Mitch McConnell: “A timely enactment of a Defense Appropriation Bill has never been more urgent.”

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

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.

As always, I appreciate all of your continued well wishes, and I’m looking forward to getting back to the Senate and to Kentucky soon.

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