WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Neil Gorsuch to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States: "Justice Gorsuch has handled a contentious nomination process with...
Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Bill to Repeal FATCA
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced legislation to repeal the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), with U.S. Representative Mark Meadows (R-NC) introducing a companion bill in the U.S. House. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) joined Dr....
Sen. Rand Paul Releases Statement on U.S. Cruise Missile Strike
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Tonight, U.S. Senator Rand Paul released the following statement regarding the United States' strike on a Syrian military airfield: "While we all condemn the atrocities in Syria, the United States was not attacked. The President needs congressional...
Paul, Booker, Cummings Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Fix Broken Criminal Justice System
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) today re-introduced the REDEEM Act (Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act), a bipartisan, bicameral bill to help fix our broken...
Sens. Paul, Coons Call on Pakistan to Release Asia Bibi, Reform Laws
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced S. Res. 109, a resolution calling on Pakistan to end the unjust imprisonment of Pakistani Christian Aasiya Noreen, commonly referred to as Asia Bibi, and to reform laws that...
You Say Tomato, I Say Waste
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul released the latest edition of "The Waste Report," an ongoing project cataloguing egregious examples of waste within the U.S. government.Tomatoes not quite tasting like they used to? Don't worry. Your tax dollars are on...
Dr. Rand Paul Holds Senate Hearing on the National Debt’s Impact on Spending
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul, chairman of the Federal Spending Oversight Subcommittee for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), held a hearing entitled, "The Effect of Borrowing on Federal Spending." The hearing looked...
Dr. Rand Paul Votes Against Further Expanding NATO
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul voted against a cloture motion on ratifying the Accession Protocol for Montenegro to become the 29th member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). "There is no national security interest that an alliance...
Dr. Rand Paul Comments on the U.S. House Rejecting ‘Obamacare Lite’
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator and physician Rand Paul released the following statement after U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan pulled the American Health Care Act from a floor vote for the second day in a row: "I applaud House conservatives for keeping their word...
Interesting Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul released the latest edition of "The Waste Report," an ongoing project cataloguing egregious examples of waste within the U.S. government. No one can borrow unlimited amounts of money forever, but that hasn't stopped our...