Rand Paul

I think we aren't going to know the motive, and I take that at face value.

I think it was a cultural cover-up for the agency. They did not want to assess blame.

She did not tell the truth. She said that there were no assets that were requested in advance.

I’m saddened to hear about the tragic shootings. We are grateful for the brave first responders. Violence like this has no place in Kentucky.

My litmus test for the One, Big, Not-so-beautiful Bill was simple: Does it grow our national debt? The answer is yes. The deficit in 2026 will be $270 billion more than it was this year. That's why I voted against this bill.

I think the bill will add to the debt; I don’t think it’s fiscally responsible.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I'm willing to negotiate if the White House strips the massive $5 TRILLION, long-term debt ceiling increase and replaces it with short-term extensions tied to real spending reforms. Fiscal…

Pandora’s box has been opened. Congress must now focus its effort on de-escalation and preventing the call for regime change – the consequences of which, if applied to Iran, risk the total destabilization of the Middle East.

If we are to ask our young men and women to fight, and potentially give their lives, then we in this body can at least muster the courage to debate if American military intervention is warranted.

I think the speaker needs to review the Constitution.

Our NATO allies expect the U.S. to be the sugar daddy and the world’s policeman while they sit back and let us do the heavy lifting.

I think the big blowback is if we don’t do something to reduce the deficit we’ll be seen as hypocrites.

He’s the most faithful to the Constitution of any of the members of the House. He’s fiscally conservative, and I think he cares a lot about Kentucky.

I think the president should have more power not to spend money.

No president can bomb another country without the permission of Congress.

It’s not the U.S.’s job to be involved in this war. Iraq was a mess, Afghanistan was a mess.

I've never liked the idea of the parade. I grew up in the '70s and '80s, and the only parades I can remember are Soviet parades for the most part or North Korean parades. The parades I remember from our history were different…we never…

I don't have as much trouble with the tax cuts. I think there should be more spending cuts. But if they want my vote, they'll have to negotiate.

We're $2 trillion in the hole and just an additional cost like this, I'm not for it.

I never liked the idea of the parade.

I’m not an absolute no on the package.

I'm not for censuring. I think that's crazy.

Separate out the debt ceiling and have a separate vote on it.

I don’t have as much trouble with the tax cuts. I think there should be more spending cuts, but if they want my vote, they’ll have to negotiate.

I'm not an absolute no.