Mitch McConnell: “It's like even a red flag in front a bull to say, 'If you guys don't do what I want, I'm going to do in on my own.'”

As much as it frustrates me, this process takes time. And on the advice of my doctors, I won't be able to return to the Senate floor to vote quite yet.

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.

But rest assured that, in the meantime, I’m not taking a break from the Senate business that matters to you.

I was encouraged by the President’s nomination of Jay Clayton to be the Director of National Intelligence. Mr. Clayton is known to the Senate, and his distinguished prior service, overseeing sensitive financial investigations as SEC Chair…