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Kentucky governor says he has received no information on Mitch McConnell's health as he rips into Congress

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Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear sharply criticized Senator Mitch McConnell and the Senate at large over the Kentucky Republican's prolonged absence from Congress due to health issues. Beshear, a Democrat, said on Friday that he still had little information about the condition of McConnell, who was hospitalized in mid-June and released from a rehabilitation center earlier this month. I've received absolutely nothing, and that's the same that the people of Kentucky have received, Beshear told MS Now. This is why the Senate feels broken. These guys don't think that they have a boss when the people of Kentucky are their boss. They don't feel like they are accountable whatsoever. Beshear called on McConnell to make a video or call into a news show to update the public about his health. I want him to get better, but I just believe he has a responsibility to talk to the people of Kentucky, and I don't think that's asking a lot, he added. McConnell was released from a rehab center last Thursday and is now getting care at home. Earlier today, I was discharged from the rehabilitation center to continue my recovery at home, he said in a statement.