Honorable Mitch McConnell
United States Senator, Kentucky, Republican
Senator McConnell was first elected to the U.S. Senate in November 1984. He served as judge-executive of Jefferson County, Kentucky, from 1978 to 1985. He has served as Senate Majority Leader since January 2015. He sits on the Appropriations, Agriculture, and Rules Committees. The following is from the June 13, 2019, floor debate on S.J. Res. 20 and S.J. Res. 26, which would halt ongoing sales of arms to the Kingdom of Bahrain and the State of Qatar, and the June 20, 2019, floor debate on 22 Senate joint resolutions (S.J. Res. 27 through S.J. Res. 48) relating to arms…