Recent Press Releases

‘This is how divided government works — through real cooperation and a search for common ground and solutions. This is what Republicans on the Joint Committee have been trying to do for the past several weeks. It’s what House Republicans have been doing all year. So I say let’s take these bills up, pass them, and then send them on down to the President for a signature.’

Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement Thursday regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs announcement on the Robley Rex VA Medical Center:

“Although this is progress, we still have not reached our ultimate goal of starting construction on the new state-of-art facility and getting our veterans the highest quality health care they so deserve. The final decision is long overdue. Kentucky veterans are still waiting and I urge the Department of Veterans Affairs to make its final decision soon.”