WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement after U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) announced he would not seek reelection.

“I very much appreciate Mitch’s decades of dedicated service and leadership in the U.S. Senate.

“As the longest serving Senate Republican leader, Senator McConnell reshaped the American judiciary, particularly the Supreme Court. He has a lot to be proud of and I am sure he will work hard to the very end of his term.”

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