'No leaders should have sacrificed small businesses to riots and mobs a few weeks back, and no leader should let threats or left-wing jargon persuade them to tolerate occupations for weeks on end.'

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding civil unrest:

EVARTS, KY – On June 29, 2020 at 8:40 p.m. Kentucky State Police, Post 10 Harlan received a call about an assault involving a male and female in the Evarts community of Harlan County. Troopers responded to the residence located off of Ky 38 and began an investigation.

LONDON, KY (July1, 2020) - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Laurel Sheriff's Deputy Landry Collett along with Deputy Justin Taylor, Sgt. John Inman, and K-9 Deputy Gary Mehler with his K-9 "Edge" arrested two individuals on Hal Rogers Parkway in London early Wednesday morning July 1, 2020 at approximately 2:48 AM.

Elmer Smith/Clay County Detention Center

MANCHESTER, KY (July 1, 2020) - Clay County Sheriff Patrick Robinson is reporting that on July 1, 2020 at approximately 12:35 AM Clay County Sheriff K9 Deputy Wes Brumley arrested Elmer Smith, 47 of Curry Branch.

LONDON, KY  — On June 30, 2020, the Kentucky State Police Electronic Crime Branch arrested Andrew K. Grigsby, 25, on charges related to child sexual abuse material.

'This is the proposal that our Senate Democratic colleagues keep thundering that we should take up and pass here: Something so unserious that it had House Democrats themselves rolling their eyes.'

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding COVID-19: