Dr. Rand Paul’s Op-Eds
Rand Paul: I’ve changed my mind — Google and YouTube can’t be trusted to do the right thing and must be reined in
Youtube and its parent company Google deserves to be sued. For the past three weeks YouTube has been hosting a video that is a calculated lie, falsely accusing me of taking money from Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. It refused to remove the video. It is, of course, a...
$5 BILLION MORE IN REFUGEE WELFARE? CONGRESS WILL NEVER LEARN.
A freelance journalist reported on billions of dollars stolen from welfare programs in Minnesota. Congress did not uncover this scandal; a member of the public did. How did Congress respond? Did they open their own investigation, or claw back money from Minnesota? No,...
FISA should spy on foreigners, NOT Americans.
We are mere hours away from the expiration of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and still the powers that be seem immovable in their demand that the people surrender their liberties in exchange for security. But it is only after liberty...
Protect Property Rights: More Government Intervention Won’t Fix Housing Affordability
The Senate is now considering legislation called the ROAD to Housing Act, but a more accurate title would be the Path Toward the Destruction of Property Rights Act. A newly released section would prohibit large institutional investors from purchasing certain...
SEN. RAND PAUL: Congress Shouldn’t Tax Americans To Fight Putin
Increasing taxes on Americans will not end Putin’s war in Ukraine. The drafters of this legislation, understandably, wish to punish Vladimir Putin and send the Russian invaders back to where they came from. But this bill was written such that the drafters fail to see...
Rand Paul: Does The Constitution Allow The President Latitude To Negotiate Peace?
In Times Of War, Responsibility Of The Branches of Government Is Crucially Important. Isn’t it ironic that the neoconservative advocates of limitless, unchecked presidential war powers are at the same time the most eager voices for circumscribing the president’s power...
Rand Paul: Will The Real Anthony Fauci Please Stand Up?
Instead of cooperation, we are left with contradictions. Now that we have seen the communications and diary of Dr. Anthony Fauci, and we know that his private thoughts on COVID were very different than his public statements, it’s time to ask the question: Will the...
SEN RAND PAUL: The COVID cover-up had layers. I’m peeling them back one at a time
I have released records showing Dr Fauci's ties to the national security apparatus going back to 2003 For years, Americans were told the lab-leak theory was dismissed by science itself, settled by "The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2," the March 2020 paper cited by...
Rand Paul: Politicians should stay out of college sports and let athletes compete freely
Congress should leave college sports to schools, athletes and conferences rather than dictate rules The people who oversee the Post Office now want to run college sports ... what could go wrong? The United States Congress has been called upon during the most important...
SEN RAND PAUL: Our budget deficit is out of control. Congress must pass my Six Penny Plan
Kicking the can down the road has been standard procedure in Congress for too long In 2011, our national debt was about $15 trillion, and the U.S. Treasury spent over $450 billion on interest. Washington was printing money it didn’t have, buying its way out of yet...