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Oct. 7, 2020 Letter to Daniel Yong Zhang, Chairman and CEO of the Alibaba Group - Comer calls on Ebay and Alibaba to help prevent illegal importation of plant products Rep. Jamie Comer
Oct. 7, 2020 Letter to Jamie Iannone, President and CEO of eBay Inc. Headquarters - Comer calls on Ebay and Alibaba to help prevent illegal importation of plant products Rep. Jamie Comer
Oct. 1, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Robert Lighthizer, Ambassador of the U.S. Trade Agreement - Rubio Joins Colleagues Urging Lighthizer to Begin Talks for a Trade Agreement with Taiwan Sen. Rand Paul, ...
Sept. 30, 2020 Congressman Barr Tries to Spur Investment in Rural Communities with New Banking Bill Rep. Andy Barr
Sept. 22, 2020 Reps Dean and Barr Partner on Bipartisan Bill to Give Small Businesses Greater Access to Loans Rep. Andy Barr
Sept. 10, 2020 Tweet - "Every Senate Democrat just voted against hundreds of billions of dollars of COVID-19 relief. They blocked money for schools, testing, vaccines, unemployment insurance, and the Paycheck Protection Program. Their goal is clear: No help for American families before the election." Sen. Mitch McConnell
Sept. 8, 2020 Tweet - "Republicans have built yet another effort to help Americans. Money for schools. Resources for parents. Testing. Vaccines. Another round of the job-saving PPP. And more. The Senate will be voting this week. The nation will see who's serious about making law for American families." Sen. Mitch McConnell
Aug. 21, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mark Calabria, Director of Federal Housing Finance Agency - Crist Leads Bipartisan Letter Calling on Fannie and Freddie Regulator to Repeal Trump Refi Tax Rep. Andy Barr, ...
Aug. 12, 2020 Tweet - "The PPP saved Main Street jobs across Kentucky. It sent more than $5B in payroll support to our state. But the recovery is not finished. Hard-hit businesses need a second draw, and Republicans proposed one. But Democrats are blocking it over non-COVID-related wish-list items." Sen. Mitch McConnell
Aug. 11, 2020 Tweet - "The Speaker and the Democratic Leader say they won't allow another cent for families, schools, or the PPP unless they get a trillion-dollar state government slush fund, way beyond COVID needs. These unrelated liberal demands are blocking billions in aid that families need now." Sen. Mitch McConnell
Aug. 10, 2020 Tweet - "Because of Democrats' obstruction, the extra federal unemployment aid expired. The PPP is closed with no second round in sight. No new money for testing or schools. No second round of checks to families. Democrats held all this hostage for non-COVID-related liberal priorities." Sen. Mitch McConnell
Aug. 6, 2020 Tweet - "Democrats' obstruction last week forced the additional federal unemployment benefit to expire. Their obstruction this week will force another deadline: the PPP shuts its doors Saturday. Republicans had plans to keep both from expiring. Democrats have refused them all." Sen. Mitch McConnell
Aug. 6, 2020 McConnell on CNBC's "Squawk On The Street" Sen. Mitch McConnell
Aug. 6, 2020 Tweet - "ICYMI, I joined @FoxNews to discuss Democrats' obstruction of the COVID-19 relief negotiations, how Republicans tried to keep extra unemployment benefits from expiring, and the need to keep small-business aid flowing." Sen. Mitch McConnell
Aug. 5, 2020 Tweet - "Tune in now to @FoxNews Special Report. I am joining @MikeEmanuelFox to discuss Senate Republicans' plan to help working families, small businesses, and healthcare heroes navigate this new phase of the pandemic." Sen. Mitch McConnell
July 30, 2020 Tweet - "ICYMI: I joined @JudyWoodruff on @NewsHour to discuss the importance of helping schools and employers safely reopen, and delivering new relief to working families in need. For the country's sake, Democrats need to come to the table." Sen. Mitch McConnell
July 29, 2020 Taylor, Lawson, Barr Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Prevent Foreclosures and Protect American Jobs Rep. Andy Barr, ...
