Dr. Rand Paul’s Op-Eds

In 1975, the late senator Frank Church said that “the United States government has perfected a technological capability that enables us to monitor the messages that go through the air. . . . That capability at any time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have any privacy left, such is the capability to monitor everything. . . . There would be no place to hide.”

In 2002, Congress established the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in response to the 9/11 attacks to centralize and consolidate homeland security efforts to prevent terrorist attacks. In the 20 years since its creation, DHS has departed from its...

Bowling Green Daily News Op-Ed: Dr. Rand Paul: COVID Easter Shows Freedom’s Fragile Nature.

Washington Examiner Op-Ed: Dr. Rand Paul: The Senate should not be attacking Starbucks for its success

Courier Journal Op-Ed: Dr. Rand Paul: Do Congressional Republicans really want to emulate China by banning TikTok?

Roll Call Op-Ed: Dr. Rand Paul: The overclassification problem plaguing the federal government. ‘It is well past time we restore transparency and accountability in government,’ Sen. Paul writes.

The Federalist Op-Ed: Dr. Rand Paul: No, America Should Not Ditch Strategic Ambiguity For Reckless Hawkishness On Taiwan. Keeping China guessing about America’s response has kept the peace. America and the world cannot afford to abandon the one-China policy.

Fox News Op-Ed: Dr. Rand Paul: This will be the end to Fauci’s NIH as we know it. Dr. Anthony Fauci headed NIAID for over 38 years, retiring with the largest salary in the entire federal government.

Responsible Statecraft Op-Ed: Dr. Rand Paul: Time to rip up the president’s blank check for war. The 2002 military authorization — up for a vote today — is largely symbolic. The 2001 AUMF is what’s being used to justify all post-9/11 interventions.

Messenger-Inquirer Op-Ed: Dr. Rand Paul: My office will continue to stand for smaller, more efficient government

Jan 9, 2023 When ambassadors or secretaries of State come before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I ask them to detail what policy changes have been achieved as a result of America’s sanctions on Russia, China, Iran, or North Korea. To date, no official of our...

Dec 21, 2022 Last week, a bombshell intelligence report on the origins of COVID-19 was released by House Republicans with the explosive discovery that the United States government funded genetic manipulation of coronaviruses, not only at the Wuhan Institute of...

Dec 19, 2022 The Electoral College is under bitter attack by Democrats and has been for decades. After the 2000 presidential election, Hillary Clinton told reporters, “it’s time to do away with the Electoral College and move to the popular election of our president.”...

Dec 16, 2022 Conservatives are often disappointed when Republicans tell us one thing at home when they’re running for office and do quite the opposite as soon as they cross the Potomac. It doesn’t take a long memory to remember that Republicans campaigned on...

The proponents of antitrust laws are famously zealous in their desire to eradicate "the curse of bigness." To them, big is always bad. Except, of course, when it comes to the size and scope of government.  These antitrust activists tried to rush legislation through...

Halfway across the world, we watch as protestors take to the streets in China, rebelling against the draconian mandates and lockdowns that are sweeping their country once again. We cheer and hope they will prevail, but we also know our so-called leaders did a lot of...

On April 10, 1979, President Jimmy Carter signed the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), which for over four decades has successfully deterred China from invading Taiwan through our employment of "strategic ambiguity."Under strategic ambiguity, the United States is not...

Last year, while considering semiconductor subsidy legislation, the Senate unanimously adopted my amendment to prevent taxpayer dollars from being used to finance gain-of-function research conducted in China.Last week, rather than allowing the conference committee to...

In physics, Newton's third law tells us that to every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. In diplomacy, however, sometimes reactions are disproportionate, or even irrational.The art of diplomacy is trying to read the mind of one's adversary and predict...

No one is angrier at YouTube than I am. When I used that platform to educate the public on the potentially deadly consequences of relying on ineffective cloth masks to prevent transmission of COVID-19, YouTube took my video down and suspended my ability to upload...