WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee today voted on Senator Rand Paul's amendment to the U.S. Department of State Operations Authorization and Embassy Security Act. This legislation, which holds the same text as the Stand with Israel Act of...
Senators Introduce Amendment To Protect Against Indefinite Detention
WASHINGTON—Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced the Due Process Guarantee amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. The amendment is designed to protect...
Sen. Rand Paul Releases Newest Edition of ‘The Waste Report’
Uncovers a U.S. Government Funded Afghan Cricket LeagueWASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul today released the fifth edition to 'The Waste Report.' 'The Waste Report' is an ongoing project to catalog egregious examples of wasteful spending throughout the U.S....
Sen. Rand Paul Offers Amendment to NDAA to Declassify 9/11 Congressional Inquiry
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul this week introduced Amendment No. 1680 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which would require President Obama to declassify and make available to the public the redacted 28 pages from the Joint Inquiry into...
Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Amendments to NDAA to Protect Kentucky’s Military Installments
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul this week introduced the following amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). As a fierce advocate for our nation's armed forces and staunch defender of Kentucky's Fort Campbell and Fort Knox, Sen. Paul...
Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Budget Amendments to NDAA
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul this week introduced the following amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). These amendments are largely aimed at eliminating inefficiencies and wasted funds within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). As...
Paul, McConnell and Whitfield Press Energy Secretary Moniz on Paducah DOE Site
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Rand Paul, and Congressman Ed Whitfield today met with Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz to discuss the immediate and long term future of the Paducah DOE site. The delegation, on...
Sens. Paul, Warner Introduce Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Amendment to NDAA
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Mark Warner (D-VA) today introduced Amendment 1543 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), known as Bonuses for Cost-Cutters. Building on the current federal law, the amendment would allow a U.S....
Sen. Rand Paul Unveils the Bipartisan “Transparency for the Families of 9/11 Victims and Survivors Act”
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), U.S. Representatives Walter Jones (R-NC), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), and Thomas Massie (R-KY) and former U.S. Senator Bob Graham (D-FL) stood today with family members of victims of the September 11, 2001...
Sens. Paul, Wyden Release Joint Amendments, Call For Votes On Proposals to Expand Surveillance Reforms
Washington, D.C. - Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., announced nine amendments to reform U.S. surveillance programs, enhance protections for American's personal information and improve transparency regarding intelligence activities. Wyden and Paul...