Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

This week’s guest on Open Mic is US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. In this exclusive interview the Kentucky Republican shares a very dismal view for approving a new trade agreement this year and his plans to see the appropriations process complete under regular order. McConnell shares his frustration with the Obama administration’s environmental agenda and thoughts on finding a compromise on federal preemption legislation to prevent state labeling laws on foods with ingredients from genetically enhanced crops. In addition to our weekly Open Mic interview, you can receive the latest news on farm and rural policy in our Agri-Pulse e-newsletter. Just sign up for our four-week free trial, by clicking on this link. You may control the playback using this player control, changing the volume or moving ahead or replaying an earlier portion: Flash Player upgrade required Click in the square area above to Pause or Restart Playback If you wish to use another player or transfer to your MP3 Player Device, you may right click here, then select "save target as" to download this ".mp3" file.