Sens. Paul, Grassley Introduce Fuel Choice and Deregulation Act of 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) last week introduced the Fuel Choice and Deregulation Act of 2015. This legislation will remove Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) impediments to market competition and innovation in...
Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Amendment to Offset Increased OCO Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C - Sen. Rand Paul today introduced Amendment 992 to S.Con.Res.11, the Budget Resolution. This amendment would pay for the $96 billion of Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funding in the budget. That funding is exempted from budget caps and slated to...
Sens. Paul, McConnell, Heller, and Capito Introduce Legislation to Help America’s Rural Communities
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced legislation today to help rural communities harmed by Obama Administration policies that restrict access to rural lending opportunities. Sens. Dean Heller (R-NV), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV),...
Sens. Paul, Schatz & Reps. Brown, Ellison Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Help Expand Use of Police Body Cameras
Police CAMERA Act Would Create A Grant Program To Help Local Law Enforcement Agencies Develop Body-Worn Camera ProgramsWashington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), U.S. Representatives Corrine Brown (FL-05) and Keith Ellison...
Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today reintroduced the Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act. This legislation provides state governors with the power to regulate intrastate endangered species and intrastate threatened species. "This bill will better...
Sen. Rand Paul Introduces the Harbor Equity Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today reintroduced the Harbor Equity Act. This legislation modifies the existing criteria used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge small harbors. Currently, the Corps' prioritizes dredging solely for larger harbors that see...
Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Military Sequester Flexibility Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today introduced S.813, the Military Sequester Flexibility Act. This legislation will provide the Secretary of Defense the authority to transfer funds within the Department of Defense (DOD) in order to mitigate the damaging effects of...
Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Economic Freedom Zones Act of 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today reintroduced the Economic Freedom Zones Act of 2015. This legislation will establish free market enterprise zones and dramatically reduce taxes in order to help facilitate the creation of new jobs, entrepreneurial opportunities,...
Sen. Rand Paul Introduces ‘Read the Bills’ Resolution
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today introduced S.Res. 100, a resolution to change Senate rules to provide sufficient time for legislation to be read before being considered by the U.S. Senate. The waiting period point of order-except during a time of urgent...
Sen. Paul Questions Secretary Kerry on Authorization for War with ISIS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today attended the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to question Secretary of State John Kerry regarding the Obama Administration's proposed authorization for use of military force (AUMF) against the Islamic State, known as...
Sens. Paul, Booker, & Gillibrand Announce CARERS Act
New Bipartisan Medical Marijuana Bill to Allow Patients Including Veterans to Access Necessary Care without Fear of Federal ProsecutionWASHINGTON, D.C. - Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) today stood with patients, their...
Sens. Paul and Booker Re-introduce the REDEEM Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Building on the growing momentum and bipartisan coalitions rallying behind broad-based criminal justice reform, U.S. Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), today re-introduced S. 675, the REDEEM Act, sweeping legislation to reform the...
Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Bill to Repeal Anti-Privacy Provisions in FATCA
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today reintroduced S.663, a bill to repeal certain provisions of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and put an end to a defective bill that does not accomplish its objective of ending tax evasion. Text for bill, S.663, can...
Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Stand with Israel Act of 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul yesterday reintroduced the Stand with Israel Act of 2015. This legislation would halt all U.S. foreign aid to the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) until the P.A. renounces violence, purges terrorists from its ranks, and recognizes the...
Sen. Rand Paul Cosponsors Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today signed on as a cosponsor to The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, introduced last week by Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.). This bipartisan legislation would mandate that the Obama Administration submit the text of any...
Sen. Rand Paul Stands with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today issued the following statement in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Joint Meeting of Congress:"Israel is and has always been America's friend and ally. I was pleased to hear Prime Minister Netanyahu's...
Sen. Paul Announces Taxpayer Savings: Returns $480,000 to U.S. Treasury from Office Budget
Has returned $1.8 million since taking officeBOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Sen. Rand Paul today announced that he has returned $480,000 to the United States Treasury - money unspent from his official operating budget in 2014. He made the announcement while speaking to young...
Sen. Paul Introduces Civil Rights Voting Restoration Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today re-introduced S. 457, the Civil Rights Voting Restoration Act of 2015, co-sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). This bipartisan legislation would restore Federal voting rights for non-violent ex-offenders. "A...
Sen. Paul Announces Service Academy Nominations For 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today announced his service academy nominations for 2015. Fifty-one Kentuckians were nominated to the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and the U.S. Air Force Academy. "It is an honor to...
Sen. Rand Paul To Oppose Loretta Lynch For U.S. Attorney General
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul issued the following statement opposing the nomination of Loretta Lynch to the position of U.S. Attorney General:"Mrs. Lynch has a track-record of violating the individual freedoms granted to us by our Constitution. She considers...