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 sits on the Appropriations Committee, the Agriculture Committee, and the Rules Committee and is the Minority Leader of the Senate. The following is from the December 11, 2008, Senate floor debate on the automotive industry crisis. These are turbulent times for the U.S. economy. Over the past several months, Americans have seen giant companies fail, significant job losses, and, after unprecedented problems in the credit markets, the frightening prospect of total disarray within our Nation’s…