July 23, 2020 Executive Session Sen. Mitch McConnell
July 23, 2020 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021 Rep. Andy Barr
July 17, 2020 Letter to Brad Close, President and CEO of the National Federation of Independent Business - Oversight Republicans launch sweeping examination of business regs to aid in economic recovery Rep. Jamie Comer
July 16, 2020 Tweet - "The CARES Act didn't just give Main Street a fighting chance. The Senate's historic legislation has also given rural healthcare and hospitals the resources they needed to keep their medical staff on the payroll and focus on fighting the coronavirus." Sen. Mitch McConnell
July 15, 2020 Tweet - "The Paycheck Protection Program helped 48,000 Kentucky small businesses. From coast to coast, small businesses received emergency help to keep employees on payroll and weather the storm. I'm proud the Senate's policy has saved millions and millions of jobs." Sen. Mitch McConnell
July 10, 2020 Letter to President Donald Trump - Steube Urges President Trump to Cap Unemployment Benefits and Incentivize Americans to Return to Workforce Rep. Jamie Comer, ...
June 26, 2020 Providing for Congressional Disapproval of Rule Submitted By Department of Education Relating to ``Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability''--veto Message From the President of the United States Rep. Steven Guthrie
June 22, 2020 Letter to Steven Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary of Department of the Treasury, and Jerome H. Powell, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve - Congressman Van Taylor Calls on Fed, Treasury to Prevent Foreclosures and Protect Jobs Rep. Andy Barr, ...
June 17, 2020 McConnell Announces John Chapuis to Serve as Policy Advisor for Tax, Trade, and Banking Issues Sen. Mitch McConnell
June 5, 2020 Tweet - "This crisis is not over. Our economic comeback is just beginning. But even in these early days of our careful reopening, the American people are already trouncing expert predictions and starting to come back strong. My full statement:" Sen. Mitch McConnell
June 5, 2020 McConnell & Kentucky Businesses Praise Passage of Bill Giving Additional Flexibility to the Paycheck Protection Program Sen. Mitch McConnell
June 4, 2020 Letter to Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader McConnell, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and Minority Leader Schumer - Concern Over Extending Supplemental Unemployment Insurance Rep. Jamie Comer, ...
June 4, 2020 Tweet - "The Chinese Communist Party has cheated on trade, stolen foreign technology, executed long-term plans to target the industrial bases of the United States and our allies, and weaponized foreign aid to manipulate developing countries. And continued to repress their own people." Sen. Mitch McConnell
June 1, 2020 Tweet - "Americans have watched peaceful protests hijacked into violent riots that inflict the kind of injustice they supposedly oppose. Small businesses destroyed. Neighborhoods torn up. Police attacked on city streets. These riots need to stop. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Now." Sen. Mitch McConnell
May 28, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury and the Hon. Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration - Congressman Barr Requests Simplified Paycheck Protection Program Forgiveness Application for Small Businesses Rep. Andy Barr, ...
May 26, 2020 Tweet - "The CARES Act is investing billions of dollars into families, healthcare workers, and small businesses across the country. In Kentucky, it's already added up to an $11 billion impact." Sen. Mitch McConnell
May 22, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Jovita Carranza, Admin. of the Small Business Administration - Rubio Leads Colleagues in Requesting Full SBA Investigation Over Planned Parenthood Improperly Receiving PPP Loans Rep. Hal Rogers, ...
May 20, 2020 Business Before the Senate Sen. Mitch McConnell
May 20, 2020 Tweet - "My hometown of Louisville, Kentucky is home to the baseball bat factory that makes the world-famous Louisville Slugger. Thanks to the Paycheck Protection Program, 171 employees were pulled off furlough and put right back on the payroll." Sen. Mitch McConnell
May 15, 2020 Tweet - "This week Speaker Pelosi published an 1,800-page catalog of left-wing oddities & called it a coronavirus relief bill. It proposes tax hikes on small business, giveaways to blue-state millionaires, checks for illegal immigrants, and diversity detectives for the cannabis industry." Sen. Mitch McConnell
May 14, 2020 Tweet - "House Democrats' huge new bill would cut taxes for blue-state millionaires, send government checks to illegal immigrants, and -- wait for it -- mandate two separate taxpayer-funded studies of diversity in the cannabis industry. This is their effort at coronavirus relief?" Sen. Mitch McConnell
May 13, 2020 Tweet - "The Paycheck Protection Program is continuing to provide critical relief for small businesses across America. The manufacturer of Louisville Slugger bats says it put 171 furloughed employees back on the payroll after receiving a loan." Sen. Mitch McConnell
May 12, 2020 Tweet - "More than two-thirds of independent business owners say they are worried about a legal liability minefield getting in the way of re-opening. The Senate majority is not going to stand idly by and let trial lawyers vacuum up relief money & redirect it into their own pockets." Sen. Mitch McConnell
May 11, 2020 Tweet - "The Paycheck Protection Program is helping nearly 42,000 Kentucky job creators & millions of small businesses nationwide access emergency cash. This program is a lifeline for American workers and Main Streets across the country." Sen. Mitch McConnell
May 8, 2020 Letter to Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker, and Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Bipartisan Members Urge House Leaders to Promote Competition in Telecommunications Supply Chains Rep. Steven Guthrie, ...
