WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul announced plans to introduce legislation that would prevent "sanctuary cities" from harboring violent and dangerous criminal aliens. The legislation would require state and local law enforcement to notify the U.S....

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul today issued the following statement regarding the announcement of Army personnel reductions and the impact on military installations in Kentucky.  "Kentucky has absorbed a disproportionate amount of troop cuts in the past...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) today secured passage of his Service Members and Communities Count Act as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Paul Amendment No. 1678 requires the U.S. Census Bureau to count all deployed...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul introduced S.1594, the Arming All Pilots Act of 2015. This legislation will increase training opportunities to encourage pilots to participate in the Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) Program. Specifically,  the Arming...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) issued a statement today following the U.S. Senate's vote on Sen. Joni Ernst's (R-IA) Amendment No. 1549 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The amendment would allow the U.S. to provide direct assistance...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul today reintroduced S.1575, Write the Laws Act, S.1572, One Subject at a Time Act, and S.1571, Read the Bills Act. These pieces of legislation, originally introduced in the 112th Congress, will restore the constitutional...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), chairman of the Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management (FSO) for the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) is holding a hearing today entitled, "Wasteful Spending in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee today voted on Senator Rand Paul's amendment to the U.S. Department of State Operations Authorization and Embassy Security Act. This legislation, which holds the same text as the Stand with Israel Act of...

WASHINGTON—Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced the Due Process Guarantee amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. The amendment is designed to protect...

Uncovers a U.S. Government Funded Afghan Cricket LeagueWASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul today released the fifth edition to 'The Waste Report.' 'The Waste Report' is an ongoing project to catalog egregious examples of wasteful spending throughout the U.S....

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul this week introduced Amendment No. 1680 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which would require President Obama to declassify and make available to the public the redacted 28 pages from the Joint Inquiry into...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul this week introduced the following amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). As a fierce advocate for our nation's armed forces and staunch defender of Kentucky's Fort Campbell and Fort Knox, Sen. Paul...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rand Paul this week introduced the following amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). These amendments are largely aimed at eliminating inefficiencies and wasted funds within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). As...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Rand Paul, and Congressman Ed Whitfield today met with Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz to discuss the immediate and long term future of the Paducah DOE site. The delegation, on...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Mark Warner (D-VA) today introduced Amendment 1543 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), known as Bonuses for Cost-Cutters. Building on the current federal law, the amendment would allow a U.S....

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), U.S. Representatives Walter Jones (R-NC), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), and Thomas Massie (R-KY) and former U.S. Senator Bob Graham (D-FL) stood today with family members of victims of the September 11, 2001...