WASHINGTON, D.C. - On the U.S. Senate floor yesterday, Senator Rand Paul introduced amendment #3301 to the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement bill, which calls to end abuse of sanction waivers by the President. Below is the video and transcript of Sen. Paul's...
Sen. Rand Paul Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on EPA Regulations
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul today released the following statement applauding the Supreme Court's decision to temporarily halt President Obama's regulations on the coal industry:"It is encouraging that the Supreme Court halted one of President...
Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Fort Knox Energy Security Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul today introduced S.2523, the Fort Knox Energy Security Act. The legislation would specifically allow the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to continue producing natural gas at Fort Knox in Kentucky, which ultimately would...
Sen. Rand Paul Uncovers NSF Funded Romance Research Project Costing Taxpayers $2.5 Million in Latest Edition of ‘The Waste Report’
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul today released latest edition of 'The Waste Report,' which is an ongoing project cataloguing egregious examples of waste within the U.S. government. Just in time for Valentine's Day, the latest edition calls attention to a...
Sen. Rand Paul Uncovers Federally Funded Study on E-mail Response Patterns in Latest ‘The Waste Report’
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul today released the latest edition of 'The Waste Report,' which is an ongoing project cataloguing egregious examples of waste within the U.S. government. The latest edition uncovers the federal government spending an untold...
Sen. Rand Paul Statement on More Coal Job Losses in Kentucky
BOWLING GREEN, KY - U.S. Senator Rand Paul today released the following statement on the Kentucky Quarterly Coal report just released by the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet. The report details a record low in coal mine employment, with 3218 jobs lost in 2015...
Sens. Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell Issue Letter to Defense Sec. Ash Carter to Protect Kentucky’s Military Installations from Service Member Reductions
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), along with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), issued the following letter today to the U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter expressing their concern for any effort by the Obama administration to further...
Sen. Rand Paul Highlights DOD Loss of $29 Million Worth of Heavy Equipment in Afghanistan in a Special Edition of ‘The Waste Report’
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul today released a special edition of 'The Waste Report,' which is an ongoing project cataloguing egregious examples of waste within the U.S. government. This edition highlights the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan...
Sen. Rand Paul Highlights DOD Spending $40,000 on 11-Foot Model of Fairchild Air Force Base in Latest ‘The Waste Report’
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul today released the latest edition of 'The Waste Report,' which is an ongoing project cataloguing egregious examples of waste within the U.S. government. The latest edition highlights what should be a welcome effort to save...
McConnell, Paul, Lee, & Booker Sponsor Bill to Bring Accountability to Federal Prisons
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), announced today the introduction of the bipartisan Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2016. Currently, the Director of the Bureau...