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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Sep 28, 2025

I think both sides have to look at the proposals for spending and decide, what is the best way forward for the country?

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Sep 28, 2025

I have proposed a penny plan, which would cut a little bit across the board, and my plan would balance over about five years.

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Sep 28, 2025

I think there is a role for the federal government.

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Sep 28, 2025

I don't know that it's helpful to label groups, particularly since antifa, there are some real people in antifa, they're real violent people.

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Sep 28, 2025

The Republican proposal adds about $2 trillion in debt over the next year, so it'll be short $2 trillion. So, I oppose the Republican plan because it adds debt.

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Sep 28, 2025

I think ultimately, what's going to happen... is, eventually, cities like Chicago and Portland are going to give up on Democrats, because their people are dying.

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Sep 28, 2025

I think he has the legal authority to send troops to protect federal buildings and federal proceedings such as courts.

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Sep 28, 2025

I think you lose the description as activists once you start wielding weapons, and you show up with helmets and you're breaking windows.

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Sep 28, 2025

I think both the people in Portland and across America have to decide about this.

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James Comer
@jamescomer· Republican · KY· Sep 19, 2025

They were batting around so many questions about Trump. The members were talking over each other. It was all about Trump.

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James Comer
@jamescomer· Republican · KY· Sep 19, 2025

Alex Acosta cooperated with our questions today and provided information that will help advance our investigation into the federal government’s handling of the Epstein and Maxwell cases.

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Sep 11, 2025

The recent drone attack on a small speedboat over 2,000 miles from our shore without identification of the occupants or the content of the boat is in no way part of a declared war and defies our longstanding Coast Guard rules of engagement…

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Thomas Massie
@thomasmassie· Republican · KY· Sep 11, 2025

I think it’s meant to instill fear in people.

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James Comer
@jamescomer· Republican · KY· Sep 11, 2025

You could have had a fleet of security guards, and no one would have noticed a guy laying down on a rooftop.

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Sep 10, 2025

During my time in the Senate, I have been the foremost critic of drones being used on civilians, especially Americans.

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James Comer
@jamescomer· Republican · KY· Sep 10, 2025

The president says he did not sign it, so I take the president at his word.

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Sep 8, 2025

JD ‘I don’t give a shit’ Vance says killing people he accuses of a crime is the ‘highest and best use of the military.’ Did he ever read To Kill a Mockingbird?

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