WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Mitch McConnell issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, announced today that he brought home nearly $2.6 billion in federal funding for Kentucky priorities in the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations process. This number is a single-year record for the Commonwealth and for Senator McConnell through the regular appropriations process (https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=478FF6F9-5262-46FA-9CAD-E3847F6592A4). The total number of federal dollars the senior Senator from Kentucky has been able to secure for his home state throughout his 40-plus year...