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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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Mar 21, 2023

Do you know how many American parents think that is a rational, reasonable thing to do?

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Mar 21, 2023

That is not true. And I would like to enter into the record six peer reviewed papers from the Journal of Vaccine, the Annals of Medicine that say the complete opposite of what you say.

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Mar 21, 2023

We got a bargain here. An expensive bargain? No, a cheap bargain relative to that which it costs us every day.

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Mar 21, 2023

Our system thrives on access and innovation. Government bureaucrats don't get to decide whether we have access to medicine.

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Mar 21, 2023

Democrat proposals typically just shift costs around so that they can mask who pays for what.

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Mar 21, 2023

We want to look at the--we are talking about grant proposals.

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Mar 21, 2023

Do you think it is scientifically sound to mandate three vaccines for adolescent boys?

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Mar 21, 2023

While it's politically easy to demonize pharmaceutical companies, Democrats need to remember that this industry bailed us out of the pandemic.

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Mar 21, 2023

If 90 percent of the myocarditis comes after the second dose, why don't we have a rational discussion about one?

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Mar 21, 2023

I think it is a very reasonable position to say kids at risk or have some diseases, that there may be a reason for vaccinating some children.

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Mar 21, 2023

The American public needs to know, I have asked many, many times.

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Mar 21, 2023

You are refusing--you are refusing to release then, not that you cannot.

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Mar 21, 2023

I am all for you making money in an honest way, but I don't like the idea that the people making the decisions in Government are also receiving money and are now conflicted in their interest.

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Mar 21, 2023

Do price controls work and do price controls lead to shortages? Yes. Obviously they do.

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Mar 21, 2023

Why would you not want to help us? Why would everybody not want to help us?

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Mar 21, 2023

Even in the generic market when we have shortages are not they limited in raising their prices, at least to government and to most insurance policies.

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Mar 21, 2023

Is there a higher incidence of myocarditis among adolescent males 16 to 24 after taking your vaccine?

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Mar 21, 2023

If you declassify it and you still hide it from the American people, that is a problem.

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Mar 21, 2023

I have one question but I will come back to it.

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Mar 21, 2023

Do you believe it creates a conflict of interest for the Government employees who are making money now off of the vaccine to also be dictating the policy about how many times we have to take the vaccine?

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Mar 21, 2023

We cannot just accept your spin on it because people there may be self-interested, the people who funded the program.

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Mar 21, 2023

In essence, probably all of these problems are fixed by freeing up prices, and they have to go up and down fast.

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Mar 21, 2023

There is no moral price. There is no right price.

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Mar 21, 2023

It is important for us not to allow rhetoric to distort our analysis of the situation.

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Mar 20, 2023

A Trump indictment would be a disgusting abuse of power. The DA should be put in jail.

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