Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : February 1, 2018 Contact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) announced that he has sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray demanding answers about FBI Agent Peter Strzok and FBI lawyer Lisa Page’s current security clearance and access to sensitive information, as well as whether or not the Bureau has a process in place to ensure agents are not using databases for political or personal reasons. “In light of recent reports describing Peter Strzok and Lisa Page’s extensive discussion, at work, of their...Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 30, 2018 Contact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tonight, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) issued the following statement after President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union address to Congress: “During President Trump’s first year, we lowered Americans’ taxes, eliminated unnecessary regulations, appointed constitutional conservatives to all levels of the judiciary, including seating Justice Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court, and achieved conservative reforms in health care, foreign aid, energy, and more. Our economy is growing,...Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 29, 2018 Contact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tonight, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) issued the following statement after voting to support cloture on S. 2311, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, legislation that would protect the lives of unborn children by prohibiting elective abortions 20 weeks or later into a pregnancy: “As a physician, I was often called to the hospital to treat premature babies and help save their eyesight. Today, as a senator, I continued to protect life at this fragile stage by voting for the Pain-...Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 26, 2018 Contact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced the Government Shutdown Prevention Act to incentivize Congress to properly consider and debate spending legislation. Instead of government shutting down operations over stalled funding in the future, the bill would institute a one percent cut to then-current funding levels for any agency, program, and activity that Congress failed to fund by the start of the fiscal year (October 1). Every 90 days thereafter, funding would be reduced by...Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul congratulated Kentucky native R.D. James on his confirmation as Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works and thanked him for his commitment to review specific issues facing Kentucky.Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 24, 2018 Contact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced legislation to prohibit the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from sending American taxpayer dollars to Pakistan. Instead, the bill would redirect those funds, amounting to $1.28 billion from the State Department and $852 million from USAID, to the Highway Trust Fund. U.S. Representatives Mark Sanford (R-SC) and Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) will be introducing companion legislation in the U.S. House...Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 19, 2018 Contact: Press@paul.senate.gov , 202-224-4343 Dr. Rand Paul Calls for Nation to Renew Its Commitment to the Right to Life WASHINGTON, D.C . – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) issued the following statement honoring the annual March for Life: “Each life comes to us fragile, a precious gift from our Creator we are entrusted with protecting. Today, the March for Life will remind a government with no shortage of passionate articulators of its responsibility to defend those who cannot plead their own cause. It is a challenge we must heed. May this be the...Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : January 16, 2018 Contact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343 WASHINGTON, D.C. – This evening, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) urged the Senate to support constitutional protections for all Americans by rejecting cloture on the FISA Amendments Reauthorization bill. “I rise in opposition to the government listening to your phone calls, reading your emails, or reading your text messages without a warrant. It doesn’t mean the government will never do this, but it means they would have to ask a judge. They would have to ask a judge if they have probable cause that you have...Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 12, 2018 Contact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) circulated a letter urging their fellow senators to oppose the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act, citing the legislation’s “serious problems” and calling it “a significant step backward” that “does nothing substantive to protect the Fourth Amendment rights of innocent Americans.” “To be clear, FISA’s purpose is to collect foreign intelligence, but without additional meaningful constraints,...Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 11, 2018 Contact: Press@paul.senate.gov , 202-224-4343 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Arial Narrow'} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Arial Narrow'; color: #232323} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri} p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 14.0px 'Arial Narrow'} p.p5 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 11.0px Calibri} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.s2 {font-kerning: none; color: #0d0f28} span.s3 {font-kerning: none; color: #000000} WASHINGTON,...Read more