WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) joined a broad bipartisan coalition of Senators in introducing a resolution to designate the week of May 12 through 18, 2024, as National Police Week. The resolution honors the 226 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty during 2023. "The selflessness and courage of our police officers from Kentucky and across the country inspires us to work toward a safer a  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding anti-Semitism on college campuses: "Earlier this week, I discussed the growing problem with BDS, or Bibi Derangement Syndrome. Of course, there's an older and similarly noxious form of BDS: the Boycott, Divest, and Sanction movement. "This other BDS been incubating  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following opening remarks at today's markup of 23 legislative proposals to extend Americans' access to telehealth services, strengthen and preserve Medicaid, and encourage innovation to help children with rare diseases. "Over the past seve  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) applauded today's bipartisan passage of H.R. 7530, the D.C. Criminal Reform to Immediately Make Everyone Safer (D.C. CRIMES) Act, a bill sponsored by Oversight Committee member Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.): "The House Oversight Committee's continued work in  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following statement: * * * House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on the White House asserting executive privilege over the audio recordings of President Biden's interview with Special Counsel Hur about his willful retention of classified documents: "It's a five-alarm fire at the White House. Clearly P  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- 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.) today announced a hearing titled "Oversight of Our Nation's Largest Employer: Reviewing the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Pt. II" to examine how under the Biden Administration, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has failed to improve confidence that civil serv  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a markup to consider a series of bills that address federal agency procurement of biotechnology equipment, safeguarding taxpayer dollars, improving federal cybersecurity, and more. "Today the Oversight Committee took important steps forward with several bills, many of   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued the following news release: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today's hearing titled "Overseeing the Overseers: A Hearing with NIH Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak" by highlighting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) decision yesterday to immediately implement a gove  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding strategic competition: "This week, Putin is in Beijing, tending to what Russia and China have called a 'friendship without limits'. "But last week, it was President Xi who took to the road. And notably, his warmest welcome was in Budapest, Hungary. "The visit from  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Bidenomics: "Twice in the last week, President Biden has suggested that inflation was 9% when he took office and claimed credit for bringing it down. The Washington Post gave him a rating of four Pinocchios for that very tall tale. "In reality, inflation in January  more