Rand Paul

Rand Paul to Oppose Trump’s CIA and State Department Nominees

(TIM) — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced on Wednesday that he would oppose President Trump’s nominees to head the State Department and CIA, potentially impeding their path to Senate confirmation. “I will oppose both Pompeo’s nomination and Haspel’s nomination,” Paul said. Senator Paul Press Conference on Secretary of State and CIA […]

Rand Paul Adds ‘Audit the Fed’ Amendment to Senate Banking Bill

(TIM) — Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) announced on March 5 that he will introduce his “Audit the Fed” legislation, which would permit a full audit of the Federal Reserve System, as an amendment to the Senate Banking Bill. The Senate is expected to vote on the Banking Bill, S. 2155— officially known as the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and […]

Pentagon Expects Afghan War to Cost $45 Billion in 2018 — 16 Years After It Started

(ANTIWAR.COM) — Speaking to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Assistant Secretary of Defense Randall Schriver on Tuesday revealed that the Pentagon expects the cost of the Afghan War in 2018 to come to $45 billion. This obviously is subject to change, in the face of more probable escalations. The cost includes $13 billion in direct cost for US […]

Senator Rand Paul defends Trump’s “s**thole” comment (Video)

Republican Senator Rand Paul sets the record straight on the entire “s**thole” debate, defended Trump’s remarks and blasting Senator Lindsey Graham for his hypocrisy Meet the Press.
Paul was asked about why Trump has not apologized for the leaked remark that pushed the mainstream media into complete hysteria.
Senator Paul stated…
“There are two different standards here, in 2013, Lindsey said the exact same thing that the president did except he used the word ‘hell hole’…‘You can’t have everybody coming up from every hell hole to here.’”