Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) released a statement on the Obama Administration’s decision to declassify at least part of the redacted 28 pages of the Congressional 9/11 Inquiry. “Nearly a year ago, I called on the Obama administration to release the redacted 28 pages of the 9/11 congressional inquiry. I firmly believe the family members of…
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has introduced an amendment known as the Arming All Pilots Act to encourage pilots to enroll in the Federal Flight Deck Officer (FDDO) program. It would increase training opportunities for pilots by increasing the number of training facilities used for initial and recurrent training, including firearms re-qualification. In addition, the amendment would require…
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced a bipartisan amendment with Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) to the FAA Authorization Act which would prohibit law enforcement from using drones to surveil Americans without a warrant. “The use of drone surveillance may work on the battlefields overseas, but it isn’t well-suited for unrestrained use on the streets in the United…
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is continuing to push criminal justice reform in both Kentucky and on the federal level. In an op-ed for Courier-Journal Sen. Paul commended Kentucky’s General Assembly for putting forth criminal justice reform bills in the past year and vowed to continue pushing for reform, even when many Republicans are not willing to do…
After a slightly humorous April Fool’s Day joke where he claimed to be giving a ‘YUGE’ endorsement and then merely endorsed entropy, Senator Rand Paul seemed to be getting back into the swing of things regarding his mainstreaming of his principled libertarian views. Unfortunately, today we get news that Rand was apparently only half-kidding when…
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has hinted at a presidential endorsement tomorrow. The twitter tease seems to contradict Paul’s previous statement that he would not endorse anyone. While Paul had pledged to support the eventual GOP nominee, a sour nomination process left him unwilling to endorse. While Ted Cruz seems like a natural ideological ally of…
This week, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Sen. Angus King (I-ME) introduced the PRIME Act, which is designed to “make it easier for small farms and ranches to provide locally-produced meats to consumers.” The Processing Revival and Instrastate Meat Exemption Act, or PRIME Act, would give states the freedom to “permit intrastate distribution of custom-slaughtered…
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is using a little known Senate rule in order to force a vote on the State Department’s approval of a $700 million arms sale to Pakistan. Sen. Paul is invoking the Arms Export Control Act of 1976 in an attempt to end the potential sale of F-16 fighter aircraft to Pakistan,…
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), who dropped out earlier this month, isn’t going to endorse anyone in the ongoing contest for the Republican Party’s presidential nominee. Paul is facing a reelection Senate campaign against Jim Gray, the former Democratic mayor of Lexington. When asked whether he was going to endorse anyone, he simply said,”No.” Some of…