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Rand Paul is an American politician and physician currently serving as the junior United States senator from Kentucky, a position he has held since January 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he is known for his strong libertarian views, advocating for limited government and individual liberties. Throughout his tenure, Paul has focused on issues such as healthcare reform, fiscal responsibility, and civil liberties, often challenging both Republican and Democratic leadership on various policies.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of amendments be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendments are as follows: Amendment NO. 1484 (Purpose: To require Members of Congress…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and call up amendments Nos. 1484, 1485, and 1487 en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The assistant bill clerk…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce a very simple piece of legislation: to repeal the infamous section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act, which was quietly signed into law by the President on New Year's Day. What a way to…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, we are here today to try to prevent the national debt from going up another $1.2 trillion, but in a way, it's a formality because most everybody knows the national debt is going up $1.2…
But the crisis that we face, as I said, is not just domestic because it is a worldwide crisis. And if we don't do something, we will be forced, under very dire circumstances, because we cannot bail out the world. We are prepared now…
Mr. President, I rise today in support of the balanced budget amendment. In fact, it is beyond me to imagine how anybody in this body could oppose a balanced budget amendment. I ran my election last year primarily on this fact--that…
I think Congress has failed. We have not passed a budget in 2 years, much less a balanced budget. We cannot even pass a budget under the normal procedures, and we are showing no signs of being able to balance our own budget. They say the…
The problem is, in the past we have had rules--as the Senator mentioned, Gramm-Rudman-Hollings, pay as you go. I think pay as you go, which was passed in the late 1990s, was broken 700 times. There doesn't seem to be the spine or will…
In the last year, I spoke before my State legislature to a joint session of the House and Senate, and there was overwhelming support for a balanced budget amendment. I think there is actually a movement out there to do it if we do not do…
The big driving force here is the entitlements. If we look at the revenue coming into the government, it is all being spent on entitlements and interest. Forty percent of every dollar is borrowed, but that means we have to borrow all the…
People maintain that they are for jobs, for getting the economy growing again. If we were to pass a balanced budget amendment and send it to the States this year, it would create more jobs and create a better psychology than we have had in…
I think because so much of government spending is considered to be mandatory, so it just keeps enlarging and expanding. Also, because people have great big hearts and they want to help everyone, but they do not realize the ramifications of…
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