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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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Jun 16, 2022

in reserving the right to object, we have been trying for a year and a half. Our staff has offered to meet with the opposition's staffs. We have not had one meeting. They have not accepted a meeting much less a compromise--a year and a…

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Jun 16, 2022

reserving the right to object, for a year and a half, we have been offering my colleague a compromise in the passage of this bill. We could pass this bill today, immediately. All we have been asking is that it not only protect Federal…

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Jun 15, 2022

the United States has the largest economy in the world and also has the largest government apparatus in the world. This year, we will bring in $4.8 trillion and will spend about $5.8 trillion, and yet we will have no budget this year. How…

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Jun 15, 2022

The risk of myocarditis with a second dose for adolescent boys, 12 to 24, is about 80 and 1 million.

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Jun 15, 2022

There are no studies on children showing a reduction in hospitalization or death with taking a booster.

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Jun 8, 2022

Chaos, anarchy. The violence today was wrong and un-American.

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Jun 7, 2022

I have a bill that doubles the employment-based visas.

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Jun 7, 2022

President Biden's anti-domestic energy policies have created five to seven dollars per gallon gas prices.

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Jun 7, 2022

There are 20 million people here illegally. One side wants them to vote; the other side does not think immediately voting is a great idea if you came here illegally.

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Jun 7, 2022

I am a Republican who is for more lawful immigration, so I think that can be part of the answer.

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Jun 7, 2022

Small businesses are struggling under the heavy burden of regulation and taxes.

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Jun 7, 2022

If you would break it into small pieces and look at the H-2A program, the H-2B program, or the employment-based visa program, there are fixes that both sides could come together.

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Jun 7, 2022

What small businesses need is freedom.

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Jun 7, 2022

Congress doled out trillions of dollars in taxpayer money.

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Jun 7, 2022

We cannot look to the same people who created this problem for a solution.

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Jun 7, 2022

Only now, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen... admits she was wrong in calling inflation a small and manageable problem.

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Jun 7, 2022

Chaos, anarchy. The violence today was wrong and un-American.

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Jun 7, 2022

Government forced small businesses to close indefinitely.

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May 26, 2022

Today, we will have a bill before us ostensibly titled and ostensibly about the subject of domestic terrorism. But this bill would be more accurately called the Democrat plan to brand and insult our police and soldiers as White…

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May 25, 2022

I think the tariff, the agreement between Mexico and Canada in the United States, it was signed in the previous Administration, put an extra tariff on Canadian formula and Mexican formula.

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May 25, 2022

I also ask unanimous consent that the rest of the votes for this evening be 10-minute votes.

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May 25, 2022

Nobody wants dangerous formula, but nobody also believes that the European Union is like delivering millions of babies in Europe dangerous formula.

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May 25, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the cloture vote on the Wainstein nomination be withdrawn and that the confirmation vote on the nomination occur at a time to be determined by the majority leader or his designee in consultation with the…

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May 25, 2022

I opposed the confirmation of Bridget Brink to be U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine because of her support for the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO. Ambassador Brink believes in expanding NATO to any country who would…

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May 25, 2022

I think that part of what you are going to do is try to evade the rules that have restricted the flow of foreign formula in.

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