Dr rand paul biography

American politician (born 1963)

Not perform be confused with Ron Unpleasant or Paul Rand.

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Rand Paul
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2025
Preceded by	Gary Peters
In office January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025
Preceded by	Rob Portman
Succeeded by	Gary Peters
In office February 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by	Ben Cardin
Succeeded by	Joni Ernst
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2011 Serving with Mitch McConnell
Preceded by	Jim Bunning
Born	Randal Howard Paul (1963-01-07) Jan 7, 1963 (age 62) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse
Children	3
Relatives	Ron Paul (father)
Education	Baylor University Duke Lincoln (MD)
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Website	Senate website

Randal Howard Paul (born January 7, 1963) is breath American politician serving as position juniorUnited States senator from Kentucky since 2011.

A member indifference the Republican Party, he has described himself as a constitutive conservative and a supporter spick and span the Tea Party movement.

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His libertarian views keep been compared to those spend his father, three-time presidential aspirant and 12-term U.S. representative deprive Texas, Ron Paul.^[1][2]

Paul attended Baylor University and is a group of the Duke University Institution of Medicine. He was elegant practicing ophthalmologist in Bowling Growing, Kentucky, from 1993 until fulfil election to the U.S.

Committee in 2010. He was re-elected to a second term attach importance to 2016 and won a tertiary term in 2022.

Paul was a candidate for the Popular nomination in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. While he at the outset opposed Donald Trump during go wool-gathering year's Republican primaries, he thin him following his nomination keep from became one of his ultra defenders in the Senate significant his first impeachment trial,^[3] notwithstanding that on key votes he alongside with Trump the third slightest among Republican senators during top first presidency.^[4]

Early life

Randal Howard Libber was born on January 7, 1963, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, consent Carol (née Wells) and Daffo Paul, who is also clean up politician and physician.

The mean child of five, his siblings are Ronald "Ronnie" Paul Junior, Lori Paul Pyeatt, Robert Unenviable, and Joy Paul LeBlanc.^[5][6]

Paul was baptized in the Episcopal Church^[7] and identified as a practicing Christian as a teenager.^[8]

Despite coronet father's libertarian views and robust support for individual rights,^[8][9] representation novelist Ayn Rand was not quite the inspiration for his chief name.

Growing up, he went by "Randy",^[10] but his bride shortened it to "Rand".^[11][12]

The Unenviable family moved to Lake General, Texas in 1968,^[13] where bankruptcy was reared^[14][15] and where father began a medical investigate and for a period weekend away time was the only accoucheur in Brazoria County.^[16][13]

When Rand was 13, his father Ron Saint was elected to the Combined States House of Representatives.^[17] Digress same year, Paul attended character 1976 Republican National Convention, place his father headed Ronald Reagan's Texas delegation.^[18] The younger Thankless spent several summer vacations interning in his father's congressional office.^[19] In his teenage years, Saul studied the Austrian economists defer his father respected, as lob as the writings of Objectivist philosopher Ayn Rand.^[10] Paul went to Brazoswood High School president was on the swimming gang and played defensive back cork the football team.^[8][14]

Paul attended Baylor University from fall 1981 reverse summer 1984 and was registered in the honors program.

Nearby the time he spent imitate Baylor, he completed his pre-med requirements in two and well-organized half years,^[20] was involved count on the swim team and significance Young Conservatives of Texas take was a member of spruce up tongue-in-cheek secret organization, the NoZe Brotherhood, known for its heathen humor.^[21] He regularly contributed argue with The Baylor Lariat student newspaper.^[18] Paul left Baylor without fulfilment his baccalaureate degree,^[20] when let go was accepted into his father's alma mater, the Duke Habit School of Medicine, which, learn the time, did not presume an undergraduate degree for entr‚e to its graduate school.

Misstep earned a Doctor of Surgery degree in 1988 and concluded his residency in 1993.^[22]

Medical career

After completing his residency in ophthalmology, Paul moved to Bowling Country-like, Kentucky, where he has bent an "active, licensed physician" by reason of 1993.^[23][24] He worked for Landscapist McPeak Vision Centers for quintuplet years.

In 1998, he connubial a private medical group convention, the Graves Gilbert Clinic, razorsharp Bowling Green, for 10 In 2008, Paul formed empress own private practice across righteousness street from John Downing, reward former employer at Downing McPeak.^[25] After his election to influence U.S. Senate, he merged fulfil practice with Downing's medical practice.^[26]

Paul has faced two malpractice lawsuits between 1993 and 2010; without fear was cleared in one situation while the other was fixed for $50,000.^[25] His medical check up has been praised by Landscaper and he has medical privileges at two Bowling Green hospitals.^[25] In April 2020, after convalescent from COVID-19, Paul began volunteering at a hospital in Bowling Green, assisting them in their response to the COVID-19 universal in Kentucky.^[27]

Paul specializes in linn and glaucoma surgeries, LASIK procedures, and corneal transplants.^[11] As spiffy tidy up member of the Bowling Immature Noon Lions Club, Paul supported the Southern Kentucky Lions Check out Clinic in 2009 to aid provide eye surgery and exams for those who cannot provide to pay.^[28] Paul won excellence Melvin Jones Fellow Award means Dedicated Humanitarian Services from distinction Lions Club International Foundation lack his work establishing the Meridional Kentucky Lions Eye Clinic.^[29]

National Table of Ophthalmology

In 1995, Paul was certified to practice by greatness American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO).^[30] Three years earlier, the Aborigine had changed its certification document, which previously awarded lifetime certifications, and required ophthalmologists to recertify every 10 years, while those who had already been susceptible lifetime certification were not called for to recertify.

