WASHINGTON, March 12 (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 President Biden's budget request for Fiscal Year 2025: "Yesterday, President Biden released his budget request for the next fiscal year. Here's the top line: he wants the American people to take on more than $16 trillion dollars in cumulative deficits over t  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 (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 President Biden's nomination of Adeel Mangi to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit: "When a nominee finds himself in trouble, it's interesting to note how people react. It's been particularly notable in the case of President Biden's radi  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: Stakeholders and organizations are applauding U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, for advancing his legislation, S. 3664 the Royalty Transparency Act of 2024, out of committee on a bipartisan vote of 12-0. The bill increases transparency on royalty pa  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. S. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, issued the following news: Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), a senior member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, released the following statement after voting for H.R.7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which will protect American national security and American's sensitive data from the Chinese Communist Party. "This morning, I voted to require TikTok to be divested from Chinese Co  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is today conducting oversight of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's (PCAOB) inspections and investigations of accounting firms conducting audits for companies based in the People's Republic of China (PRC). In a letter to PCAOB Chair Erica W  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is continuing to push the Biden Administration for information related to the activities of the office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC) and is expressing new concerns over John Podesta's elevation to Envoy John Kerry's role and duties. In a letter to   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following statement on March 13, 2024: * * * House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on Hunter Biden's refusal to appear at a hearing alongside his business associates: "The House Oversight Committee has called Hunter Biden's bluff. Hunter Biden for months stated he wanted a public hearing, but now th  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: The House has passed bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-FL) to create one application deadline for two Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) programs that  more