WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding LNG exports: "It's been one month since the Biden Administration announced its de facto ban on new export permits for America's abundant stores of natural gas. One month since the President chose to bring growth in a critical sector of our e  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Morgan McGarvey, D-Kentucky, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: Tonight, Congressman McGarvey's bipartisan bill, The Service-Disabled Veterans Opportunities in Small Business Act, unanimously passed the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill is co-led with Congressman Nick LaLota (NY-01). "As a member of both the Veterans Affairs and Small Business Committees in Congress, it's an honor to serve those who have put on the uniform and served our count  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Morgan McGarvey, D-Kentucky, issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2024: * * * Congressman McGarvey released the following statement after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced he would step down from his leadership position in November: "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is the longest-serving leader, and one of the most consequential legislators, in Senate history. While we disagree on almost everything, I appreciate his bipartisan leadership  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, today met with U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Randy George to discuss military readiness. Durbin and General George also spoke about modernization of the organic industrial base and advanced capabilities at Rock Island Arsenal. In addition, Durbin raised fielding of MQ-1C Gray Eagle 25M unmann  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement after U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) announced that he would step down as Senate Republican leader in November.  "Senator McConnell's announcement that he will not seek Republican leadership in the next Congress is truly a 'passing of the torch' moment for the U.S. Senate. "Senator McConnell will be remembered as   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. S. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2024: * * * Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) released the following statement following Senator Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) announcement that he will step down as Senate Republican Leader at the end of the year. "I am honored to serve with Leader McConnell representing the Commonwealth of Kentucky the last fifteen years, as well as call him a close friend and mentor. Leader McConnell is a stalwa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. S. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2024: * * * Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), who serves on the Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, released the following statement after his bill the Nuclear for Brownfields Site Preparation Act passed the House of Representatives as part of Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Chair Jeff Duncan's (SC-03) Atomic Energy Advancement Act. "I am p  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) applauded today's passage of the bipartisan D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act (H.R. 4984): "Today's passage of the D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act represents Congress doing its job to over  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 4984, the D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act. Introduced by Chairman Comer, the bipartisan legislation will repurpose approximately 174 acres of unused federal land in the nation  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding student loan socialism and collegiate anti-Semitism: "Three days ago, a member of Harvard's anti-Semitism task force stepped down over concerns that the University would not actually implement the group's recommendations. "Unfortunately, if recent events are   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following news release: Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that he would step down from Senate Leadership at the end of this Congress: "Leader Mitch McConnell is to be recognized for his patriotism and decades of service to Kentucky, to the Congress and to our Country. He and I have worked together since we were appropriators, long before either of   more