I think the voters of these states are going to make these decisions, as well they should, and I think every state in America will accurately count the votes and certify who won. Mitch McConnell More Quotes by Mitch McConnell More Quotes From Mitch McConnell The White House has a choice: They can change course, or they can double down on a vision of government that the American people have roundly rejected. Mitch McConnell governmentwhitepeople I've often wished we had more women in the Senate. Mitch McConnell senate We didn't make much progress on the country's agenda. And in my view it's because the Senate basically hadn't done much of anything, with a couple of exceptions, for the last four years [of Barack Obama's presidency]. And that's going to change. Mitch McConnell coupleviewscountry Given the scope of these programs, it's understandable that many would be concerned about issues related to privacy. But what's difficult to understand is the motivation of somebody who intentionally would seek to warn the nation's enemies of lawful programs created to protect the American people. And I hope that he is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Mitch McConnell nsamotivationlaw Eventually, Americans would be stuck with government-run health care whether they like it or not. That's when the worst scenario would take shape, with Americans subjected to bureaucratic hassles, hours spent on hold waiting for a government service rep to take a call, restrictions on care, and, yes, lifesaving treatment and lifesaving surgeries denied or delayed. Mitch McConnell governmentwaitingrunning It's important to remember that some of our best sources in the war against radical Islamic terrorism are Muslims, both in America and overseas. Mitch McConnell islamicwaramerica I'm really proud of this Supreme Court and the way they've been dealing with the issue of First Amendment political speech. Mitch McConnell issuesspeechpolitical As the leader of the Republicans what I'm telling that we elected the president to be president. It's time for him to step up to the plate and lead us in the direction of reducing our excessive spending. Mitch McConnell leaderpresidentsteps I've said repeatedly publicly, and other members have, that until you adjust the eligibility for entitlements, do things like raising the age for Medicare for future beneficiaries. Not for those currently receiving or those about to receive. Have serious means testing for high income people. You know Warren Buffett's always complaining about not paying enough taxes. And what I'm complaining about is we're paying for his Medicare. We ought not to be providing these kinds of benefits for millionaires and billionaires. Mitch McConnell agemeanpeople I don't think there's any equivalency between the way that the Russians conduct themselves and the way the United States does. Mitch McConnell united-statesdoethinking Forcing free market plans to compete with these government-run programs would create an unlevel playing field and inevitably doom true competition. Mitch McConnell competitiongovernmentrunning We're living under the Obama economy. Any CEO in America with a record like this after three years on the job would be graciously shown the door. This president blames the managers instead. He blames the folks on the shop floor. He blames the weather. Mitch McConnell doorsjobsyears More women are graduating from college now than men. Mitch McConnell graduatescollegemen I honestly thought we wouldn't hold the U.S. Senate. I thought we'd come up short and I didn't think President Donald Trump had a chance of winning. Given my expectations, doubly exciting because I thought we'd come up short on the Senate. We had a lot of exposure. That was really something. But it never occurred to me that he might be able to win as well. Mitch McConnell expectationswinningthinking I'm not going to critique the president's every utterance, but I do think America is exceptional. America is different. We don't operate in any way the Russians do. I think there's a clear distinction here that all Americans understand, and no, I would not have characterized it that way. Mitch McConnell presidentamericathinking The administration still wants to govern from the far-left and that's going to produce kind a partisan result here in the Congress. Mitch McConnell aggravationadministrationwant After adding trillions to the debt on big-government policies most Americans didn't ask for and which we couldn't afford, Democratic leaders say they need more money, which they intend to take from small business, even though small businesses create the majority of new jobs. Mitch McConnell governmentleaderjobs We [Democrats] are looking for things that we think would make a difference, improve the country, and enjoy some bipartisan support. Mitch McConnell differencescountrythinking And this year, when we end the cruel, defeatist practice of passing children who cannot read into fourth grade, and when our most diligent students begin to graduate from high school in 11 years, and get a head start on college costs with the dollars they earned through their hard work, others will take notice of Indiana yet again. Mitch McConnell hard-workchildrenschool I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance at shooting. Most of us didn’t think that. What we did learn is this - it’s a hostage that’s worth ransoming. And it focuses the Congress on something that must be done. Mitch McConnell issuesdonethinking
