WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced Wednesday that he has cosponsored bipartisan legislation that would better reflect the service and sacrifice of women in the military by updating the federal charter for the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) of the United States.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell applauds Senate passage of "Don’t Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act,” which clarifies that both federal and state death benefits for the survivors of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty should be treated the same and not be subjected to federal income tax.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement today on the military strikes by the U.S. and coalition allies against ISIL within Syria:

TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AND THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE

September 23, 2014

Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)

As I have repeatedly reported to the Congress, U.S. Armed Forces continue to conduct operations in a variety of locations against al-Qa'ida and associated forces. In furtherance of these U.S. counterterrorism efforts, on September 22, 2014, at my direction, U.S. military forces began a series of strikes in Syria against elements of al-Qa'ida known as the Khorasan Group. These strikes are necessary to defend the United States and our partners and allies against the threat posed by these elements.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has contacted the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services urging her to give a timely and fair review to determine whether low-dose computerized tomography (CT) scans should be covered by Medicare for patients at high-risk for developing lung cancer.