Rand Paul: “I think both the people in Portland and across America have to decide about this.”

The bill before us grants the Executive Branch the power to raise nearly $500 billion dollars in revenue. I hope I am not the only Republican left in Congress who is horrified by a bill that proposes to raise taxes by half a trillion…

We only have one question: Whether to hold a witness responsible for his contempt toward Congress.

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!

The sooner the war ends, the better.