McConnell Statement Following Conference Lunch With President

Statement

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks regarding President Trump's attendance at today's Senate Republican Policy Committee lunch:

"As you know, we had the president at lunch today and he went over all of the items that the administration has been working on. Much of which-- I agree with him-- the administration hasn't gotten nearly enough credit for. But I would highlight several things that I think will be front and center going down the end of this session.

"Obviously, tax reform, we're hopeful the House will tomorrow pass a budget that will open the door to begin the process of tax reform in the Ways and Means and Finance Committees. We're going to be confirming a number of judges beginning with a couple of district judges that I filed cloture on yesterday. And the president also talked about his upcoming announcement on opioids. We have a national epidemic of historic proportions and the administration is correctly seized on this issue as something that is important to the American people. We need to get a handle on this as best we can and the president will be talking about that later in the week."

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