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Rand Paul

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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.

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Sep 19, 2024

I call up my amendment No. 3289 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. Paul] proposes an amendment numbered 3289. The amendment is…

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Sep 19, 2024

this amendment is simply about paying for veterans' benefits. It doesn't stop veterans' benefits. It actually pays for them by moving money from wasteful programs over to Veterans Affairs to pay for their benefits. It does this so we don't…

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Jul 25, 2024

a few comments on the support the authors of the bill have come forward with. The discussion is that State attorneys are not empowered when, in actuality, if you read the bill, the State attorneys are empowered. They are specifically…

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Jul 25, 2024

if good intentions created good laws, there would be no need for congressional debate. I have no doubt that the authors of the bill on the floor genuinely want to protect children, but the bill they have written promises to be Pandora's…

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Jul 25, 2024

I ask unanimous consent that the following interns in my office be granted floor privileges until August 9, 2024: Krrishh Kamal, Haley Leipzig, Daniel James, William DuVall, and Chad Schumacher. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…

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Jun 18, 2024

But arguing against that is they tested 90,000-some-odd animals, and there is no animal host that's been found.

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Jun 18, 2024

But arguing against that is they tested 90,000-some-odd animals, and there is no animal host that's been found.

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Jun 18, 2024

There's a lot of evidence that people within the intel agencies actually do believe that there is evidence that it came from the lab.

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Jun 18, 2024

This is incredibly important and needs congressional oversight on the select agents, but also on the Gain-of-Function.

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Jun 18, 2024

They believed it did not come from nature.

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Jun 18, 2024

We should never ever listen to people like that.

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Jun 18, 2024

FBI concluded it came from the lab.

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Jun 18, 2024

The ones that have been vocal about this and talked a lot about have been the DOE, which has more scientists than any other agency in Washington, probably other than NIH. They have concluded that it did come from the lab.

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Jun 18, 2024

The ones that have been vocal about this and talked a lot about have been the DOE, which has more scientists than any other agency in Washington, probably other than NIH. They have concluded that it did come from the lab.

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Jun 18, 2024

That does not sound to me like open-mindedness, and I wonder what you would tell a younger researcher...

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Jun 18, 2024

That does not sound to me like open-mindedness, and I wonder what you would tell a younger researcher...

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Jun 18, 2024

This virus showed up immediately, very transmissible in humans as if it had been preadapted in a lab.

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Jun 18, 2024

This is about the business of science with China, this will disturb our relations with China if anybody questions this.

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Jun 18, 2024

FBI concluded it came from the lab.

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Jun 18, 2024

They believed it did not come from nature.

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Jun 18, 2024

We want you to doctor it up and even be more strong, because we are making a political point here.

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Jun 18, 2024

There's a lot of evidence that people within the intel agencies actually do believe that there is evidence that it came from the lab.

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Jun 18, 2024

This is not scientific debate that they're taking us off the Internet.

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