[[Moderate Republican]] U.S. Senate Leader [[Mitch McConnell]] of Kentucky said that Hopkins cared deeply for the state. As a former Marine, he used his expertise on the House Armed Services Committee to reform and modernize the military and before that worked as a state lawmaker to improve the lives of farmers, McConnell said in a statement.<ref name=msn/> | [[Moderate Republican]] U.S. Senate Leader [[Mitch McConnell]] of Kentucky said that Hopkins cared deeply for the state. As a former Marine, he used his expertise on the House Armed Services Committee to reform and modernize the military and before that worked as a state lawmaker to improve the lives of farmers, McConnell said in a statement.<ref name=msn/> |