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

  • It's a shame that the president doesn't embrace the effort to reduce spending. None of us like using situations like the sequester or the debt ceiling or the operation of government to try to engage the president to deal with this.

    Source: www.nbcnews.com
  • It is a statement to the obvious, however, that [Barack] Obama - of Obamacare - is the President of the United States, so I don't want people to have [unrealistic] expectations about what may actually become law with Obama - of Obamacare - in the White House. But we intend to keep our commitment to the American people.

    Source: www.rollcall.com
  • 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've often wished we had more women in the Senate.

  • We didn't make much progress on the country's agenda. And in my view it's because the Senate basically hadn't done much of anything, with a couple of exceptions, for the last four years [of Barack Obama's presidency]. And that's going to change.

    Source: www.rollcall.com
  • Americans don't think we should be raising taxes on anybody, especially in the middle of a recession.

    "Obama: GOP Inaction Threatens Nuke Treaty". www.cbsnews.com. November 20, 2010.
  • What happens in committee if the committee functions, more often than not, not every time but more often than not, a bill comes out with bipartisan support.

    Source: www.rollcall.com
  • Whether it's before the election or after the election, the principle is the American people are choosing their next president and their next president should pick this Supreme Court nominee.

    Source: www.foxnews.com
  • Eventually, Americans would be stuck with government-run health care whether they like it or not. That's when the worst scenario would take shape, with Americans subjected to bureaucratic hassles, hours spent on hold waiting for a government service rep to take a call, restrictions on care, and, yes, lifesaving treatment and lifesaving surgeries denied or delayed.

  • Syria and Iran have always had a pretty tight relationship, and it looks to me like they just cooked up a press release to put out to sort of restate the obvious. They're both problem countries; we know that. And this doesn't change anything.

  • America is about to turn the page on Barack Obama's four-year experiment in big government.

    "How 'Government' Became A Dirty Word". "All Things Considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. September 1, 2012.
  • We all know that Social Security is one of this country's greatest success stories in the 20th century.

  • 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.

    Source: www.nbcnews.com
  • The worst experience any majority can have is that you convene and you look around and nothing's ready to go.

    Source: www.rollcall.com
  • We're living under the Obama economy. Any CEO in America with a record like this after three years on the job would be graciously shown the door. This president blames the managers instead. He blames the folks on the shop floor. He blames the weather.

  • 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.

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    "In debt deal, the triumph of the old Washington" by David A. Fahrenthold, Lori Montgomery and Paul Kane, www.washingtonpost.com. August 3, 2011.
  • 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.

  • Mitt Romney has spent his entire life finding ways to solve problems.

    "Mitch McConnell Republican Convention Speech Targets Obama". www.huffingtonpost.com. August 29, 2012.
  • We [Democrats] are looking for things that we think would make a difference, improve the country, and enjoy some bipartisan support.

    Source: www.rollcall.com
  • The worst day of my political life was when President George W. Bush signed McCain-Feingold into law.

    "Politicians Show Their Gratitude Where It Count$" by Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 3, 2014.
  • I honestly thought we wouldn't hold the U.S. Senate. I thought we'd come up short and I didn't think President Donald Trump had a chance of winning. Given my expectations, doubly exciting because I thought we'd come up short on the Senate. We had a lot of exposure. That was really something. But it never occurred to me that he might be able to win as well.

    Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com
  • I think it's not just Republicans who would like to see the Senate run differently. I think there are a reasonable number of Democrats as well.

    Source: www.rollcall.com
  • 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.

  • If you believe one of the biggest problems confronting the country is overregulation by this administration, the single most effective way to begin to rein in the aggressive regulators, who in my view have done great damage to this economy, is in the bills that fund the regulators.

    Source: www.rollcall.com
  • A reporter asked recently, 'What keeps you up at night?' I replied that I generally sleep well, but if I ever do have trouble, I don't have to count sheep. I count all the states I'm glad I'm not the governor of.

  • I think it is to the advantage of my state to have the opportunity to come to meetings occasionally and to vote in person, rather than just by proxy.

    Source: www.rollcall.com
  • I don't think there's any equivalency between the way that the Russians conduct themselves and the way the United States does.

    Source: www.sfgate.com
  • For everybody who thinks it's warming, I can find somebody who thinks it isn't.

    "Mitch McConnell: Congress Won’t Make ‘A Lot Of Big Important Things’ Happen This Year" By Samantha Lachman, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 7, 2014.
  • Republicans will not be reduced to being the tax collectors for the Obama economy.

    "McConnell to Obama: Debt limit fallout all yours". www.arkansasonline.com. July 14, 2011.
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Mitch McConnell

  • Born: February 20, 1942
  • Occupation: United States Senator