WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) forced the Senate to vote on his "Six Penny Plan" federal budget that will balance within five years. Dr. Paul spoke on the Senate floor ahead of the vote, below are excerpts from his remarks. "This year, the United States will spend over $6 trillion while only bringing in $4 trillion in revenue. That's a profound gap, $2 trillion will be borrowed this year. To add insult  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy, issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: Today, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy, led by Chairman Andy Barr (KY-06), is holding a hearing entitled "Regulatory Recipe for Economic Uncertainty: The Endless Basel Endgame and an Onslaught of Hurried Rulemaking Undertaken by the Admi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Senator McConnell advocated for this funding in the annual government funding bill Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced today the Maysville Community and Technical College will receive $1,004,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA). The federal grant will be used to build out a welding training  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded a final rule issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding ID requirements for the purchase of tobacco products at retail establishments. The rule, which will go into effect on Se  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: 'Hungary's leaders have made no secret of their conviction that the future is one of American decline. They're not hiding the ways they're preparing for American weakness and betting on our failure. There's nothing tough about bowing to autocrats. And there's nothing for America's leaders to gain by praising those who do.' Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) deliver  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: 'There is nothing normal or rational about blowing up the dam holding back simple majority rule. And the fact that a major political party has welcomed this short-sighted radicalism into the mainstream will be to their eternal shame. To lean on today's fill-in-the-blank justification is to miss entirely what's at stake. The Senate's protections against the vacillations of simple  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Morgan McGarvey, D-Kentucky, issued the following statement on Sept. 25, 2024: * * * Congressman Morgan McGarvey (KY-03) released the following statement following his vote in favor of a continuing resolution (CR) that will fund the government until December 20, 2024, averting a government shutdown: "Today, I joined House Democrats to once again prevent MAGA extremists from senselessly causing chaos and shutting down the government--a move that will ultimately cos  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Co-Chairs of the Congressional Bourbon Caucus, Representatives Andy Barr (KY-06) and Morgan McGarvey (KY-03), introduced a bipartisan resolution to designate the month of September as National Bourbon Heritage Month. This resolution is a testament to the bourbon capital of the world and in celebration of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail's 25th anniversary. "Bourbon is more than just a beverage - it's a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that his bipartisan Risky Research Review Act, a first-of-its-kind proposal to establish a Life Sciences Research Security Board within the Executive Branch, was advanced by the Co  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, released a bipartisan   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Morgan McGarvey, D-Kentucky, issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: Today, the House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 7323, the Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserves (MGIB-SR) Tuition Fairness Act, a bipartisan bill led by Reps. Morgan McGarvey (KY-03) and Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) to increase access to educational opportunities for veterans by requiring public higher education institutions to charge in-state tuition rates for veterans using MGIB-S  more