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Economic Growth

"After years of overspending by both parties, it’s time to make tough choices, just as any family does when times are tough, even among very good things. We have to cut even from programs that are good, as difficult as it is, recognizing that the values we are fighting for in this debate are more fundamental than the survival of any one program. We need to face that fact that we don’t have the money. It is not an American value to borrow from others to pay for programs we don’t need and can’t afford. And it is not an American value to put off tough decisions because you refuse to say no to things you want. If there’s any good news in this debate, it’s that we’re finally beginning to talk about how much to cut in this town instead of how much to spend. But we’re going to need more people to join the fight. We’ll need Democrats to join us. Above all, we need a President who gets it."

Senator Mitch McConnell

February 14, 2011

Senator McConnell on Growing our Economy

Aug 01 2012

House Votes to Protect American Families and Job Creators From President’s Proposed Tax Hikes

McConnell: House rejects ‘President’s call for new tax hikes in a slow economy’

Washington, D.C.– U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement Wednesday after a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives voted to prevent a massive tax hike on American families and job creators:

“A bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives stood up for small businesses and their hardworking employees today, rejecting the President’s call for new tax hikes in a slow economy. The Republican House has now acted to prevent a massive tax hike and the President’s defense cuts that would be so devastating to our national security. It’s time for Senate Democrats and the President to work with Republicans to solve these problems, rather than telling these hardworking Americans they’re not responsible for their own success while holding political show votes and ignoring the issue altogether.”