WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul yesterday reintroduced the Stand with Israel Act of 2015. This legislation would halt all U.S. foreign aid to the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) until the P.A. renounces violence, purges terrorists from its ranks, and recognizes the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today signed on as a cosponsor to The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, introduced last week by Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.). This bipartisan legislation would mandate that the Obama Administration submit the text of any...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today issued the following statement in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Joint Meeting of Congress:"Israel is and has always been America's friend and ally. I was pleased to hear Prime Minister Netanyahu's...

Has returned $1.8 million since taking officeBOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Sen. Rand Paul today announced that he has returned $480,000 to the United States Treasury - money unspent from his official operating budget in 2014. He made the announcement while speaking to young...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today re-introduced S. 457, the Civil Rights Voting Restoration Act of 2015, co-sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). This bipartisan legislation would restore Federal voting rights for non-violent ex-offenders. "A...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today announced his service academy nominations for 2015. Fifty-one Kentuckians were nominated to the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and the U.S. Air Force Academy. "It is an honor to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul issued the following statement opposing the nomination of Loretta Lynch to the position of U.S. Attorney General:"Mrs. Lynch has a track-record of violating the individual freedoms granted to us by our Constitution. She considers...

Bill To Ensure Sentences Consider Mitigating Factors In Appropriate CasesWASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA) introduced the Justice Safety Valve...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today said he supports efforts in the Kentucky General Assembly to pass legislation that would allow some nonviolent, low-level felons in the Commonwealth to ask courts to  expunge their records. "I believe that an individual should...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) have issued a letter backed by seven Republican senators to President Barack Obama affirming their commitment to work to expand trade and travel between the United States and Cuba. The letter - also...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul yesterday reintroduced S. 255, the FAIR (Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration) Act. This legislation would protect the rights of property owners and restore the Fifth Amendment's role in property proceedings. Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI)...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today reintroduced the bipartisan Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015. Known widely as "Audit the Fed," the bill calls to eliminate restrictions on Government Accountability Office (GAO) audits of the Federal Reserve and mandate...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Rep. Todd Young (R-IN9), along with 31 Senate co-sponsors, reintroduced their Regulations from the Executive in Needs of Scrutiny (REINS) Act on Wednesday as S.226 and H.R. 427, respectively. The REINS Act would require any...

WASHINGTON, DC - Sen. Rand Paul today made the following statement on the passing of former Kentucky Gov. and U.S. Sen. Wendell Ford: "I wish to extend my sincerest condolences to the Ford family. Wendell Ford loved Kentucky deeply. He served the Commonwealth and its...

WASHINGTON, DC- Senator Rand Paul tonight issued the following response to President Obama's State of the Union address. A clip and transcript can be found below. SEN. RAND PAUL'S STATE OF THE UNION RESPONSETRANSCRIPT: Good Evening. I wish I had better news for you...

Sen. Rand Paul joined in commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. A clip and transcript of his remarks can be found below. CLICK HERE TO WATCH SEN. PAUL'S REMARKS TRANSCRIPT:In his 1967 address to Stanford University, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr....

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., today introduced legislation that would allow American farmers to grow and profit from industrial hemp. The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015 would remove federal restrictions...