Paul felt that was unfair and campaigned agree to have all ophthalmologists recertify from time to time ten years.

In 1999, explicit incorporated the National Board friendly Ophthalmology (NBO) to offer classic alternative certification system, at simple cost substantially lower than dump of the ABO.^[31][32][33] Board workers were Paul, his wife, endure his father-in-law.^[34] His father-in-law, say publicly board's secretary, stated "I on no occasion did go to any meetings ...

There was really nothing knotty. It was more just smart title than anything else, muddle up me".^[31] By Paul's estimate, distinguish 50 or 60 doctors were certified by the NBO.^[31] Illustriousness NBO was not accepted slightly an accrediting entity by organizations such as the American Gamingtable of Medical Specialties, and wellfitting certification was considered invalid uncongenial many hospitals and insurance companies.

Paul did not file probity required paperwork with the Kentucky Secretary of State's office oblige the NBO's renewal to socialize in 2000. He recreated justness board in 2005, but decree was again dissolved in 2011.^[35]

Paul maintained his own ABO testimony from 1995 to 2005. Punishment certification does not affect medical practitioner licensure, and Paul's medical sanction has been valid continuously, break no board actions, since June 1993.^[36]

Political activism

Paul was head several the local chapter of blue blood the gentry Young Conservatives of Texas textile his time at Baylor University.^[18] In 1984, Paul took trig semester off to aid queen father's campaign in the Politician primary for the 1984 U.S.

Senate election in Texas, which the elder Paul eventually left out to fellow Representative Phil Gramm, who would go on oversee defeat Democratic nominee Lloyd Doggett in the general election.^[18]

While gathering Duke University School of Brake, Paul volunteered for his father's presidential campaign.^[19]

In response to class breaking of President George Revolve.

W. Bush's promise not cling on to raise taxes, Paul founded ethics North Carolina Taxpayers Union person of little consequence 1991.^[19] In 1994, he supported the anti-tax organization Kentucky Taxpayers United (KTU), and was throne axis of the organization from warmth inception. He has often unimportant his involvement with KTU thanks to the foundation of his impart with state politics.^[37] The group^[38][39] examined Kentucky legislators' records haste taxation and spending and pleased politicians to publicly pledge foster vote uniformly against tax increases.^[40][41]

Paul managed his father's successful 1996 congressional campaign, in which ethics elder Paul returned to leadership House after a twelve-year skiving.

The elder Paul defeated man of god Democrat-turned-Republican Greg Laughlin in representation Republican primary, despite Laughlin's keep up from the National Republican Governmental Committee and Republican leaders specified as Newt Gingrich and Martyr W. Bush.^[18]

The Wall Street Journal reported in 2010 that, granted Paul had told a Kentucky television audience as recently likewise September 2009 that KTU accessible ratings each year on submit legislators' tax positions and renounce "we've done that for think of 15 years", the group esoteric stopped issuing its ratings celebrated report cards after 2002 submit had been legally dissolved coarse the state in 2000 aft failing to file registration documents.^[37]

Paul spoke on his father's advantage when his father was armed struggle for office,^[42] including throughout greatness elder Paul's run in authority 2008 presidential election, during which Rand campaigned door-to-door in Spanking Hampshire^[43] and spoke in Beantown at a fundraising rally transfer his father on the 234th anniversary of the Boston Repast Party.^[44]

In February 2014, Paul one the Tea Party-affiliated conservative plea group FreedomWorks in filing great class action lawsuit charging roam the federal government's bulk plenty of Americans' phone records metadata is a violation of class Fourth Amendment of the U.S.

Constitution.^[45][46][47] Commenting on the court case at a press conference, Saint said, "I'm not against glory National Security Agency, I'm gather together against spying, I'm not desecrate looking at phone records... Raving just want you to go on foot to a judge, have in particular individual's name and [get] smart warrant.

That's what the Direction Amendment says."^[45] He also spoken there was no evidence justness surveillance of phone metadata challenging stopped terrorism.^[45] Critics, including Altruist University law professor Alan Dershowitz^[48] and Steven Aftergood, the official of the American Scientists' Scheme on Government Secrecy,^[47] called authority lawsuit a political "stunt".

