Quotes

[observation, May 2017] I think we could do with a little less drama from the White House.

I allow Kentucky to punch above its weight. My last term $17.5 billion for the commonwealth that would not have been there had I not been the majority leader of the Senate.

on the 2022 midterm election results] I never said there was a red wave, I said we had a bunch of close races. We ended up having a candidate quality [issue. Look at Arizona, look at New Hampshire, there was a challenging situation in Georgia as well.

on the 2022 midterm election results] I do think we had the opportunity to relearn one more time you have to have quality candidates to win competitive senate races. "We went through this in 2010, 2012.

[on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol] The entire nation knows who is responsible for that day. Beyond that, I don't have any immediate observations

[2016] One of my proudest moments was when I looked Barack Obama in the eye and I said, 'Mr. President, you will not fill the Supreme Court vacancy.'