“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
“They are picking houses the way you pick tomatoes at the grocery store.”
“Protecting and defending innocent life is and remains important to our Legislature, governor, attorney general and citizens.”

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On the recordApril 16, 2024
I do not know on what principles of reasoning it is that good men think that the public ought to pay more for a thing that they would themselves if they were buying it themselves.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky
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Rand Paul criticizes government reasoning on public funding for services.

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