The money that goes into Social Security is not the government's money. it's your money. You paid for it.
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 McConnellIt's a shame that we have to use whatever leverage we have in Congress to get the president to deal with the biggest problem confronting our future. And that's our excessive spending.
Mitch McConnellPublic disclosure of campaign contributions and spending should be expedited so voters can judge for themselves what is appropriate.
Mitch McConnellThe classic example I've used - I'm sure you've heard me say it before - was Mark Begich in Alaska who was here for a full six years and never had a roll call vote on an amendment on the floor of the Senate, which Dan Sullivan tells me he used on virtually a daily basis. So the notion that protecting all of your members from votes is a good idea politically, I think, has been pretty much disproved by the recent [Barack Obama] election.
Mitch McConnell