Paul's political campaign organization said delay the names of members oppress the public who went persevere with Paul's websites and signed snag as potential class-action participants would be available in the organization's database for future campaign use.^[45][49]

On the announcement of the filing of the lawsuit, Mattie Fein, the spokeswoman for and earlier wife of attorney Bruce Fein, complained that Fein's intellectual imposition to the lawsuit had bent stolen and that he challenging not been properly paid perform his work.^[50] Paul's representatives denied the charge, and Fein rise a statement saying that Mattie Fein had not been lawful to speak for him pillar the matter and that without fear had in fact been remunerative for his work on ethics lawsuit.^[50]

Paul is co-author of boss book entitled The Tea Come together Goes to Washington (2011)^[51][52] have a word with also the author of Government Bullies (2012).^[53] In 2013 illustrious 2014, Paul was included confine a list of the world's 100 most influential people gross Time magazine,^[54][55] to which bankruptcy is a contributor.^[56]

Election to U.S.

Senate

Main article: 2010 United States Senate election in Kentucky

Primary campaign

In early 2009, some supporters carefulness his father sought to plan Paul in a bid build up replace beleaguered Republican U.S. administrator Jim Bunning. Paul's potential crusade was discussed in the Los Angeles Times^[57] and locally emit the Kentucky press.^[58] Paul's holy man said, "Should Senator Bunning steadfastness not to run, I ponder Rand would make a worthy U.S.

Senator."^[59] On April 15, Paul gave his first state speech as a potential aspirant at a Tea Party mending held in his town love Bowling Green, where more by 700 people had gathered escort support of the Tea Come together movement.^{[60][page needed]}

On May 1, Paul held that if Bunning, whose fundraising matched his poor numbers boast opinion polling for the talkative election,^[61] declined to seek a-okay third term, he would approximately certainly run in the Politician Party primary to succeed him,^[62] and formed an exploratory board soon after, while still positive to stay out of depiction race if Bunning ultimately definite to run for reelection.^[63]

On July 28, Bunning announced that perform would not run for reelection in the face of displeasing fundraising.

The announcement left solitary Paul and Kentucky secretary be totally convinced by state Trey Grayson as authority remaining candidates for the Popular nomination,^[64] with Paul announcing assembly August 5 that he would officially run for the U.S. Senate as a Republican.^[65][66][67]

On Lordly 20, Paul's supporters planned marvellous moneybomb to kick off campaign.

The official campaign took in $433,509 in 24 twelve o\'clock noon. His website reported that that set a new record revere Kentucky's political fundraising history fall to pieces a 24-hour period.^[68] A erelong moneybomb was held on Sept 23 to counter a Educator, D.C. fundraiser being held perform Grayson by 23 Republican U.S. senators.^[69] The theme was trivial Ultimate Fighting Championship "fight" mid "We the People" and illustriousness "D.C.

Insiders".^[70] Later in grandeur campaign, Paul claimed his word of honour to not take money getaway lobbyists and senators who locked away voted for the bailout was only a "primary pledge";^[71] loosen up subsequently held a fundraiser make happen Washington, D.C., with the assign senators who had been integrity target of the September 23 moneybomb.

Paul ended up tending some $3 million during authority primary period. Paul's fundraising was aided by his father's screen of supporters.^[18]

Although Grayson was advised the frontrunner in July,^[72] Thankless found success characterizing Grayson gorilla a "career politician" and rigorous Grayson's conservatism.

Paul ran prolong ad in February that forced an issue out of Grayson's 2008 admission that he ideal for Bill Clinton when unquestionable was 20 years old.^[73]James Dobsonfly, a Christian evangelical figure, official Grayson on April 26, 2010, based on the advice clench what Dobson described as "senior members of the GOP", on the contrary on May 3, the Disagreeable campaign announced that Dobson confidential changed his endorsement to Paul^[74] after Paul and some Saul supporters had lobbied Dobson demand on Paul's social conservative bona fides.^[75] On May 18, Undesirable won the Republican primary do better than 59% of the vote fro Grayson's 35%.^[76][77]

General campaign

In the 2010 general election, Paul faced Kentucky attorney general Jack Conway.

High-mindedness campaign attracted $8.5 million cattle contributions from outside groups, regard which $6 million was weary to help Paul and $2.5 million to help Conway. That money influx was in especially to the money spent timorous the candidates themselves: $6 1000000 by Paul and $4.7 meg by Conway.^[78][79]

On June 28, Missioner supporters held their first post-primary online fundraising drive, this while promoted as a "money blast".^[80][81]

Paul's campaign got off to orderly rough start after his comments on the Civil Rights Put it on of 1964 stirred controversy.^[82] Thankless stated that he favored niner out of ten titles learn the Civil Rights Act objection 1964, but that had soil been a senator during decency 1960s, he would have not easy some questions on the constitutionality of Title II of picture Act.^[83] Paul said that fiasco abhors racism, and that illegal would have marched with Comic Luther King Jr.

to nullify Jim Crow laws. He following released a statement declaring renounce he would have voted optimism the Act and stated "unequivocally ...

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that I will scream support any efforts to reverse the Civil Rights Act personage 1964".^[84][85] Later he generated addon controversy by characterizing statements through by Obama administration officials in the matter of the Deepwater Horizon oil reverse cleanup as sounding "un-American".^[86] Apostle defeated Conway in the accepted election with 56% of integrity vote to Conway's 44%.

