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华盛顿讯——肯塔基州州长安迪·贝希尔周日表示，自上月正式要求提供米奇·麦康奈尔的健康状况更新以来，他尚未收到这位参议员的回复。麦康奈尔此前住院数周，引发了广泛的猜测和担忧。
“我完全没有收到米奇·麦康奈尔的任何回复，”贝希尔在《与玛格丽特·布伦南会面》节目中说道。
现年84岁的麦康奈尔于6月14日住院。但数周来，他和其团队几乎没有透露他的病情，这促使贝希尔在7月8日写信给这位肯塔基州资深参议员，要求提供其健康状况的最新信息。几天后，麦康奈尔发布了住院以来的首份声明，称此次住院源于一次摔倒，并表示他已转至康复中心。
本月早些时候，曾在童年时期患过小儿麻痹症的麦康奈尔发布声明称，他已从康复中心出院，距离最初住院已近两个月。麦康奈尔表示，他将在家中继续康复。声明中未提及他预计何时返回国会山。
在贝希尔上月写给麦康奈尔的信中，这位民主党州长表示“肯塔基州民众对你当前的健康状况、福祉以及担任美国参议院议员的能力日益感到担忧”。作为州长，他要求麦康奈尔“全面向肯塔基州民众更新其健康的最新状况”。在当月晚些时候发出的另一封信中，贝希尔敦促麦康奈尔“直接以口头方式”向其选民说明情况，并提供证据证明他仍能履职。
周日，贝希尔强调，麦康奈尔必须采取更多行动，向肯塔基州民众证明他有能力履行参议员职责。
贝希尔说：“我确实希望他正在好转”，并指出他从小就认识麦康奈尔。但他补充道，麦康奈尔的“老板是肯塔基州的民众”。
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“这就是为什么共和党控制的参议院如今看起来如此 dysfunctional（功能失调），民众觉得他们不对任何人负责，”贝希尔说。“他只需要花两分钟时间拨打这个节目、或者福克斯新闻的电话，或者拍一段两分钟的视频给他本应服务的民众就行。但你知道吗？他坚决拒绝这么做。”
贝希尔还将矛头指向参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩。图恩此前曾在这位肯塔基州共和党人担任参议院领袖期间担任其副手，他一直 defer to（听从）麦康奈尔及其团队提供的健康状况更新，并表示希望这位参议员能尽快返回国会山。
“作为参议院领袖，你有责任确保所有参议员都有履职能力，而他在说什么？‘这不关我的事’，”贝希尔说。
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he’s “heard absolutely nothing back from Mitch McConnell”
August 16, 2026 / 10:52 AM EDT / CBS News
By Kaia Hubbard
Washington — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Sunday that he hasn’t heard back from Sen. Mitch McConnell following formal requests for updates on his health last month amid a weekslong hospitalization that prompted widespread speculation and concern.
“I’ve heard absolutely nothing back from Mitch McConnell,” Beshear said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan”.
McConnell, 84, was hospitalized on June 14. But he and his staff shared little about his condition for weeks, prompting Beshear to write a letter on July 8 to the longtime Kentucky senator seeking an update on his health. Days later, McConnell put out his first statement since the hospitalization, which he said resulted from a fall, while noting that he had moved to a rehabilitation center.
Earlier this month, McConnell, a childhood polio survivor, released a statement saying he had been discharged from the rehabilitation center, nearly two months after he was initially hospitalized. McConnell said he would continue his recovery at home. The statement did not say when he is expected to return to Capitol Hill.
In his letter to McConnell last month, Beshear, a Democrat, said “Kentuckians have grown increasingly concerned about the current state of your health and wellbeing, and ability to hold office in the United States Senate.” As governor, he requested that McConnell “fully update Kentuckians regarding the current status” of his health.” In another letter later that month, Beshear urged McConnell to “directly and verbally” address his constituents and provide proof of his ability to continue to serve.
On Sunday, Beshear stressed that McConnell must do more to assure Kentuckians of his ability to carry out the role as senator.
Beshear said, “I do hope that he is getting better,” noting that he’s known McConnell for his entire life. But, he added, that McConnell’s “boss are the people of Kentucky.”
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“This is why the Senate, the Republican-controlled Senate, feels so broken, they feel like they’re not accountable to anyone,” Beshear said. “All he needs to do is call into this show for two minutes, or Fox News for two minutes, or do a video for two minutes to the people he’s supposed to serve. But you know what? He absolutely refuses to do it.”
Beshear also pointed the blame at Senate Majority Leader John Thune. Thune, who previously served as McConnell’s No. 2 during the Kentucky Republican’s tenure as leader, has deferred to McConnell and his staff for updates on his health, while expressing hope that the senator will return to Capitol Hill soon.
“As the leader of the Senate, you’ve got a duty to make sure all of your senators have the capacity to serve, and what is he saying? Not my job,” Beshear said.
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