Dr. Rand Paul’s Op-Eds

Kennedy is confronting ‘corrupt’ health agencies to Make America Healthy Again
Kennedy is confronting 'corrupt' health agencies to Make America Healthy Again MAHA initiative takes on Big Pharma, food additives and vaccine schedules with Trump administration backing As seen on Fox News Recently, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions...

Tariffs will make America poorer
Tariffs will make America poorer Trade is not only good; it is indispensable As seen in The Spectator 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...

Imposing 500% tariffs on nations that trade with Russia will backfire
If Lindsey Graham's bill were to pass, it would cause an economic calamity on a scale never before seen in our country As seen in Responsible Statecraft While tariffs make wars more likely, embargoes make wars difficult to avoid. Senator Lindsey Graham’s...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Must Go
The law finally demands that the CFPB, after over a decade in existence as an exception to the Constitution, be defunded. As seen in: https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/05/the-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-must-go/ From the earliest days of our republic,...

Congress Must Assert Itself on Tariffs
"Taxation without representation is tyranny.” The Massachusetts legislator James Otis is credited with popularizing the rallying cry of patriots in the days, weeks, and years leading up to the American Revolution. Our Founding Fathers believed so strongly in the...

Fox News Op-ed: Terminate the Trump tariffs before it’s too late
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 to $15,000. That’s because tariffs are taxes on foreign imports that are paid by American consumers....

Paducah Sun Op-ed: U.S. Senator Rand Paul on disaster assistance bill
One of my most important jobs as a U.S. Senator is assisting Kentuckians in their times of need, especially in the wake of a natural disaster. Over the past few years, Kentucky has unfortunately endured several of those, including deadly tornados and flash...

Washington Examiner Op-ed: How Trump can cut waste and solve Congress’s spending problem
Congratulations to Elon Musk and DOGE for stopping the insane left-wing advocacy spread throughout foreign aid. Americans are rightfully appalled when they discover that their government has been spending $2 million on sex changes in...

Washington Examiner Op-Ed: Why I Will Vote Against the Republican Budget
Washington Examiner Op-Ed: Why I Will Vote Against the Republican Budget The Republican budget voted out of committee this week purports to spend $4.6 trillion in fiscal 2025, which ends Sept. 30. If accurate, the budget passed by Senate Republicans would appear to be...

American Conservative Op-Ed: The U.S. Misadventure in Niger Is a Wake-Up Call
American Conservative Op-Ed: The U.S. Misadventure in Niger Is a Wake-Up Call Congress owes it to the country to retake its war powers from the executive. Recently, after over two decades of an unnecessary U.S. military presence in Niger, the U.S. finally withdrew...

National Review Op-Ed: Tulsi Gabbard: The Bold Choice to Fix a Broken Intelligence Community
National Review Op-Ed: Tulsi Gabbard: The Bold Choice to Fix a Broken Intelligence Community Her appointment would send an unmistakable message: The days of the intelligence community operating as an unaccountable black box are over. Washington’s swamp thrives on...

Washington Examiner Op-Ed: Why punishing Google for excellence is a mistake
There is so much I dislike about Google’s left-wing advocacy that writing this piece is difficult. However, the recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, holding that Google is a monopolist and, therefore, should be...

Reason Magazine Op-Ed: Censoring the Internet Won’t Protect Kids
If good intentions created good laws, there would be no need for congressional debate. I have no doubt the authors of this bill genuinely want to protect children, but the bill they've written promises to be a Pandora's box of unintended consequences. The Kids Online...

Courier Journal Op-ed: KOSA is not the solution for protecting children from social media
Internet platforms shouldn't be expected to design their sites to mitigate and prevent harms associated with mental health. If good intentions created good laws, there would be no need for congressional debate. While I deeply sympathize with the families of those who...

Herald Leader Op-Ed: Blocking sale of U.S. Steel hurts us and one of our closest allies
This year, President Biden announced his opposition to Nippon Steel Corporation’s attempt to acquire an iconic American company, U.S. Steel. He wrote that it is “vital” for U.S. Steel to remain a domestically owned and operated steel company. While this may be good...

Reason Op-Ed: Biden’s Big Government Solutions Dismiss Customer Welfare
Sen. Rand Paul writes that repealing the Robinson-Patman Act would help bust inflation. The ostensible purpose of antitrust policy is to promote healthy competition in the marketplace, but antitrust enforcement has largely protected inefficient firms from the threat...

Reason Magazine Op-Ed: Biden’s Big Government Solutions Dismiss Customer Welfare
Sen. Rand Paul writes that repealing the Robinson-Patman Act would help bust inflation. The ostensible purpose of antitrust policy is to promote healthy competition in the marketplace, but antitrust enforcement has largely protected inefficient firms from the threat...

Reason Op-Ed: The DOJ’s Assault on Apple Will Harm Consumers
Reason Op-Ed: The DOJ's Assault on Apple Will Harm Consumers Sen. Rand Paul writes that the lawsuit punishes Apple for a feature its customers like. In America, we do not punish businesses for their success. We certainly do not punish businesses because their...

The American Conservative Op-Ed: The Missed Opportunity for Peace at NATO’s Washington Summit
The American Conservative Op-Ed: The Missed Opportunity for Peace at NATO’s Washington Summit The Biden administration is committed to continuing its errors in Ukraine. Last week, NATO held a summit in Washington celebrating its 75th anniversary. As at other recent...

Newsmax Op-Ed: Paul: Lawfare Eviscerates American Judicial Process
Newsmax Op-Ed: Paul: Lawfare Eviscerates American Judicial Process Americans will find out in September how far Democrats will go to weaponize the law against the Republican nominee for president. But Americans may not fully appreciate that the constitutional...