Rand Paul

Good. Lots of time. I am just getting started. Madam President, as we look at these things and try to make these decisions, it really is about having a government that sets priorities, and I can't emphasize enough how different it is from…

This filibuster now enters its fifth day. For many people across America, they may not understand the Byzantine rules of the Senate, but they allow for sufficient debate on important questions. Often the rules of the Senate are…

All right. A lot of votes up here--win or lose--don't change things. I do predict that this vote is transforming things. People have asked whether or not there is dissension on the Republican side. I think there is a great deal of…

All right. So one of the proposals I have had--I think it is a modest proposal and you would think it would be a no-brainer and should have been adopted unanimously, and that is to have an inspector general oversee the money. We have been…

often the titles of bills before the legislature don't really represent what the bill stands for. The title of this bill should say ``Ukraine First, America Last'' because that is what this is really about. Now, bills in the legislature…

what we have here is a ``Ukraine First'' bill. This bill was never really about securing our border but about securing another country's border. What we have here is a failure of the elites of Washington on both sides of the aisle--the…

open the champagne, pop the cork, the Senate Democrat leader and the Republican leader are on their way to Kyiv. They have got $60 billion they are bringing. I don't know if it will be cash in pallets, but they are taking your money to…

This is what we are arguing against, you know.

One reason the United States leads in pharmaceutical innovation is because while the U.S.

There is no moral price. There is no moral amount of profit.

I am not an apologist for big pharma. In fact, when corporations manipulate Government to their advantage, crony capitalism, I am an unfettered critic.

I am not an apologist for big pharma. In fact, when corporations manipulate Government to their advantage, crony capitalism, I am an unfettered critic.

There is no moral price. There is no moral amount of profit.

This is what we are arguing against, you know.

One reason the United States leads in pharmaceutical innovation is because while the U.S.

There is no moral price. There is no moral amount of profit.

Do you think you would have as much R&D if the whole world were Canada?

I am not an apologist for big pharma. In fact, when corporations manipulate Government to their advantage, crony capitalism, I am an unfettered critic.

Virtually every shortage of drugs that we have seen in the last few years involves price controls that drive out production of the drug.

Those who understand and appreciate capitalism do not need a show trial to dupe them into forgetting that price controls have never worked and never will.

I call up my amendment No. 1384, and I ask that it be reported by number. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the amendment. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. Paul] proposes an…

today, we are gathered once again to kick the can down the road. We are gathered to continue spending money, not individually in appropriations bills and not with any real accountability for the money that is being spent but just to keep…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 1384 to Amendment No. 1381

most of Europe--indeed, most of the civilized world--does not require three COVID vaccines for adolescents. We are admonished by those on the left to follow the science. The science is pretty clear on this as well. The FDA committee on…

I raise a point of order that section 7902 of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act, violates rule XXVIII. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island. Motion to Waive