Recent Press Releases

‘The House of Representatives, the president, and a bipartisan majority of Republican and Democratic Senators all agreed on a compromise bill that would have prevented a shutdown. It would enable Congress to do the common sense thing: Keep negotiating other issues while also providing for our troops, our veterans, and millions of vulnerable Americans. But the Democratic Leader chose to filibuster that bipartisan bill. So here we are.’
'So I want to assure the American people we will be right back at this tomorrow, and for as long as it takes. We will keep at this until Democrats end their extraordinary filibuster of government funding and children’s healthcare, and allow a bipartisan majority of Senators to reopen the federal government for all Americans and get Congress back on track. The Democratic Leader may put his personal political priorities ahead of everything else, no matter the cost. But Republicans stand with the American people.’

March For Life

January 19, 2018

‘I welcome the marchers to Washington, especially welcome the many Kentuckians among the ranks. I particularly welcome Margie Montgomery, Executive Director of Kentucky Right to Life, and thank her for her leadership over the years. I thank them for their courage. I thank them for their passion. And I join them in their call for our country to show human life the respect it deserves.’