The reason the Democrats want to get rid of the filibuster is they want to admit two new states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and pack the Supreme Court and fundamentally change the structure of America forever, the filibuster prevents extremism… and I admire and respect Senator Sinema and Senator Manchin for saying they are not changing it.

Mitch McConnell

This problem has been developing in slow motion for several months now, but The Biden administration has been characteristically sluggish and halting in response.

Mitch McConnell

It would overturn modest and overwhelmingly popular safeguards like waiting periods, informed consent laws and possibly even parental notification.

Mitch McConnell

I think the story today is an effort by someone on the inside to discredit the institution of the Senate, which continues a pattern that we've observed over the last couple of years, what's unique about today is this is the first time we've had somebody on the inside try to attack the institution.

Mitch McConnell

Look, all of this puts the cart before the horse, you need, it seems to me, a lecture to concentrate on what the news is today. Not a leaked draft. But the fact that the draft was leaked.

Mitch McConnell

I feel exhilarated by the fact that this fellow finally, totally discredited himself, he put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger. Couldn't have happened at a better time.

Mitch McConnell

Former President Trump's actions preceding the riot were a disgraceful dereliction of duty, there is no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day.

Mitch McConnell

So far, I'm optimistic that in the places that are going to determine who the next majority leader is we are going to have fully electable nominees, having a fully electable nominee is critical for the Senate.

Mitch McConnell

Justice Thomas is a great American and an outstanding Justice. I have total confidence in Ginni Thomas brilliance and impartiality in every aspect of the work of Supreme Court.

Mitch McConnell

It will be a serious, dignified process.

Mitch McConnell

This is about the institution of the Supreme Court, but she won't respond. ... The liberal groups that are so excited about her nomination are the very ones that have been calling for packing the court or term limits on Supreme Court.

Mitch McConnell

Liberals are saying that Judge Jackson’s service as a criminal defense lawyer and then on the U.S. Sentencing Commission give her special empathy for convicted criminals, i guess that means that government prosecutors and innocent crime victims start each trial at a disadvantage.

Mitch McConnell

Even amidst the national crime wave, a disproportionate share of the new judges President Joe Biden has nominated share this professional background that liberals say gives special empathy for criminal defendants.

Mitch McConnell

It’s unsettling that senior Democrats have lauded Judge Jackson for the, ‘empathy’ they suggest shapes her judicial approach, if you’re the litigant for whom a judge has special preexisting empathy, well, it’s your lucky day. But the other party is being denied their fair day in court.

Mitch McConnell

Of course, that is utter nonsense, this is Biden's inflation and he needs to own the White House.

Mitch McConnell

But at every step, [Russian President Vladimir] Putin has escalated now three weeks and Putin's invasion, the reality, on the ground is evolving.

Mitch McConnell

Many of these partners are generously helping Ukraine, and we should help them backfill their inventories with more modern American capabilities that will improve NATO's interoperability and bolster deterrence.

Mitch McConnell

From the gas pump to the grocery store, to clothes, diapers and baby formula, to furniture and home essentials, to car repairs and car replacements – Democrats' policies have put working families on a treadmill where they have to run faster and faster every month, just to stay in place.

Mitch McConnell

Curiously, the same radicals who want to turn Democrats into the party of court-packing also badly wanted Judge Jackson for this vacancy. It’s a matter of record that this nominee was the anointed favorite of these fringe groups.

Mitch McConnell

Until 24 hours ago, this compromise was also going to reprogram money away from House Democrats wasteful spending spree that neglected Covid needs, and reallocate it to vaccines and treatments for the American people, but House Democrats mutinied against Speaker Pelosi. The far left would rather preserve state and local bureaucrats' giant slush funds, then fund vaccines and therapeutics for The Ukrainian people citizens. So, the Covid component has fallen out.

Mitch McConnell

We will not have as part of our agenda a bill that raises taxes on half the American people, and sunsets Social Security and Medicare within five years, that will not be a part of the Republican Senate majority agenda.

Mitch McConnell