214 Quotes by Mitch McConnell

I've said repeatedly publicly, and other members have, that until you adjust the eligibility for entitlements, do things like raising the age for Medicare for future beneficiaries. Not for those currently receiving or those about to receive. Have serious means testing for high income people. You know Warren Buffett's always complaining about not paying enough taxes. And what I'm complaining about is we're paying for his Medicare. We ought not to be providing these kinds of benefits for millionaires and billionaires.

Mitt Romney has spent his entire life finding ways to solve problems.

It is time for a leader who will lead.

I'm in favor of doing tax reform, but I think tax reform ought to be revenue neutral as it was back during the [Ronald] Reagan years. We've resolved this issue.

I think the important thing to remember here is that we haven't been attacked again at home since September of 2001.

The minimum wage is mostly an entry-level wage for young people.

We have a debt the size of our economy, which makes us look a lot like Greece.

Tiger Woods and John Edwards had a better year than the Stimulus bill.

I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance at shooting. Most of us didn’t think that. What we did learn is this — it’s a hostage that’s worth ransoming. And it focuses the Congress on something that must be done.