Rand Paul: “Thank you Senator Sanders, Senator Paul, and members of the subcommittee for holding this hearing today.”

We are voting on whether a witness who has received the benefit of a sweeping federal pardon can be ordered by this committee to answer questions and then defy that order without consequence.

There will be repercussions to your refusal to testify today.

It was a judgment error. It was a profound judgment error.

Today we will vote on 2 budgets: One spends $100 billion MORE and is not offset by cuts. Pure debt. The other budget actually cuts spending by $400 billion dollars! Call your legislators and demand they vote for NO MORE DEBT!