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U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Greenville, Ky., as U.S. Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) listens at right during an announcement that the U.S. Army will award Repkon USA $435,000,000 to construct a Trinitrotoluene (TNT) production facility in Graham, Kentucky, in Muhlenberg County. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Greenville, Ky., as U.S. Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) listens at right during an announcement that the U.S. Army will award Repkon USA $435,000,000 to construct a Trinitrotoluene (TNT) production facility in Graham, Kentucky, in Muhlenberg County. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)

Bryan Van Brunt, President, Repkon USA Holdings, Inc., speaks Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Greenville, Ky, during an announcement that the U.S. Army will award Repkon USA $435,000,000 to construct a Trinitrotoluene (TNT) production facility in Graham, Kentucky, in Muhlenberg County. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)

Bryan Van Brunt, President, Repkon USA Holdings, Inc., speaks Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Greenville, Ky, during an announcement that the U.S. Army will award Repkon USA $435,000,000 to construct a Trinitrotoluene (TNT) production facility in Graham, Kentucky, in Muhlenberg County. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)

Muhlenberg County, Ky, Judge-Executive Mack McGehee speaks Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Greenville, Ky, as, from left; Bryan Van Brunt, President, Repkon USA Holdings, Inc., U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY., and U.S. Congressman Brett Guthrie, KY-02, listen during an announcement that the U.S. Army will award Repkon USA $435,000,000 to construct a Trinitrotoluene (TNT) production facility in Graham, Kentucky. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)

Muhlenberg County, Ky, Judge-Executive Mack McGehee speaks Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Greenville, Ky, as, from left; Bryan Van Brunt, President, Repkon USA Holdings, Inc., U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY., and U.S. Congressman Brett Guthrie, KY-02, listen during an announcement that the U.S. Army will award Repkon USA $435,000,000 to construct a Trinitrotoluene (TNT) production facility in Graham, Kentucky. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY., center, is greeted by officials in Greenville, Ky, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, while attending an announcement that the U.S. Army will award Repkon USA $435,000,000 to construct a Trinitrotoluene (TNT) production facility in Graham, Kentucky, in Muhlenberg County. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY., center, is greeted by officials in Greenville, Ky, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, while attending an announcement that the U.S. Army will award Repkon USA $435,000,000 to construct a Trinitrotoluene (TNT) production facility in Graham, Kentucky, in Muhlenberg County. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)