Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 16, 2019 Contact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) reintroduced the Government Shutdown Prevention Act to incentivize Congress to properly consider and debate spending legislation. U.S. Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) joined Dr. Paul in introducing the bill. Instead of government shutting down operations over stalled funding in the future, Dr. Paul’s plan would keep government open but institute a one-percent cut to then-current funding levels for any agency, program, and activity that...Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : January 10, 2019 Contact: Sergio Gor (Paul), 202-224-4343 Michael Zona (Grassley), 202-224-0472 Liz Bowman (Ernst), 202-224-3254 Amy Grappone (Young), 202-224-1892 Maria Jeffrey (Cruz), 202-228-7561 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), along with Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Todd Young (R-IN), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and 29 other cosponsors, reintroduced the “Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny” (REINS) Act to increase accountability and transparency in the federal regulatory process. Senator Paul has been lead Senate...Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 21, 2018 Contact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), chairman of the Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management (FSO) Subcommittee for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), released his 2018 Festivus edition of The Waste Report , an ongoing project cataloguing egregious examples of waste within the U.S. government. Dr. Paul’s Festivus Waste Report, now in its fourth year, shines a spotlight on some of the wasteful spending and misplaced priorities that have helped the...Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 20, 2018 Contact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343 BOWLING GREEN, KY – Yesterday, as part of his continued efforts to defend Kentuckians from federal overreach, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) submitted official comments to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) regarding its environmental assessment on the potential retirement of the Paradise Fossil Plant in Muhlenberg County, which it issued shortly before Thanksgiving. “The retirement of Paradise would be detrimental to the local economy of Muhlenberg and its negative impact would be felt throughout the...Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 19, 2018 Contact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tonight, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) took to the Senate floor to object to legislation that would prolong the conflict in Syria and hinder their rebuilding process. In his brief remarks, Dr. Paul thanked President Trump for bringing American troops home from the war-torn country, a decision Dr. Paul has long advocated for as part of his efforts to restore a focused and constitutional foreign policy. Dr. Paul also called for a shift to diplomacy instead of new sanctions. “Today, President...Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 19, 2018 Contact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343 WASHINGTON, D.C. – At the conclusion of his remarks this morning on the need to increase oversight of the Deep State, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) discussed today’s news that President Donald J. Trump will withdraw American troops from Syria, a decision Dr. Paul has long advocated for to help return the United States to a common-sense foreign policy and avoid forcing our troops to stay without end in yet another country. On multiple occasions, Dr. Paul has encouraged President Trump to focus on an America-...Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 19, 2018 Contact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Shortly before the U.S. Senate held a procedural vote on an intelligence community nomination this morning, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) spoke on the need for greater oversight of the Deep State. Dr. Paul specifically cited the secretive drone strike program’s “power to kill anyone, anywhere, anytime” as “an ominous power” and called out the lack of checks and balances. He noted that only a select few in Congress are briefed on intelligence matters, even then often being told only after...Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 18, 2018 Contact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tonight, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) applauded the U.S. Senate’s passage of the First Step Act (S. 756), a bipartisan sentencing and prison reform bill. The bill passed by a vote of 87-12 and is headed to the U.S. House for passage before being sent to President Trump’s desk, where he is expected to sign this important legislation into law. Since arriving in the U.S. Senate in 2011, Senator Paul has been passionate about reforming a broken criminal justice system. Having introduced...Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 13, 2018 Contact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator and Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Rand Paul (R-KY) released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted 56-41 to pass S.J. Res. 54. For the first time since the Vietnam War, the Senate voted to prevent a president from involving the U.S. in war. “Today, in an historic vote, the Senate sent a clear message to Saudi Arabia that we will not turn a blind eye to their abuse of human rights, killing of dissidents and innocent Yemenis, and fueling of a...Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : December 11, 2018 Contact: Press@paul.senate.gov , 202-224-4343 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced a proposal to overturn a bureaucratic power grab by the Obama administration and redefine the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) in a manner mirroring legislation Dr. Paul previously introduced to help protect Kentucky farmers and coal miners: “The current, overly burdensome ‘Waters of the United States’ rule from the Obama...Read more