“The biggest problem confronting the country is our excessive spending. If we're not going to deal with it now, when are we going to deal with it? And we've watched the government explode over the last four years. We've dealt with the revenue issue.” IfsYearsCountryProblemGovernmentLastsDealsIssuesFourSpendingFour YearsRevenueConfrontingExcessive Spending Author:Mitch McConnell
“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.” IfsTryingProblemFailingPrideSolveWho We AreGet BackProblem SolvingTry Again Author:Mitch McConnell
“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.” IfsWantTeamSecurityOfficeBrandsAdministrationNational SecurityBrand New Author:Mitch McConnell
“What happens in committee if the committee functions, more often than not, not every time but more often than not, a bill comes out with bipartisan support.” IfsHappensSupportFunctionBillsCommitteesBipartisan Author:Mitch McConnell
“If you believe one of the biggest problems confronting the country is overregulation by this administration, the single most effective way to begin to rein in the aggressive regulators, who in my view have done great damage to this economy, is in the bills that fund the regulators.” IfsWayBelieveCountryDoneProblemViewsEconomyBillsAdministrationDamageFundAggressiveIf You BelieveReinsConfrontingRegulators Author:Mitch McConnell
“A reporter asked recently, 'What keeps you up at night?' I replied that I generally sleep well, but if I ever do have trouble, I don't have to count sheep. I count all the states I'm glad I'm not the governor of.” IfsWellsStatesNightSleepTroubleGladSheepGovernorsReportersSleep Well Author:Mitch McConnell
“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.” IfsWantNeedsFeelsLongPresidentTermChangeSecurityProgramProsperityTerrorismLong TermFriendlyAlliesRegimesDictatorshipNeed A ChangeRoguesBenign Author:Mitch McConnell
