Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This morning, U.S. Senator Rand Paul welcomed veterans from Kentucky and Indiana traveling on their Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. Kentucky veterans traveled from cities including Bowling Green, Louisville, Glasgow, Radcliff, Owensboro, and Frankfort. “Today, I had the privilege of greeting our nation’s heroes as they visited their memorials,” said Dr. Paul . “While we can never fully repay them for the sacrifices they and their families and fellow soldiers made, special days like these give us a chance to show them we will never forget.” Honor Flight Bluegrass provided a...Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul released the following statement in response to reports that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has directed prosecutors nationwide to pursue stricter mandatory minimum sentences. “Mandatory minimum sentences have unfairly and disproportionately incarcerated too many minorities for too long,” said Dr. Paul . “Attorney General Sessions’ new policy will accentuate that injustice. Instead, we should treat our nation’s drug epidemic as a health crisis and less as a ‘lock ‘em up and throw away the key’ problem.”Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last Friday, May 5, U.S. Senator Rand Paul sent follow-up letters to members of the U.S. House and Senate intelligence committees seeking more information on whether he and other members of Congress were surveilled by the Obama administration or the intelligence community. “I am requesting a clear answer on whether your committee received a Gates notice related to me or to members of my staff,” Dr. Paul stated in his letter. Dr. Paul also enclosed a copy of the recent Circa article reporting that government officials allegedly sought a significantly higher amount of...Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul announced he is seeking more information on whether he and other members of Congress were surveilled by the Obama administration or the intelligence community. The announcement follows a Circa News report that government officials allegedly sought a significantly higher amount of National Security Agency (NSA) data on Americans in 2016 and eventually unmasked congressional members and staffers, as well as associates of President Trump.[1] Dr. Paul originally wrote to President Trump and congressional intelligence committee members in April,...Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul released the latest edition of The Waste Report , an ongoing project cataloguing egregious examples of waste within the U.S. government. This week’s Waste Report looks at taxpayers providing nearly $130,000 from the Economic Development Administration to help develop digital down marker (the type used on football sidelines) prototypes for a private company to sell. You can get the full story HERE or below. **** When football season kicks off, you might notice something new stalking up and down the sidelines. No, not a boisterous head coach, or...Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul will testify before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Government Operations Subcommittee regarding the damage done by the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), and he will call on Congress to pass repeal legislation he introduced earlier this month. You can find Dr. Paul’s bill HERE . U.S. Representative Mark Meadows (R-NC) has joined with Dr. Paul by introducing the House companion. Enacted by Congress in 2010, FATCA mandates that foreign financial institutions regularly report private financial information on...Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul testified before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Government Operations Subcommittee regarding the damage done by the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). “My hope is that this hearing will shed some light on this abusive law and lead to a demand for action,” Sen. Paul said during his testimony. “Chairman Meadows and I have sponsored a bill to correct this injustice and repeal FATCA. Congress should pass our bill this year and put an end to this madness.” Today’s hearing was entitled, “Reviewing the Unintended...Read more

American-built planes with American bombs were used by the Saudis to bomb a funeral procession in Yemen. Over 100 people were killed, and 500 mourners were wounded. Active duty American pilots have been refueling the planes dropping bombs across Yemen. Sounds like war to me. But when did we declare war on Yemen? When did Congress vote to authorize military force in Yemen? Who is the enemy, and why are we fighting them? Let’s be clear: war was NOT declared by Congress, as the Constitution requires. Congress never authorized American participation in a war in Yemen. And yet, here we are,...Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul testified before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Government Operations Subcommittee regarding the damage done by the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). “My hope is that this hearing will shed some light on this abusive law and lead to a demand for action,” Sen. Paul said during his testimony. “Chairman Meadows and I have sponsored a bill to correct this injustice and repeal FATCA. Congress should pass our bill this year and put an end to this madness.” Today’s hearing was entitled, “Reviewing the Unintended...Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul will testify before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Government Operations Subcommittee regarding the damage done by the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), and he will call on Congress to pass repeal legislation he introduced earlier this month. You can find Dr. Paul’s bill HERE . U.S. Representative Mark Meadows (R-NC) has joined with Dr. Paul by introducing the House companion. Enacted by Congress in 2010, FATCA mandates that foreign financial institutions regularly report private financial information on...Read more