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...
Paul, Leahy, Massie & Scott Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Introduction Of The Justice Safety Valve Act
Bill To Ensure Sentences Consider Mitigating Factors In Appropriate CasesWASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA) introduced the Justice Safety Valve...
Sen. Paul Asks Kentucky General Assembly To Pass Expungement Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today said he supports efforts in the Kentucky General Assembly to pass legislation that would allow some nonviolent, low-level felons in the Commonwealth to ask courts to expunge their records. "I believe that an individual should...