Kentucky U.S. Senator Rand Paul also addressed the group on Monday at the Louisville International Convention Center.
He attended Greater Louisville Inc.'s Capitol Connection series, which gives local business leaders the chance to hear from elected officials.
Kentucky U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell froze up Wednesday while trying to answer a question about his desire to run for another term, the second such instance in about a month in which the Senate minority leader was left seemingly immobile in public.
After McConnell froze, those nearby waited for him to speak, but he remained silent before being walked away.
The Kentucky senator, 81, was at a dinner for the Senate Leadership Fund, when he tripped Wednesday evening.
The State House and Senate gaveled in at noon with Republicans firmly in power with supermajorities in both chambers again.
Kentucky U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell made history Tuesday as the longest serving party leader in either party in the U.S. Senate in American history.
As protests erupt outside the U.S. Supreme Court and across the country, Kentucky and Indiana politicians are reacting to the decision that overturned the landmark Roe. v. Wade abortion ruling.
In a news conference Tuesday morning in Lexington, Kentucky Sen. Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, said he expected this result.
McConnell spent the majority of his time speaking about Russia's invasion of Ukraine.