Mitch McConnell: “So, look, it`s time for our Democratic colleagues to stop dragging their heels and get moving.”

And I’ll continue to engage with my staff and colleagues on important Senate business.

On the advice of my doctors, I’ll maintain an intensive regimen of physical therapy from home during the state work period.

I’ll keep working hard to get back on the Senate floor as soon as possible.

There’s no place I’d rather be on the first Saturday in August than with the good people of western Kentucky, feasting on pork and mutton.