Dr. Rand Paul’s Op-Eds
TIME Op-Ed: Why I Will Vote to Repeal Obamacare
As a physician, I know well the problems with Obamacare. I don't think anyone has more disdain for this big government takeover of our healthcare system. It needs to be stopped, and we must replace it with reforms that move us in the opposite direction.I will vote to...
Breitbart Op-Ed: Restore the Bill of Rights
Two hundred and twenty-five years ago today, a young nation made ten additions to its already revolutionary Constitution. These amendments - this "Bill of Rights" - said we could speak our minds, worship freely, defend ourselves, be secure against unreasonable...
Breitbart Op-Ed: Let’s Cut Taxes Now!
I'm just old enough to remember when Republicans used to be for tax cuts. Oh sure, many of them will make noises about lowering some taxes, but too often they are caught up in the trap of so-called "revenue neutral tax reform." This is especially true of Congressional...
National Interest Op-Ed: Congress Must Reclaim Its War-Making Powers
THE GREATEST security challenge facing the next president is the national debt. The United States owes nearly $20 trillion, not counting the nearly $50 trillion entitlement debt. The time approaches when America will no longer be able to manage its debt and fund...
Rare Op-Ed: Repeal all of Obamacare and replace immediately
Congress will, as its first course of action, vote to repeal Obamacare. It cannot happen soon enough.All around us, Obamacare crumbles in chaos. Premiums are exploding. The state-run health co-ops are mostly bankrupt. Many individuals who gained subsidized insurance...
ICYMI: Dr. Rand Paul: President Trump Should Reject Failed Foreign Policy Advisers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In an op-ed published today at Rare, U.S. Senator Rand Paul urged President Trump to reject the neoconservatives' nation-building, perpetual war philosophy by selecting a Deputy Secretary of State that can be trusted to implement the...
ICYMI: Dr. Paul, Rep. Meadows: Let’s fully repeal ObamaCare, and then have an open debate on how to replace it.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, in a joint op-ed at FoxNews.com, U.S. Senator Rand Paul and U.S. House Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows called on congressional leadership to pass a clean repeal of Obamacare right away and ensure a fair, open replacement process so all...
Herald-Leader Op-Ed: “Trump moves toward relief from water rule that threatens coal industry, farmers”
From my first days representing Kentucky in the U.S. Senate, I pledged to fight back against the Obama administration's war on Kentucky coal, which imposed suffocating regulations on our hardworking miners and their families.While we may have once used words such as...
TIME Op-Ed: Montenegro Joining NATO Is Against U.S. Interests
President Donald Trump said in his inaugural address: "We've defended other nation's borders, while refusing to defend our own." I couldn't agree more. Today, the question is: Will we add yet another commitment to defend yet another foreign country? For...
Rare Op-Ed: Ron and Rand Paul: Now is the time to pass Audit the Fed
As presidents and Congresses come and go, the addiction to busting the budget remains; its voraciousness fueled by the same enabler, the Federal Reserve.While it took our nation more than 225 years to accumulate nearly $20 trillion in debt (and much, much more if you...