Rand Paul actually said...

"That we have to balance the budget and we need to do so by cutting spending. And I think that's the message -- the number one message from the Tea Party."

"We've got to do something. It's going to take dramatic, across the board look at everything in the budget."

"Well, some people have pointed out that in the Defense budget, we have about 40 percent overhead. And we require our Defense contractors to only have 15 percent overhead."

"Earmarks is part of the problem, and we must stop it."