Rand Paul

This Committee is long overdue for a hearing that focuses on the rampant waste, fraud, and abuse in the Federal Government.

Both parties continue to propose new spending with no regard for the exploding debt or controlling the already existing spending.

Senator Paul has requested this but he is doing it by himself because we cannot get a Democrat to help us.

We have such great resistance from Executive Branch, of either party, that everything is hidden from the people's representatives and from the people.

We are faced with a $31 trillion mountain of debt.

Both parties continue to propose new spending with no regard for the exploding debt or controlling the already existing spending.

We probably should change the wording because if someone ever FOIAs that, that is not going to look good.

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 10 minutes prior to the scheduled rollcall vote on my amendment No. 79. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 79

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.

We are faced with a $31 trillion mountain of debt.

We probably should change the wording because if someone ever FOIAs that, that is not going to look good.

Basically everything we know, we have learned some from the GAO, and almost everything else we know is from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

This Committee is long overdue for a hearing that focuses on the rampant waste, fraud, and abuse in the Federal Government.

Both parties continue to propose new spending with no regard for the exploding debt or controlling the already existing spending.

You actually discovered that money was going from American universities and being subcontracted to military research in China.

Senator Paul has requested this but he is doing it by himself because we cannot get a Democrat to help us, and so we are not going to give it to him.

There is a longstanding tradition in our country when we dispense Federal money to localities to have rules. We don't let you discriminate based on your sex or race or ethnicity. We also should not let localities discriminate against…

We have such great resistance from Executive Branch, of either party, that everything is hidden from the people's representatives and from the people.

Firefighting and emergency medical services are some of the most important and most inherently local services that people rely on. The men and women who show up when the call for help goes out are everyday heroes in communities across…

In the 20 years since its creation, the Department of Homeland Security has departed from its original mission and used its expansive authorities and funding to impede on the rights of American citizens.

This is something that should not happen in a free country, and it is contrary to the spirit and the law of the First Amendment.

What should terrify every American is that the full extent of DHS's abuse of its power against its own citizens are still largely unknown.

This is something that should not happen in a free country, and it is contrary to the spirit and the law of the First Amendment.

What should terrify every American is that the full extent of DHS's abuse of its power against its own citizens are still largely unknown.

In the 20 years since its creation, the Department of Homeland Security has departed from its original mission and used its expansive authorities and funding to impede on the rights of American citizens.