May 4, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, United States Secretary of State - Fitzpatrick Joins Overwhelming Bipartisan Majority of House Members Calls On Administration To Extend Iran Arms Embargo Rep. Hal Rogers, ...
April 30, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Jovita Carranza, Admin. of the Small Business Administration - Inhofe Joins Daines, Colleagues in Urging SBA to exclude Planned Parenthood from PPP loans Rep. Steven Guthrie, ...
April 29, 2020 Tweet - "We need to provide protection -- litigation protection -- for those who have been on the front lines. And we have to help businesses and employees go back to work without fear of trial lawyers sharpening their pencils." Sen. Mitch McConnell
April 28, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary for the Department of Treasury, Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, and Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Capito, Colleagues Urge Federal Reserve to Protect Second Amendment Industries from Discrimination Sen. Rand Paul, ...
April 25, 2020 Tweet - "Thanks to the Paycheck Protection Program, more businesses like The Cheddar Box Cafe in Kentucky, will be able to keep their doors open and their employees on payroll. This is just one of the many success stories of this vital job saving program." Sen. Mitch McConnell
April 24, 2020 McConnell Applauds Inclusion of Horse Racetracks in Popular Small Business Loan Program Sen. Mitch McConnell
April 24, 2020 Tweet - ". @POTUS just signed our latest relief bill. It expands funding for saving small businesses and protecting Americans' paychecks. It strengthens support for hospitals, healthcare providers, and testing. Proud to have led the historic CARES Act and this expansion of key provisions." Sen. Mitch McConnell
April 23, 2020 Tweet - "Historic, tragic layoffs continue to pile up nationwide. This pandemic has erased a decade of job creation in just over one month. Democrats should never have made the Paycheck Protection Program lapse. The House must follow the Senate's lead and vote today to re-open it." Sen. Mitch McConnell
Date Title Politician
Oct. 7, 2020 Letter to Daniel Yong Zhang, Chairman and CEO of the Alibaba Group - Comer calls on Ebay and Alibaba to help prevent illegal importation of plant products Rep.Jamie Comer
Oct. 7, 2020 Letter to Jamie Iannone, President and CEO of eBay Inc. Headquarters - Comer calls on Ebay and Alibaba to help prevent illegal importation of plant products Rep.Jamie Comer
Oct. 1, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Robert Lighthizer, Ambassador of the U.S. Trade Agreement - Rubio Joins Colleagues Urging Lighthizer to Begin Talks for a Trade Agreement with Taiwan Sen.Rand Paul, ...
Sept. 30, 2020 Congressman Barr Tries to Spur Investment in Rural Communities with New Banking Bill Rep.Andy Barr
Sept. 22, 2020 Reps Dean and Barr Partner on Bipartisan Bill to Give Small Businesses Greater Access to Loans Rep.Andy Barr
Sept. 10, 2020 Tweet - "Every Senate Democrat just voted against hundreds of billions of dollars of COVID-19 relief. They blocked money for schools, testing, vaccines, unemployment insurance, and the Paycheck Protection Program. Their goal is clear: No help for American families before the election." Sen.Mitch McConnell
Sept. 8, 2020 Tweet - "Republicans have built yet another effort to help Americans. Money for schools. Resources for parents. Testing. Vaccines. Another round of the job-saving PPP. And more. The Senate will be voting this week. The nation will see who's serious about making law for American families." Sen.Mitch McConnell
Aug. 21, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mark Calabria, Director of Federal Housing Finance Agency - Crist Leads Bipartisan Letter Calling on Fannie and Freddie Regulator to Repeal Trump Refi Tax Rep.Andy Barr, ...