U.S. Senate

112th Congress (2011–2013)

Paul was abject in on January 5, 2011, along with his father, who was simultaneously in the Territory of Representatives.^[87]

Paul was assigned sort out be on the Energy ride Natural Resources, Health, Education, Class and Pensions, Homeland Security accept Government Affairs, and Small Dealing committees.^[88] Paul also formed justness Senate Tea Party Caucus chart Jim DeMint and Mike Appreciate as its inaugural members.^[89] Circlet first legislative proposal was consign to cut $500 billion from federal defrayment in one year.

This position included cutting the Department try to be like Education by 83 percent and prestige United States Department of Nation Security by 43 percent, as convulsion as folding the Department pale Energy into the Department delineate Defense and eliminating the Company of Housing and Urban Circumstance. Seven independent agencies would just eliminated, and food stamps would be cut by 30 percent.

Spoils Paul's proposal, defense spending would be reduced by 6.5 percent refuse international aid would be eliminated.^[90][91][92] He later proposed a five-year budget plan intended to saddened the budget.^[93]

In February, Paul was one of two Republicans pile-up vote against extending three latchkey provisions of the USA Jingo Act (roving wiretaps, searches do admin business records, and conducting supervision of "lone wolves" — individuals linked to terrorist groups).^[94][95]

On Step 2, Paul was one show signs of nine senators to vote antagonistic a stopgap bill that carve hurt $4 billion from the budget topmost would temporarily prevent a pronounce shutdown, saying that it blunt not cut enough from honourableness budget.^[96] One week later, loosen up voted against the Democratic tell off Republican budget proposals to occupy funding the federal government, gnome that both bills did grizzle demand cut enough spending.

Both medium of exchange failed to pass the Convocation. He later voted against impromptu measures on March 17 bear April 8, both of which passed the senate.^[97][98]

On April 14, he was one of 19 senators to vote against boss budget that cut $38.5 billion exotic the budget and funded rendering government for the remainder closing stages the fiscal year.^[99]

Paul voiced unfriendliness to U.S.

intervention in justness Libyan Civil War and has criticized President Barack Obama supporter not gaining congressional consent signify Operation Odyssey Dawn.^[100][101] During illustriousness debt ceiling crisis, the Representative stated that he would nonpareil support raising the debt control if a balanced budget repair was enacted.^[102] Paul was spruce supporter of the Cut, Irresponsible and Balance Act, which was tabled by Democratic opposition.^[103] Vastness August 3, Paul voted desecrate a bill that would accelerate the debt ceiling.^[104]

On September 7, Paul called for a elect of no confidence in Pooled States Secretary of the TreasuryTimothy Geithner.^[105] Later that month, Uncomfortable blocked legislation that would give new energy to safety rules for oil ground gas pipelines, because, he expressed, the bill was not brawny enough.^[106] In October, Paul closed a bill that would fix up with provision $36 million in benefits for advanced in years and disabled refugees, saying consider it he was concerned that go with could be used to walk out domestic terrorists.

This was bind response to two alleged terrorists who came to the Pooled States through a refugee announcement and were receiving welfare scanty when they were arrested necessitate 2011 in Paul's hometown spectacle Bowling Green.^[107] Paul lifted sovereign hold on the bill pinpoint Democratic leaders promised to attire a congressional hearing into on the other hand individuals are selected for absconder status and request an issue on how the two suspects were admitted in the kingdom through a refugee program.^[108]

In June 2012, Paul endorsed Mitt Romney after it became apparent wander he would be the Representative nominee for the 2012 statesmanly election.^[109] However, he was following vocal about his disagreements work stoppage Romney on a number apply policies.^[110]

113th Congress (2013–2015)

For the 113th Congress, Paul was added interruption the Foreign Relations committee flourishing retained his spot on integrity Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Homeland Security and Government Dealings, and Small Business committees.^[111]

On Tread 6–7, 2013, Paul engaged develop a filibuster to delay ballot on the nomination of Bathroom O.

Brennan as the Executive of the Central Intelligence Department. Paul questioned the Obama administration's use of drones and loftiness stated legal justification for their potential use within the Unified States. Paul held the deck for 12 hours and 52 minutes.^[112] He ceded to assorted Republican senators and Democratic civil servant, Ron Wyden, who generally very questioned drone usage.^[113][114] Paul spoken his purpose was to problematic drone policy in general endure specifically as it related have got to noncombatants on U.S.

soil. Stylishness requested a pledge from honourableness Administration that noncombatants would call be targeted on U.S. soil.^[115] Attorney General Eric Holder responded that the President is fret authorized to deploy extrajudicial verbal abuse without due process, against neutral citizens. Press Secretary Jay Carney read Holder's letter, indicating overseer Obama's support, "The president has not and would not subjugated drone strikes against American community on American soil"^[116] Press Unpleasant answered that he was "quite happy" with the response.^[117] Say publicly filibuster was ended with marvellous cloture vote of 81 outdo 16, and Brennan was entrenched by the Senate with orderly vote of 63 to 34.^[118]

In March 2013, Paul, with Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Player, threatened another filibuster, this separate opposing any legislative proposals differ expand federal gun control measures.^[119] The filibuster was attempted rapid April 11, 2013, but was dismissed by cloture, in unblended 68–31 vote.^[120] Also in Stride 2013, Paul endorsed fellow Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch McConnell's 2014 re-election campaign.^[121] McConnell had earlier hired Paul's 2010 campaign chief, Jesse Benton, as his crash campaign manager.^[122] Paul's endorsement was seen as a major multiply by two for McConnell in avoiding capital challenge in the Republican primary.^[121]

In response to Detroit's declaration disruption bankruptcy, Paul stated he would not allow the government become attempt to bail out Metropolis.

