a liberal

    The bill that job creators and out-of-work Americans need us to pass is the one that ensures taxes won't go up - one that says Americans and small-business owners won't get hit with more bad news at the end of the year.

    Bolton's exactly what the U.N. needs at this point. The president's right on the mark in picking him.

    This is not about Republicans battling Democrats or the left versus the right, ... This is a mission to preserve fundamental constitutional freedom for all Americans to fully participate in our democracy.

    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.

    It took us in this country 11 years to get from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution.

    No, we don't turn our security and safety over to the UN. Occasionally working through the UN is useful. It gives us an opportunity to talk to other countries while they're represented in New York. But the UN is in many ways a pretty big mess.

    By investing in a U.S. War Bond, patriotic citizens will have an opportunity to make a direct contribution to the war against the scourge of terrorism and provide the much-needed resources for the effort to rescue the injured, rebuild the broken, and retaliate against the enemy,

    Americans don't think we should be raising taxes on anybody, especially in the middle of a recession.

    On what conceivable basis could this wonderful lawyer not be given an up-or-down vote

    I just don't think that's a constructive use of the time of the Senate, ... If we're going to get into the business of censuring members for racially sensitive comments, it's not going to be limited to Sen. Lott.

    Sen. Lott expressed his heartfelt regret over the pain his words caused and reaffirmed his commitment to making sure that every American has a fair and equal opportunity in life.

    We need to strengthen and save Social Security for today's workers. If we don't act now, this system, born out of the New Deal, will become a bad deal.

    I think there are a whole lot of Democrats who never had any idea what was in this bill, at least this year they are reading it.

    The reformers persist in promoting the notion that it is somehow desirable for the federal government to determine how much political discourse we are going to have in our campaigns in this country, ... You hear them say time and time again -- you heard it this morning and we'll hear it next week -- that we're spending too much in American politics. Now remember what the Supreme Court says that means we're saying. They're saying we're speaking to much.

    That's ... a little bit like Bonnie and Clyde declaring the problem could be solved by banking regulation. The issue, of course, is illegal contributions,

    President Bush gave an outstanding speech tonight filled with optimism for the future and a determination to tackle the challenges that lie ahead.

    come forward with a mistake, even an embarrassing mistake.

    I came home to Louisville about 10 days before Senator Lott stepped down, thinking I was going to have a nice holiday, and essentially never left the house after that, on the phone constantly. We were all calling each other,

    The debt they ran up in the first year of the Obama administration is bigger than the last four years of the Bush combined.

    My heart goes out to the families of these brave heroes. I believe the best way we can respect their memories is to finish their mission in Iraq with honor,

    It's clear that making a mistake of this magnitude on that subject puts a leader in a position that is unsustainable,

    Trent is doing us an enormous favor remaining in the Senate and honoring his six-year commitment to the people of Mississippi,

    Although the Department of Defense's report was overdue, it appears they are doing what the law instructed them to do and that is to spend money at Blue Grass to dispose of these weapons as Congress intended,

    After adding trillions to the debt on big-government policies most Americans didn't ask for and which we couldn't afford, Democratic leaders say they need more money, which they intend to take from small business, even though small businesses create the majority of new jobs.


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