Aug. 12, 2020 Tweet - "The PPP saved Main Street jobs across Kentucky. It sent more than $5B in payroll support to our state. But the recovery is not finished. Hard-hit businesses need a second draw, and Republicans proposed one. But Democrats are blocking it over non-COVID-related wish-list items." Sen.Mitch McConnell
Aug. 11, 2020 Tweet - "The Speaker and the Democratic Leader say they won't allow another cent for families, schools, or the PPP unless they get a trillion-dollar state government slush fund, way beyond COVID needs. These unrelated liberal demands are blocking billions in aid that families need now." Sen.Mitch McConnell
Aug. 10, 2020 Tweet - "Because of Democrats' obstruction, the extra federal unemployment aid expired. The PPP is closed with no second round in sight. No new money for testing or schools. No second round of checks to families. Democrats held all this hostage for non-COVID-related liberal priorities." Sen.Mitch McConnell
Aug. 6, 2020 Tweet - "Democrats' obstruction last week forced the additional federal unemployment benefit to expire. Their obstruction this week will force another deadline: the PPP shuts its doors Saturday. Republicans had plans to keep both from expiring. Democrats have refused them all." Sen.Mitch McConnell
Aug. 6, 2020 McConnell on CNBC's "Squawk On The Street" Sen.Mitch McConnell
Aug. 6, 2020 Tweet - "ICYMI, I joined @FoxNews to discuss Democrats' obstruction of the COVID-19 relief negotiations, how Republicans tried to keep extra unemployment benefits from expiring, and the need to keep small-business aid flowing." Sen.Mitch McConnell
Aug. 5, 2020 Tweet - "Tune in now to @FoxNews Special Report. I am joining @MikeEmanuelFox to discuss Senate Republicans' plan to help working families, small businesses, and healthcare heroes navigate this new phase of the pandemic." Sen.Mitch McConnell
July 30, 2020 Tweet - "ICYMI: I joined @JudyWoodruff on @NewsHour to discuss the importance of helping schools and employers safely reopen, and delivering new relief to working families in need. For the country's sake, Democrats need to come to the table." Sen.Mitch McConnell
July 29, 2020 Taylor, Lawson, Barr Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Prevent Foreclosures and Protect American Jobs Rep.Andy Barr, ...
July 23, 2020 Executive Session Sen.Mitch McConnell
July 23, 2020 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021 Rep.Andy Barr
July 17, 2020 Letter to Brad Close, President and CEO of the National Federation of Independent Business - Oversight Republicans launch sweeping examination of business regs to aid in economic recovery Rep.Jamie Comer
July 16, 2020 Tweet - "The CARES Act didn't just give Main Street a fighting chance. The Senate's historic legislation has also given rural healthcare and hospitals the resources they needed to keep their medical staff on the payroll and focus on fighting the coronavirus." Sen.Mitch McConnell
July 15, 2020 Tweet - "The Paycheck Protection Program helped 48,000 Kentucky small businesses. From coast to coast, small businesses received emergency help to keep employees on payroll and weather the storm. I'm proud the Senate's policy has saved millions and millions of jobs." Sen.Mitch McConnell
July 10, 2020 Letter to President Donald Trump - Steube Urges President Trump to Cap Unemployment Benefits and Incentivize Americans to Return to Workforce Rep.Jamie Comer, ...
June 26, 2020 Providing for Congressional Disapproval of Rule Submitted By Department of Education Relating to ``Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability''--veto Message From the President of the United States Rep.Steven Guthrie
June 22, 2020 Letter to Steven Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary of Department of the Treasury, and Jerome H. Powell, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve - Congressman Van Taylor Calls on Fed, Treasury to Prevent Foreclosures and Protect Jobs Rep.Andy Barr, ...
June 17, 2020 McConnell Announces John Chapuis to Serve as Policy Advisor for Tax, Trade, and Banking Issues Sen.Mitch McConnell
June 5, 2020 Tweet - "This crisis is not over. Our economic comeback is just beginning. But even in these early days of our careful reopening, the American people are already trouncing expert predictions and starting to come back strong. My full statement:" Sen.Mitch McConnell
June 5, 2020 McConnell & Kentucky Businesses Praise Passage of Bill Giving Additional Flexibility to the Paycheck Protection Program Sen.Mitch McConnell
June 4, 2020 Letter to Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader McConnell, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and Minority Leader Schumer - Concern Over Extending Supplemental Unemployment Insurance Rep.Jamie Comer, ...
June 4, 2020 Tweet - "The Chinese Communist Party has cheated on trade, stolen foreign technology, executed long-term plans to target the industrial bases of the United States and our allies, and weaponized foreign aid to manipulate developing countries. And continued to repress their own people." Sen.Mitch McConnell
June 1, 2020 Tweet - "Americans have watched peaceful protests hijacked into violent riots that inflict the kind of injustice they supposedly oppose. Small businesses destroyed. Neighborhoods torn up. Police attacked on city streets. These riots need to stop. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Now." Sen.Mitch McConnell
May 28, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury and the Hon. Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration - Congressman Barr Requests Simplified Paycheck Protection Program Forgiveness Application for Small Businesses Rep.Andy Barr, ...
