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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Kentucky Newsletter for Wednesday March 12, 2025 ( 4 items )  

McConnell Comments on Chavez-DeRemer Nomination
WASHINGTON, March 10 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * McConnell Comments on Chavez-DeRemer Nomination Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement today on the nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer to serve as U.S. Secretary of Labor: "The American people demand and deserve change after four years of economic heartache under the 'most pro-union administration in American history.' Unfo  more

McConnell: America Cannot Afford To Get Played By Russia
WASHINGTON, March 11 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * McConnell: America Cannot Afford To Get Played By Russia Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the war in Ukraine: "My views on America's interest in Ukraine are well-known. I spent the better part of the past three years   more

Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Paul Issues Opening Statement at Hearing on Foreign Aid
WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following opening statement from a Feb. 13, 2025, hearing entitled "Eliminating Waste by the Foreign Aid Bureaucracy": * * * Today, we are going to dive into the reckless and wasteful spending of our federal government--particularly when it comes to foreign aid. The United States should not be the sugar daddy for the entire world, especially not for countri  more

Senator McConnell Introduces Bill to Protect American Farmlands
WASHINGTON, March 11 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Senator McConnell Introduces Bill to Protect American Farmlands 'American farmers, especially those in Kentucky, are grappling with a steady decline in available farmland. Now more than ever, we must preserve our agricultural land and keep it in production for the next generation of producers' WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced The Protec  more