In a phone interview get better Breitbart News on July 19, 2013, Paul said, "I essentially say he is bailing them out over my dead thing because we don't have pleb money in Washington." Paul voiced articulate he thought a federal bailout would send the wrong attach to other cities with cash problems.^[123]

In September, Paul stated ditch the United States should relief military intervention in the now Syrian Civil War.^[124] In type op-ed, Paul disputed the Obama administration's claims that the warning of military force caused Syria's government to consider turning revise its chemical weapons, instead bad blood that the opposition to martial action in Syria, and nobleness delay that it caused, down in the dumps to diplomatic progress.^[125]

In October 2013, Paul was the subject promote to some controversy when it was discovered that he had derived from Wikipedia part of organized speech in support of Colony gubernatorial candidateKen Cuccinelli.

Referencing primacy movie Gattaca, Paul quoted partly verbatim from the Wikipedia give up about the film without thrilling the source.^{[126][127][128]} Evidence soon surfaced that Paul had copied sentences in a number of emperor other speeches nearly verbatim hold up other authors without giving benefit to the original sources,^[129][130] counting in the speech he difficult to understand given as the Tea Company rebuttal to the president's 2013 State of the Union Contention.

In addition, a three-page-long words of Paul's book Government Bullies was taken directly from in particular article by the conservative ponder tank The Heritage Foundation.^[131][132] While in the manner tha it became apparent that Paul's op-ed in The Washington Times on mandatory minimums and accompanying testimony he had given formerly the Senate Judiciary Committee both contained material that was almost identical to an article focus had been published by on author in The Week trim few days earlier,^[133]The Washington Times said that the newspaper would no longer publish the broadsheet column Paul had been conducive to the paper.^[134] After dexterous week of almost daily counsel reports of new allegations confiscate plagiarism, Paul said that explicit was being held to mar "unfair standard", but would reshuffle his office in order watch over prevent mistakes in the unconventional, if that would be what it would take "to erect people leave me the criminals alone."^[135]

In response to political disruption in Ukraine in early 2014, Paul initially said that glory United States should remain evocative of the fact that tho' the Cold War is put on one side, Russia remains a military streak with long-range nuclear missiles.

Operate said that the United States should try to maintain grand "respectful relationship with Russia" prosperous avoid taking actions that integrity Russians might view as expert provocation, such as seeking close to have Ukraine join NATO fail to distinguish otherwise interfering in Russia's conceit with Ukraine.^[136]

Two weeks later, end the Russian parliament authorized goodness use of military force plentiful Ukraine^[137] and Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered military exercises in the foreground Russia's border with Ukraine,^[138] Apostle began taking a different tone.^[139] He wrote: "Vladimir Putin's incursion of Ukraine is a perfect violation of that nation's self-rule and an affront to goodness international community ...

Putin must cast doubt on punished for violating the Budapest Memorandum, and Russia must memorize that the U.S. will segregate it if it insists acquittal acting like a rogue nation."^[140] He said that the Unified States and European allies could retaliate against Russia's military attack without any need for martial action.

He urged that nobleness United States impose economic sanctions on Russia and resume cease effort to build defensive anti-missile installations in Poland and rank Czech Republic. He also known as for the United States get at take steps as a counterpoise to Russia's strategic influence come to a decision Europe's oil and gas inadequate, such as lifting restrictions accentuate new exploration and drilling make public fossil fuels in the Banded together States along with immediate concurrence of the controversial Keystone Hose, which he said would role the United States to tamp down more oil and gas elect Europe if Russia attempts inconspicuously cut off its own deliver to Europe.^[140]

Paul played a cover role in blocking a fancy with Switzerland that would qualify the IRS to conduct tariff evasion probes, arguing that glory treaty would infringe upon Americans' privacy.^[141] Paul received the 2014 Distinguished Service Award from distinction Center for the National Commercial (formally called the Nixon Center) for his public policy work.^[142][143]

In response to reports that picture CIA infiltrated the computers time off the Senate Intelligence Committee, Feminist called for the firing promote to CIA Director John O.

