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 following committees: Appropriations; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Rules and Administration; and the Select Committee on Intelligence. He is the Minority Leader of the Senate. The following is from the January 6, 2014, Senate floor debate on S.1845, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act. I have to admit, I am a little surprised at the fervor with which the majority is dedicated to reviving the expired emergency unemployment benefits after they ignored…
