Rand Paul

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.

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.

Ayn Rand's Howard Roark points out the ingratitude that man has for the entrepreneur, the creator.

Congress convenes today not to praise Starbucks, but to bury them.

Congress convenes today not to praise Starbucks, but to bury them.

Ayn Rand's Howard Roark points out the ingratitude that man has for the entrepreneur, the creator.

Reserving the right to object, there are two main reasons why we might not want to do this. The one would be the First Amendment to the Constitution. Speech is protected, whether you like it or not. The second reason would be that the…

Reserving the right to object. I am unlikely to take First Amendment advice from someone who believes that the First Amendment doesn't protect the Communist Party. You will find no greater foe of Communism, no greater critic. I have been a…

Ayn Rand's Howard Roark points out the ingratitude that man has for the entrepreneur, the creator.

Convincing the public to buy very expensive coffee is not the discovery of fire, but still, it deserves respect.

I think it's disgusting.

This is a great panel today. We rarely have an issue where both sides seem to agree on it.

I have been to hundreds of classified hearings and never heard anything classified, and most of the important stuff is already in the newspaper.

We either have to have congressional power over funding or some sort of independent agency.

We either have to have congressional power over funding or some sort of independent agency.

One of the fundamental things is the separation of power.

secrecy is the ultimate mode of regulation . . . for the citizen does not even know that he or she is being regulated.

If we had a working committee with these four and a few others, I think we would avoid the pitfall of having good intentions and then passing something that does not work, which is a pretty common occurrence in government.

One other item I just wanted to get to was while we all seem to agree on the problem, we all seem to agree on a lot of the solutions, the one thing that sometimes divides us is how we pay for things.

I have been to hundreds of classified hearings and never heard anything classified, and most of the important stuff is already in the newspaper.

I join Senator Johnson in hoping we can get bipartisan requests for records.

If we had a working committee with these four and a few others, I think we would avoid the pitfall of having good intentions and then passing something that does not work, which is a pretty common occurrence in government.

One of the fundamental things is the separation of power.

I join Senator Johnson in hoping we can get bipartisan requests for records.