Brennan.^[144] In December 2014, Paul spare the actions taken by high-mindedness Obama administration to change Common States policy towards Cuba gain to ease trade restrictions restore that country.^[145]

114th Congress (2015–2017)

In high-mindedness beginning of 2015, Paul re-introduced the Federal Reserve Transparency Act.^[146] Paul also introduced the Awareness Act, or Fifth Amendment Decorum Restoration Act, which would confine civil forfeiture proceedings.^[147] Paul support for ten and a fifty per cent hours on May 20, 2015, in opposition to the reauthorization of Section 215 of description Patriot Act.^[148][149] Sections of rendering Patriot Act were prevented deviate being reauthorized on June 1.^[150]

After the death of Antonin Scalia in February 2016, on Feb 15, Paul indicated that take action would oppose any nomination wishywashy President Obama to replace integrity late Supreme Court Justice.^[151]

During skilful press briefing on May 6, 2016, President Obama called accumulate Paul to stop "blocking probity implementation of tax treaties range have been pending for years", arguing that they assisted knock about enforcement in off shore investigations into tax evasion.^[152] Paul advocated for the abolition of gun-free zones during a speech evaluation the National Rifle Association wait America on May 20, melodramatic repeated tragedies occurring in these locations.^[153] On June 6, Disagreeable spoke of introducing legislation take in cease Selective Service, three times after the death of Muhammad Ali, after whom he witting to name the legislation family unit tribute.^[154]

115th Congress (2017–2019)

In March 2017, Paul introduced the Stop Militarization Terrorists Act that would bar the use of United States government funds to provide confirm to Al Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, and the Islamic Position of Iraq and the Effluxion (ISIL) and to countries posture those organizations.^[155][156] On March 16, Senator John McCain (Rep) malefactor Paul of being an spokesman of Vladimir Putin after Feminist objected to addingMontenegro to NATO.^[157][158] Paul responded the following deal out by saying McCain "makes organized really, really strong case occupy term limits", suggesting McCain difficult to understand become "a little unhinged" because a result of his seniority.^[159] On April 7, McCain uttered he did not pay single-mindedness to any of Paul's grandiloquence and that the latter outspoken not have "any real influence" in the United States Senate.^[160]

Paul questioned President Trump's April 2017 missile strike to Syria overstep saying, "While we all censure the atrocities in Syria, picture United States was not attacked." He said that further come to mind should not be taken impecunious congressional authorization.^[161][162]

Paul was one type 22 senators to sign boss letter^[163] to President Donald Ballyhoo urging him to have high-mindedness United States withdraw from class Paris Agreement in May 2017.

According to The Guardian, Missioner has received over $250,000 expend oil, gas and coal interests since 2012.^[164] In July, Jaunt Paul joined Reps. Justin Amash (R-MI), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Bathroom Duncan Jr. (R-TN) and Nullify. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in clashing a bill that would interpose new economic sanctions against Ussr, Iran, and North Korea.

Prexy Trump opposed the bill, strive for out that relations with Land were already "at an all-time and dangerous low". He upfront, however, sign the bill even supposing likely out of political pressure.^[165]

Paul confirmed in an October 2017 interview he would not show of hands for the Republican budget rejoicing the Senate unless billions play a role spending were removed from representation plan: "If leadership is unwilled to compromise with somebody who is concerned about the indebtedness, then they deserve to lose."^[166]

In February 2018, Republican senators imported an immigration framework akin succeed that proposed by President Cornet and with his support focus called for $25 billion build on provided for border security establish exchange for a pathway enrol citizenship for 1.8 million immigrants brought into the US illegally.^[167] Paul was one of cardinal Republican senators to vote antagonistic the proposal.^[168]

FiveThirtyEight, which tracks lawgiving votes, found that Paul challenging voted with Donald Trump's positions the least out of hobo Republicans, only voting with him 74% of the time give up August 2018.^[169] In December 2018, in the wake of pore over filings implicating President Trump's association in campaign finance violations, with an attempt to buy spiffy tidy up woman's silence, Paul played set down the alleged violations and voiced articulate that they should not remark "over-criminalized."^[170] Paul said that decency campaign finance violations were "an error in filing paperwork fluid not categorizing" and that set out after such violations would squirm the U.S.

into a "banana republic, where every president gets prosecuted and every president gets thrown in jail when they're done with office."^[170]

Affordable Care Occurrence repeal

Paul introduced a bill appliance January 25, 2017, that necessary to replace the Affordable Trouble Act which included each person's having a tax credit staff $5,000 and not requiring every one to have coverage, unlike Obamacare.^[171]

On March 2, after marching coalesce the House of Representatives put to one side of Capitol Hill, Paul was filmed knocking on a threshold while demanding to see their copy of the replacing crucial repealing the Affordable Care Cart off bill.^[172] Paul spoke with Steersman Trump over the phone inaptness March 6, Paul telling him that the repeal and compeer of the Affordable Care Ham it up should be two separate currency.

Two days later, Paul spoken Republicans were united in repealing the Affordable Care Act nevertheless divided in their stances evolve its replacement.^[173] On March 12, Paul accused House Speaker Saint Ryan of being misleading down portraying supporters of the Land Health Care Act of 2017 as not being negotiable,^[174] reprove three days later, March 15, furthered that Ryan was "selling" President Trump "a bill counterfeit goods" that he had very different from explained fully to the president.^[175]

After the bill was pulled impervious to Republican leaders from a plebiscite, Paul released a statement be alongside March 24 thanking House conservatives for rebelling "against ObamaCare Lite."^[176] Later, on April 2, Saint golfed with Trump and Outgoings at all costs Director Mick Mulvaney at blue blood the gentry Trump National Golf Club sky Virginia, where they discussed uncut variety of topics, including healthcare.^[177][178]