May 26, 2020 Tweet - "The CARES Act is investing billions of dollars into families, healthcare workers, and small businesses across the country. In Kentucky, it's already added up to an $11 billion impact." Sen.Mitch McConnell
May 22, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Jovita Carranza, Admin. of the Small Business Administration - Rubio Leads Colleagues in Requesting Full SBA Investigation Over Planned Parenthood Improperly Receiving PPP Loans Rep.Hal Rogers, ...
May 20, 2020 Business Before the Senate Sen.Mitch McConnell
May 20, 2020 Tweet - "My hometown of Louisville, Kentucky is home to the baseball bat factory that makes the world-famous Louisville Slugger. Thanks to the Paycheck Protection Program, 171 employees were pulled off furlough and put right back on the payroll." Sen.Mitch McConnell
May 15, 2020 Tweet - "This week Speaker Pelosi published an 1,800-page catalog of left-wing oddities & called it a coronavirus relief bill. It proposes tax hikes on small business, giveaways to blue-state millionaires, checks for illegal immigrants, and diversity detectives for the cannabis industry." Sen.Mitch McConnell
May 14, 2020 Tweet - "House Democrats' huge new bill would cut taxes for blue-state millionaires, send government checks to illegal immigrants, and -- wait for it -- mandate two separate taxpayer-funded studies of diversity in the cannabis industry. This is their effort at coronavirus relief?" Sen.Mitch McConnell
May 13, 2020 Tweet - "The Paycheck Protection Program is continuing to provide critical relief for small businesses across America. The manufacturer of Louisville Slugger bats says it put 171 furloughed employees back on the payroll after receiving a loan." Sen.Mitch McConnell
May 12, 2020 Tweet - "More than two-thirds of independent business owners say they are worried about a legal liability minefield getting in the way of re-opening. The Senate majority is not going to stand idly by and let trial lawyers vacuum up relief money & redirect it into their own pockets." Sen.Mitch McConnell
May 11, 2020 Tweet - "The Paycheck Protection Program is helping nearly 42,000 Kentucky job creators & millions of small businesses nationwide access emergency cash. This program is a lifeline for American workers and Main Streets across the country." Sen.Mitch McConnell
May 8, 2020 Letter to Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker, and Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Bipartisan Members Urge House Leaders to Promote Competition in Telecommunications Supply Chains Rep.Steven Guthrie, ...
May 4, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, United States Secretary of State - Fitzpatrick Joins Overwhelming Bipartisan Majority of House Members Calls On Administration To Extend Iran Arms Embargo Rep.Hal Rogers, ...
April 30, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Jovita Carranza, Admin. of the Small Business Administration - Inhofe Joins Daines, Colleagues in Urging SBA to exclude Planned Parenthood from PPP loans Rep.Steven Guthrie, ...
April 29, 2020 Tweet - "We need to provide protection -- litigation protection -- for those who have been on the front lines. And we have to help businesses and employees go back to work without fear of trial lawyers sharpening their pencils." Sen.Mitch McConnell
April 28, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary for the Department of Treasury, Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, and Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Capito, Colleagues Urge Federal Reserve to Protect Second Amendment Industries from Discrimination Sen.Rand Paul, ...
April 25, 2020 Tweet - "Thanks to the Paycheck Protection Program, more businesses like The Cheddar Box Cafe in Kentucky, will be able to keep their doors open and their employees on payroll. This is just one of the many success stories of this vital job saving program." Sen.Mitch McConnell
April 24, 2020 McConnell Applauds Inclusion of Horse Racetracks in Popular Small Business Loan Program Sen.Mitch McConnell
April 24, 2020 Tweet - ". @POTUS just signed our latest relief bill. It expands funding for saving small businesses and protecting Americans' paychecks. It strengthens support for hospitals, healthcare providers, and testing. Proud to have led the historic CARES Act and this expansion of key provisions." Sen.Mitch McConnell
April 23, 2020 Tweet - "Historic, tragic layoffs continue to pile up nationwide. This pandemic has erased a decade of job creation in just over one month. Democrats should never have made the Paycheck Protection Program lapse. The House must follow the Senate's lead and vote today to re-open it." Sen.Mitch McConnell
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