Honorable Mitch McConnell
United States Senator, Kentucky, Republican
Senator McConnell was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984. He served as County Judge Executive in Jefferson County, Kentucky, from 1977 to 1984. He is the Senate Majority Leader. The following is from a March 16, 2016, Senate floor statement on filling the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy. The next justice could fundamentally alter the direction of the Supreme Court and have a profound impact on our country so, of course, the American people should have a say in the Court’s direction. It is a President’s constitutional right to nominate a Supreme Court justice, and it is the Senate’s…