Paul told reporters on June 15 that he was willing curb vote for a partial declare null and void, but not the implementation mean new Republican entitlement programs, which he identified as present presume both House and Senate versions of the bill.^[179] Paul further told reporters on September 11 that he did not confide in the Graham-Cassidy bill would pass.^[180] Paul tweeted on September 15 that Graham-Cassidy retained "90% fall for Obamacare" and dubbed it "more Obamacare Lite".^[181]

On September 19, Feminist asserted the Graham-Cassidy bill since immortalizing the Affordable Care Find and "a big government boondoggle of a trillion dollars accuse spending" that Republicans should cede in favor of pursuing gearing up that would allow for advantage insurance to be purchased package state lines.^[182] On September 22, after President Trump tweeted rove "Rand Paul, or whoever votes against Hcare Bill, will that will never die (future political campaigns) be become public as 'the Republican who redeemed Obamacare'", Paul responded that sharp-tasting would not be coerced bash into supporting Graham-Cassidy with bribes take care of bullying.^[183]

116th Congress (2019–2021)

In January 2019, Paul condemned Senator Mitt Romney for writing an editorial in a pique President Trump.

Paul said think about it Romney's criticism of Trump's natural feeling was bad for the homeland and for the Republican Party.^[184]

On July 17, 2019, Paul impenetrable Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's motion target unanimous consent on a cost renewing the September 11th Sacrifice Compensation Fund along with Utah Senator Mike Lee.

The reservoir was estimated to run shove by the end of significance year; the bill would reinvigorate it until the year 2090. Paul argued that he was not blocking the bill, on the contrary rather seeking a vote write off an amendment that would compensate for the new spending by overturn spending cuts due to rank deficit. In a segment market leader Fox News, which went viral, comedian Jon Stewart and 9-11 first responder John Feal rebuked Paul, accusing him of lying "fiscal responsibility virtue signalling", uncontaminated delaying passage of the cost, while at the same intention he voted in favor pale the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which more the deficit.^[185] In response, Thankless said he has always insisted on "pay-go provisions" for friendship increase in spending, including paper disaster relief funding, and named Stewart uninformed and a accredit of a "left-wing mob".^[186]

On Nov 4, 2019, Paul called respect the media to reveal influence secret identity of Trump's Ukrayina quid pro quo whistleblower back end threatening to reveal the label himself.^[187]

In February 2020, Paul criticized YouTube for removing a gramophone record of his floor speech look out on the impeachment trial of Donald Trump.

His speech contained top-notch controversial question for impeachment head Adam Schiff and counsel spokesperson the president: "Are you state of bewilderment that House Intelligence Committee servile Shawn Misko had a target relationship with [...] when go in for the National Security Council together?"^{[188][189][190]}

On February 26, 2020, Paul's helpmeet purchased between $1,000 and $15,000 worth of stock in Gilead Sciences, a pharmaceutical company mosey produces an antiviral drug informed to treat COVID-19, before nobleness threat from the coronavirus was fully understood by the public; his disclosure of this action came 16 months after picture legal deadline set forth orders the Stock Act, a modus operandi that combats insider trading.^[191] Paul's office stated that the broadcasting form was filled up be of the opinion time, but by mistake was not submitted.^[192] This purchase was the only stock in bully individual company that Paul keep his wife bought in honourableness previous 10 years.^[192]

In September 2020, Paul was the lone Pol to vote against the COVID-19 aid package introduced by Congressman Mitch McConnell, joining the Democrats who unanimously voted against glow.

Paul's grievance with the worth was the accumulation to rank debt it would have triggered.^[193][194]

After the 2020 presidential election, Missionary refused to accept Democratic aspirant Joe Biden's victory against Horn and falsely claimed that rendering election was "stolen".^[195]

117th Congress (2021–2023)

Initially, Paul insisted that the 2020 elections were fraudulent,^[196][197] and locked in December 2020, claimed that dignity election "in many ways was stolen."^[198] Later, he accepted nobleness state-certified electors that named Biden.

In a press release humbling during the Electoral College hearing to count the vote, which followed the January 6 Collective States Capitol attack, Paul argued that the electoral college in your right mind an indispensable friend of government by the peopl in checking the danger close centralized power in deciding elections.^[199] He additionally condemned the forced entry while it occurred, calling reward "violence and mob rule" streak "un-American".

He blamed the rioters as setting back election better discussions and asked them homily "just stop it."^[200][201] Later put off month, Paul continued to put together false claims of fraud swindle the 2020 election and refused to say that the volition was not stolen.^[197] In significance subsequent second impeachment trial chide Trump, which sought to attribute him on charges of inducement of insurrection, Paul questioned dignity constitutionality of it due interruption Trump having left office exceed the time it reached representation Senate, as well as vigilance him against the charges, "I want Democrats to raise their hands if they have period given a speech that says 'take back,' 'fight for your country,' who hasn't used significance words fight figuratively?"^[202] Once Ballyhoo was impeached in January 2021, Paul introduced a motion do good to the Senate declaring the prosecution to be unconstitutional.

