Rand Paul actually said...

"So we have a change in the monetary medium of exchange imposed by government where dollar bills are withdrawn from circulation and replaced by dollar coins and the gain to government is wholly due to ..."

"I don't think the Federal Government should be taking away the choice from consumers whether they hold their cash in coins or dollars, and the public agrees with that position."

"I think that compromise could get to some spending cuts."

"One compromise I can agree with Democrats on is that we need to cut some military spending."