Press Releases

September 2014

Date Title
9/18/14 McConnell Voices Support for Training Syrian Opposition, Ebola Containment Measures
9/17/14 Constitution Day
9/17/14 McConnell Vows to Keep up Fight for Kentucky Coal Jobs
9/16/14 EPA Grants McConnell’s Request; Gives Kentuckians More Time to Voice Their Concerns on Proposed Anti-Coal Rule
9/16/14 McConnell Lauds Sen. Alexander’s NLRB Reform Legislation
9/16/14 McConnell Supports U.S. Efforts to Contain the Ebola Epidemic
9/16/14 McConnell Remembers the Victims of Navy Yard Shootings
9/12/14 McConnell Sponsors the ‘Don’t Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act’
9/11/14 McConnell Announces Senate Passage of Bill to Increase COLAs for Kentucky Veterans
9/11/14 McConnell Faults Senate Democrats for Focusing on Political Bills Designed to Fail
9/11/14 Senator McConnell Calls on EPA to Allow More Time for Kentuckians to Voice Their Concerns on Proposed Anti-Coal Rule
9/11/14 Congress, Administration Will Work to Ensure America Has Resources to Carry Out ISIL Mission
9/11/14 McConnell Recognizes 13th Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks
9/10/14 Senator McConnell Honors Wild Turkey Distillery’s Master Distiller, Jimmy Russell
9/10/14 Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony Honoring the Fallen Heroes of 9/11
9/10/14 McConnell Urges President to Lay Out Credible Plan to Defeat ISIL
9/9/14 Senator McConnell Unveils Mill Springs Battlefield Legislation
9/9/14 Senate Democrats Would Overturn Free Speech Protections to Silence Critics
9/9/14 McConnell: President Needs to Present Plan to Defeat ISIL
9/6/14 McConnell Statement On President’s Political Announcement
9/5/14 Senator McConnell Honored by the American Farm Bureau
9/3/14 Senator McConnell Named “Federal Legislator of the Year” by the Kentucky Narcotics Officers’ Association

August 2014

Date Title
8/27/14 McConnell Contacts White House ‘Drug Czar’ to Support Nelson and Madison Counties’ Applications for Program to Combat Drug Trafficking and Production
8/7/14 President Signs McConnell-Supported Veterans Bill into Law
8/1/14 Senator McConnell Applauds Senate Passage of Highway Trust Fund Extension