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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.
When I have discussed this issue with folks at home, with constituents in Kentucky, the question they ask me is, How can you give the President an unspecified amount to borrow? Weren't you elected to try to stop this? I was elected in 2010…
Mr. President, the No. 1 threat to our country's future is our debt. The No. 1 threat to our national security is our debt. When Admiral Mullen was asked about the debt in the recent past, he said that it is indeed the debt that is the No…
Good. When we look at the problem here, it is not really a problem that involves a lack of compromise. What we have is both right and left have come together--and not just tonight, right and left have been coming together for a long time…
Mr. President, could we have order. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senate will be in order.
Mr. President, the number one threat to our country's future is our debt. The number one threat to our national security is our debt. This deal gives the President the power to borrow unlimited amounts of money. This deal represents the…
I think I would prefer to finish up. You know what, I think each Senator can have an hour. I would love it if you would fulfill the next hour and make points about why we really are spending our country into oblivion. But I think I am…
Often people wonder why the deficit gets worse, either under Republicans or under Democrats. Under the previous Republican administration, the debt doubled. It went from $5 trillion to $10 trillion. Under this administration, it will go…
Mr. President, I rise today in opposition to raising the debt ceiling. I rise particularly in opposition to raising the debt ceiling without getting any sort of spending reform or budgetary reform in return. In fact, it will be completely…
Mr. President, I agree with the Senator from Oregon that bipartisan agreement is necessary in this body, but I think we have in this agreement bipartisan agreement in the wrong direction. The bipartisan agreement we need is to conserve…
Mr. President, this cyber security bill attempts to enhance security for transactions on the Internet but I think actually weakens privacy in the process. The bill would grant legal immunity to companies that, in sharing information…
Mr. President, let us be clear that most of the high-tech companies that have anything to do with the Internet and anything to do with information sharing oppose this bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Carolina.
Mr. President, I am reminded of that famous line from ``Cool Hand Luke'': ``What we have here is a failure to communicate.'' What we have here in Congress is a failure to legislate, a failure to exert congressional authority. What we have…
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