WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul announced today that he saved more than $620,000 from his official FY 2016 operating budget, bringing the total amount Dr. Paul has returned to the taxpayers to over $3,000,000 since taking office in January 2011."It's easy to...
EPA’s Bulk-Buy Transit Subsidy Gone Wrong
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul, chairman of the Federal Spending Oversight Subcommittee, released the latest edition of "The Waste Report," an ongoing project cataloguing egregious examples of waste within the U.S. government. Is a bulk discount...
Dr. Rand Paul Creates Faster Path for Treatments with New FDA Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator and physician Rand Paul has introduced S. 3466, the Accelerating New Pharmaceutical Competition Act, to reduce red tape at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by fast tracking FDA approval of medicines and devices that have met...
One Small Step for Waste, One Giant Leap for Wastekind
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul, chairman of the Federal Spending Oversight Subcommittee, released the latest edition of 'The Waste Report,' an ongoing project cataloguing egregious examples of waste within the U.S. government. We all learned, "That's...
Dr. Rand Paul to US Senate: Protect Terminal Patients’ Access to Treatment
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator and physician Rand Paul called for the passage of U.S. Senator Ron Johnson's (R-WI) S. 2912, the Trickett Wendler Right to Try Act, to prevent the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from interfering with "Right to Try" laws that...
Aloha to Waste
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul, chairman of the Federal Spending Oversight Subcommittee, released the latest edition of 'The Waste Report,' an ongoing project cataloguing egregious examples of waste within the U.S. government. In today's Report, Dr....
Dr. Rand Paul Welcomes Kentucky Honor Flight to Washington, DC
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul yesterday welcomed veterans from Kentucky traveling on their Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. "Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to those who fought for our freedoms. I have always stood with Kentucky's veterans and will...
US Senate Votes on Blocking Saudi Arabia Arms Sale
WASHINGTON, D.C. - By invoking the Arms Export Control Act of 1976, U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Al Franken (D-MN), and Mike Lee (R-UT) forced a vote today in the U.S. Senate on blocking the $1.15 billion U.S. sale of 153 Abrams tanks and...
VA Medical Center – No TV for You
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul, chairman of the Federal Spending Oversight Subcommittee, released the latest edition of "The Waste Report," an ongoing project cataloguing egregious examples of waste within the U.S. government. In September 2013, as...
Sens. Paul, Warner Applaud House Action on Cost-Cutters Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Mark Warner (D-VA) applauded the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee for passing U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann's (R-TN) H.R. 2532, the Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act. The legislation mirrors S....