WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, spoke on the Senate floor to protect Americans’ First Amendment rights and oppose a Senate bill that would ban TikTok. Dr. Paul’s objection comes from a commitment to defend our Constitutional rights and prevent government censorship.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) joined a bipartisan group of Senators in challenging the Biden administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule through a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval. The resolution passed 53-43.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator and physician Rand Paul (R-KY) and U.S. Representative Chip Roy. (R-TX-21) introduced the NIH Reform Act to eliminate Dr. Anthony Fauci’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and replace it with three separate national research institutes that would be led by directors subject to Senate confirmation and limited to no more than two 5-year terms.

Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, continued his longtime efforts to return war making powers to Congress by introducing an amendment to repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, continued his efforts to rein in wasteful spending and reform government by reintroducing the Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced the Duplication Scoring Act, which seeks to reduce the size of government by eliminating duplicative programs and prevent further duplication within the federal government.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), both members of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, reintroduced bipartisan legislation to streamline the approval process for generic medications, which are often significantly cheaper than their brand-name counterparts. The bipartisan Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act would help get generic medications onto the market faster and lower prescription drug prices for consumers.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced an updated version of the Breakthrough Therapies Act. This legislation will remove regulatory hurdles that inhibit research and compassionate use access to potentially lifesaving treatments that are heavily restricted by Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.

Today, U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Edward Markey (D-MA) introduced their bipartisan and bicameral Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act. The legislation will improve patients’ ability to access medication treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) by modernizing outdated rules, empowering board-certified physicians to prescribe methadone to patients, and allowing U.S. pharmacies to dispense methadone.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of Daylight Saving Time, U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) reintroduced the Sunshine Protection Act of 2023 for the 118th Congress. The legislation would end the antiquated practice of changing clocks twice a year.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) reintroduced the National Right-to-Work Act to preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations or to refrain from such activities. The bill currently has 21 cosponsors.

BOWLING GREEN, KY – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul issued the following statement after announcing his nominations to the U.S. service academies, consisting of 37 nominations to individuals from across the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and U.S. Representative Dan Bishop (R-NC-8) introduced the COVID-19 Vaccination Non-Discrimination Act to ensure that federal taxpayer dollars are not used to support health care facilities that deny care to patients based on their COVID-19 vaccination status.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recently, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) reintroduced the Write the Laws Act, the One Subject at a Time Act, the Read the Bills Act, and a resolution to change Senate rules to provide sufficient time for legislation to be read before being considered by the U.S. Senate.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, U.S. Senator and physician Rand Paul (R-KY) joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Todd Young (R-IN) and U.S. Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA-12), Chip Roy (R-TX-21), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), and Tom Cole (R-OK-04) in cosponsoring the reintroduced bipartisan legislation to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMFs).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced the Government Shutdown Prevention Act. The bill incentivizes Congress to properly consider and debate spending legislation in the future, as it would immediately cut spending if government funding deadlines are missed.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) was elected as ranking member of the Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) today joined all 48 of his Senate Republican colleagues in introducing a formal challenge to the Biden administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule through a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval.