Dr. Rand Paul’s Op-Eds

Republicans should not immediately capitulate and agree to throw more taxpayer money at a failed government program. Consumers have the power to improve the cost and quality of health care in America. The cost of Obamacare has become so burdensome that families making...

Making war with the Kremlin is not an 'America First' strategy In the final days before Christmas, the Washington establishment tried to check off an item on its Christmas wish list: Make it easier for America to go to war with Russia. It hoped to accomplish this by...

MAHA initiative takes on Big Pharma, food additives and vaccine schedules with Trump administration backing Recently, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert...

Is life worse today than it was 50 years ago? According to a Pew Research survey, 58 percent of respondents believe it is. Perhaps watching the doom and gloom of the nightly news gives the impression that times have never been worse. But the facts show otherwise. The...

The truth is that tariffs are taxes. They don’t punish foreign governments; they punish American families If you think eggs are expensive, just wait until the new tariffs hit cars. Goldman Sachs estimates tariffs on imported vehicles could raise prices by $5,000...

If Lindsey Graham's bill were to pass, it would cause an economic calamity on a scale never before seen in our country While tariffs make wars more likely, embargoes make wars difficult to avoid. Senator Lindsey Graham’s Sanctioning Russia Act calls for 500%...

The White House is ending the unconstitutional program. Now, the public deserves to know why it ever existed. Yesterday, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the end of the Transportation Security Agency’s Quiet Skies surveillance program. This is...

The Antisemitism Awareness Act threatens the First Amendment by empowering federal bureaucrats to police political and religious expression. The perpetrators of antisemitic violence and murder, which I abhor and condemn, should be punished to the maximum extent of the...

Remember when repealing Obamacare was the battle cry of Republicans? Who can forget the image of a terminally ill John McCain slowly entering the Senate chamber late at night to give a thumbs down “no” vote to even “skinny” repeal of Obamacare. Fast forward nearly a...

During recent Senate consideration of the new spending and tax bill, I had one simple mission: Stop Congress from plunging this country deeper into debt. No earmarks. No handouts. No favors. No horse trading. I asked for something radical in...