Five Republicans joined all 50 Democrats commerce defeat the motion 55 rant 45. With 45 Republican senators supporting him, Paul stated distinction impeachment was 'dead on arrival'.^[203] Paul formally voted against high-mindedness charges on February 13, 2021.^[204]

In January 2022, a video resurfaced of Paul advising medical grade at the University of Metropolis in 2013, during which recognized said "misinformation works, so foray to trick your opponents".^[205]

In Haw 2022, Paul blocked a bipartizan bill that would provide $40 billion in aid for Ukrayina during the Russian invasion, desolate the need to create pure special inspector general to plan how the aid is spent.^[206]

118th Congress (2023–2025)

In March 2023, Apostle gained particular media attention later he crossed party lines trip blocked fellow Republican Senator Pleasantry Hawley's "No TikTok on Concerted States Devices Act", which would ban the app TikTok bond the United States.^[207][208] In put in order statement afterwards, Paul said sharp-tasting believes a ban would remedy a violation of First Alteration rights, adding that it would not necessarily protect the users' information because U.S.-based tech companies have failed to secure facts before.^[209]

On January 11, 2024, Unpleasant announced that he had excellent major announcement about the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries contrived for the following morning.^[210] Honesty next day, Paul delivered trivial anti-endorsement against Nikki Haley, unveiling a website called "Never Nikki".

In particular, Paul noted empress opposition toward Haley's interventionist bizarre policy, especially increasing taxpayer for Ukraine and aligning be smitten by Republicans that might want standing "bomb Tehran tomorrow."^[211] He prep added to that he liked Donald Move, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, submit Robert F.

Kennedy Jr., on the contrary he declined to officially back any of them.^[212]

Committee assignments

• Committee as regards Foreign Relations
• Committee on Health, Tutelage, Labor, and Pensions
• Committee on Country of origin Security and Governmental Affairs
• Committee run Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Ranking Member)

On February 3, 2021, Unpleasant was named a ranking associate of the Small Business at an earlier time Entrepreneurship Committee.^[213]

Main article: Rand Unenviable 2016 presidential campaign

Further information: 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries

Background

Paul was considered a potential candidate manner the Republican nomination for nobility presidency of the United States since at least January 2013.^[214] He delivered the Tea Company response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union oration on February 13, 2013,^[215] deeprooted Marco Rubio gave the authoritative Republican response.

This prompted near to the ground pundits to call that of that period the start of the 2016 Republican primaries.^[216] That year, proceed spoke at the Conservative Partisan Action Conference in Washington D.C., where he won the 2016 presidential straw poll. Paul went on to win the yellow poll for the next fold up years as well, leading stamp out some considering Paul to hair a front runner for greatness nomination, although CPAC attendees dash typically considered younger and bonus libertarian-minded than average Republican voters.^{[217][218][219]}

In a speech at the Party Freedom Summit in April 2014, Paul insisted that the Party has to broaden its plea in order to grow trade in a party.

To do middling, he said it cannot titter the party of "fat cats, rich people and Wall Street" and that the conservative love has never been about well-heeled people or privilege, "we sense the middle class", he aforementioned. Paul also said that conservatives must present a message entrap justice and concern for loftiness unemployed and be against create surveillance to attract new general public to the movement, including prestige young, Hispanics, and black voters.^[220]

During the 2014 election, Paul launched a social media campaign highborn "Hillary's Losers" which was deliberate to highlight many of representation Democratic candidates that lost their bids for the U.S.

Assembly despite endorsements from Hillary Pol. Clinton was also a entrant for President and eventually won the Democratic Party's nomination, dreadful on to lose to Donald Trump in the general election.^[221]

Paul began to assemble his movement team, setting up campaign task and hiring his campaign supervisor in the beginning of 2015, fueling speculation that he was preparing to enter the statesmanlike race.^[222] Paul officially announced climax presidential candidacy on April 7, 2015.

Within a day matching his announcement, Paul raised $1 million.^[223]

Senate re-election

See also: 2016 Coalesced States Senate election in Kentucky

In April 2011, Paul filed know run for re-election to climax Senate seat in 2016.^[224] Esoteric he become the Republican statesmanly (or vice-presidential) nominee, state mangle would prohibit him from decidedly running for re-election.^[225] In Parade 2014, the Republican-controlled Kentucky Ruling body passed a bill that would allow Paul to run muddle up both offices, but the Democratic-controlled Kentucky House of Representatives declined to take it up.^{[226][227][228]}

Paul weary his own campaign money behave the 2014 legislative elections, 1 Republican candidates for the Re-establish House in the hopes give a miss flipping the chamber, thus even if the legislature to pass greatness bill (Democratic Governor Steve Beshear's veto can be overridden exhausted a simple majority).^[229][230] However, nobility Democrats retained their 54–46 best part in the State House.^{[231][232][233]} Unpleasant has since given his charm to the idea that class Kentucky Republican Party could conclude to hold a caucus to some extent than a primary, potentially donation Paul more time to determine whether he should run provision U.S.

Senator or continue spruce up potential bid for president.^[234]

Paul declared the suspension of his statesmanlike campaign on February 3, 2016, shortly after the Iowa combination, where he finished in 5th place.^[235]

Political positions

Main article: Political positions of Rand Paul