Traditionally, the view of the national party committees is that we support all members of our party, regardless of their positions on some issues. Mitch McConnell More Quotes by Mitch McConnell More Quotes From Mitch McConnell On the issue of Iraq, it is my hope, and my challenge to my colleagues, that our debate will be based on what is best for the future of our nation and for Iraq, not what's best for a political party or presidential campaign. Mitch McConnell issuesiraqparty It just doesn't occur to an American that someone else will solve their problems. Americans take pride in solving problems for themselves. And if we fail, we get back up and try again. It's what we do. It's who we are. Mitch McConnell who-we-arepridetrying I'm in favor of doing tax reform, but I think tax reform ought to be revenue neutral as it was back during the [Ronald] Reagan years. We've resolved this issue. Mitch McConnell issuesyearsthinking Mitt Romney has spent his entire life finding ways to solve problems. Mitch McConnell solveproblemway If you've got a brand new administration coming into office you want to have, at the very least, a national security team in place on day one. Mitch McConnell teamofficewant The president feels not only do we need to change these rogue regimes, but even our friendly allies, who really basically have, sort of, benign dictatorships, need to get with the program if they want to have long-term security and prosperity from terrorism. Mitch McConnell changefriendlylong What we do know is that the American people, regardless of how they feel about the abortion issue, don't think that taxpayer money ought to be used to pay for abortions. Mitch McConnell issuespeoplethinking Americans don't think we should be raising taxes on anybody, especially in the middle of a recession. Mitch McConnell middleshouldthinking It seems with every new day, we have a new veto threat from the president. Mitch McConnell notablepresidentnew-day The debt they ran up in the first year of the Obama administration is bigger than the last four years of the Bush combined. Mitch McConnell debtusayears Tiger Woods and John Edwards had a better year than the stimulus bill. Mitch McConnell billspoliticsyears The new troops in Iraq need to be Iraqi troops. Mitch McConnell troopsiraqneeds This heinous crime should be of particular concern to all of us. . . . I know my colleagues will agree that the murder of Americans overseas cannot go unpunished. I will continue to closely follow developments in this case[.] Mitch McConnell crimemurderdevelopment We ought to make sure that the eligibility for entitlements meets the demographics of America. Mitch McConnell demographicsentitlementamerica By their own admission, leaders of the Republican Revolution of 1994 think their greatest mistake was overlooking the power of the veto. They gave the impression they were somehow in charge when they weren't. Mitch McConnell leadermistakethinking I think the important thing to remember here is that we haven't been attacked again at home since September of 2001. Mitch McConnell importanthomethinking It took us in this country 11 years to get from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution. Mitch McConnell independencecountryyears My own view is that we should give people an opportunity to put the case on. The House will have presenters. The President will no doubt be represented by lawyers as well. Mitch McConnell politics Nobodys done more to change the court system in the history of our country than Donald Trump, and Mr. President, were going to keep on doing it. My motto is Leave no vacancy behind. Mitch McConnell politics It's... exasperating to lose such a close election and disappointing. I don't think Kentucky is turning blue as a result of that, we're looking forward to doing well in 2020 and I don't think anything that happened there Tuesday changes that. Mitch McConnell top-news
