Rand Paul

I don’t think they’re real until we vote on them.

To make them real, a sense of permanence, a sense of legitimacy, they’re going to have to go be voted on by Congress.

In order to make it real, in order to make it go beyond the moment of the day, it needs to come back in the form of a rescission package.

I don’t know what the administration’s plan is.

I don’t know what the administration’s plan is. If they’re using [tariffs] as leverage, seems to me it would be better to threaten them, negotiate and you put them on or not on.

I love what Elon is doing … but to make it real, to make it go beyond the moment of the day, it needs to come back in the form of a rescission package.

To me, it’s ephemeral now. I love all the stuff they’re doing, but we got to vote on it.

I am against these tariffs. I am going to do everything I can to stop them.

Two minutes? If it is going to take longer. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture--

was there a unanimous consent request? The PRESIDING OFFICER. No, there wasn't.

Senate Standing Rule XXVI requires each committee to adopt rules to govern the procedure of the committee and to publish those rules in the Congressional Record not later than March 1 of the first year of each Congress. On February 27…

what was the consent request? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Can the Senator repeat the request, please.

If we can be done in 2 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Senator Ernst, you objected.

Senate Standing Rule XXVI requires each committee to adopt rules to govern the procedure of the committee and to publish those rules in the Congressional Record not later than March 1 of the first year of each Congress. On February 27…

Senate Standing Rule XXVI requires each committee to adopt rules to govern the procedure of the committee and to publish those rules in the Congressional Record not later than March 1 of the first year of each Congress. On February 20…

things are not as they appear to be, and in Washington, that is not unusual. In fact, that may be the norm--that in Washington, things are often not what they appear to be. If you follow the news, you have been seeing reports of Elon Musk…

I have five requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant executive clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas…

If we were fiscally conservative, why wouldn’t we take the savings from Elon Musk and DOGE and move it over here and help with the border?

I call up my amendment No. 999 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant executive clerk read as follows: The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. Paul] proposes an amendment numbered…

the budget bill before us instructs the Senate to find $342 billion in new spending. The budget bill, as written, is a spending bill. My amendment would add language to cut spending. The cuts would total $1.5 trillion. These cuts mirror…

I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. This amendment is unnecessary. We already have laws on the books to protect people's information. The most recent cases I can remember of leaking information like this involved an IRS…

its unstated purpose is to increase spending by $342 billion.

I'm the national spokesman and lead author of the right-to-work bill. Her support for the PRO Act, which would not only oppose national right-to-work but would preempt state law on right-to-work — I think it's not a good thing.

the DOD's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) flushed over $10 million down the toilet for constipation experiments on cats.