WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Today, Congressman James Comer (R-Ky.), alongside Representatives Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), and William Timmons (R-S.C.), met with George Washington University leadership in Washington, D.C. and toured the radical, antisemitic, and unlawful encampment on the university's campus. As Chairman of the House Committee on Overs  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Today, following reports that the Biden administration is planning to welcome Gazan refugees into the United States, U.S Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) joined U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) and 33 other Republican Senators in demanding the president stop his plan, citing concerns of potential terrorist ties, and instead focus his efforts on returning Americans held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. "Your administration's rep  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Recently, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) joined U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) in introducing bipartisan Congressional Review Act legislation in the Senate to block the Biden administration's electric vehicle mandates. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized new emissions regulations which would require up to two-thirds of new cars and nearly 40% of trucks sold in the U.S. to be electric v  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is today continuing oversight of the consultations by the United States Trade Representative's (USTR) leading to its decision to abandon longstanding, bipartisan positions on digital trade. In a letter to USTR in March 2024, Chairman Comer requested documents  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced today the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will distribute $37,207,505 in federal funding to the Commonwealth of Kentucky through the State Opioid Response Grant Program. Senator McConnell helped secure $1.575 billion for this program in this year's government funding bill, which the Senate  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 (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 defense spending: "Last Thursday, the Pentagon announced for the second time in as many weeks that U.S. military personnel would withdraw from years of work on security cooperation with major nations in North Africa. "America has now effectively been pushed out of C  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 (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 left-wing climate policy: "Last week, the Biden Administration's EPA finalized new regulations targeting producers of affordable and reliable American energy. The so-called Clean Power Plan 2.0 is just the latest front in Washington Democrats' long and disastrous War  more