We all know that Social Security is one of this country's greatest success stories in the 20th century.
Mitch McConnellAll Citizens United did was to level the playing field for corporate speech. We now have, I think, the most free and open system we've had in modern times.
Mitch McConnellThe White House has a choice: They can change course, or they can double down on a vision of government that the American people have roundly rejected.
Mitch McConnellI think it's not just Republicans who would like to see the Senate run differently. I think there are a reasonable number of Democrats as well.
Mitch McConnellI think there were two messages in last year's election. One is pretty obvious. People were mad as hell at the president [Barack Obama] - and wanted to send a message. We all got that. Our new members were also hearing, and I was hearing as well, that people didn't like the fact that the Congress was dysfunctional. Now they may have been confused about where the dysfunctionality was cause the president kept pointing to the House. Factually, that's not accurate. The dysfunction was in the Senate.
Mitch McConnell