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McConnell Comments on Kentucky Flooding

‘[W]e are deeply grateful to the emergency responders who rescued a number of people from their homes or their cars. Helping their fellow Kentuckians through this hardship, they have again earned our thanks.’

February 13, 2018

‘[W]e are deeply grateful to the emergency responders who rescued a number of people from their homes or their cars. Helping their fellow Kentuckians through this hardship, they have again earned our thanks.’
‘Recently, Florida Power & Light, the state’s largest utility, announced that their savings from tax reform will completely cover the costs of rebuilding critical infrastructure in the wake of Hurricane Irma. Absent tax reform, consumers would have paid for much of the repairs, in the form of higher rates. Now the utility can cover the cost itself, saving Florida families an average of $250. And in other states, from Montana to Massachusetts to my home state of Kentucky, utilities are planning to directly pass along their savings by cutting consumers’ monthly bills.’
‘So I am particularly happy that the president is proposing to eliminate regulatory barriers and streamline lengthy and over-complicated permitting processes. Historically, infrastructure has been an area of bipartisan cooperation. Our last three highway bills passed with large bipartisan majorities, averaging more than 80 ‘yes’ votes. So did our last three WRDA bills and our last three FAA bills. I hope we can build on this record and make more bipartisan progress on this subject.’