Turning now to Washington, D.C.

Some Republicans have been critical of U.S.

Senator Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader.

Many didn't like his compromise border security deal with Democrats.

Senator Ted Cruz says it was time for new leadership.

And Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky even said that if Democratic Governor Andy Beshear ran against McConnell in 2026, Bashir would win.

But during his news conference last week, the governor again said he had no interest in running for that seat.

I'd rather be governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky than a U.S. senator from any state.

We get things done here.

We get to recognize the guard, and they're great work that we did today.

We get to create jobs like you, you saw before.

I mean, all of this infighting and a broken Congress and we get to push all that out and what we do here in the executive branch and just do our best in what seems like a chaotic world, to move the ball down the field to create better jobs, to hopefully have a health care facility closer to where people live, to always work, to improve public education and make sure the roads and the bridges that you drive are safe.

I mean, I get to live where people wake up every day and try to improve their lives in those ways.

And we think about those things.

Then maybe some of the rest of what we argue about, we can push aside and say, let's just make life better for everyone first and argue about the rest after.

But this is as broken of a Congress as I have ever witnessed.

And your job should be to show up and to enact good policy and serve the people and not play politics.

365 days a year.

Last week, Senator McConnell dismissed talk that Republicans would replace him as minority leader.

He says some have tried before and failed.