WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, President Obama nominated Princeton labor economist Alan Krueger to become the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Sen. Rand Paul issued the following statement in response:
“Alan Krueger is nothing more than an extreme government interventionist, cut from the same cloth as those who have failed to correctly predict, [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Rand Paul today issued the following statement recognizing Coal Miners’ Appreciation Week:
“Coal is a vital sector of Kentucky’s economy. More than 200,000 jobs in the commonwealth depend on it, including the jobs of about 18,000 coal miners. America’s coal miners produce the fuel for nearly half our nation’s electricity needs.
“Yet, the [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Rand Paul today announced his intention to introduce in the U.S. Senate a vote of no confidence in Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. Following Sen. Paul’s call for Secretary Geithner to resign this weekend, his intention to introduce a resolution underlines Secretary Geithner’s gross mismanagement of the U.S. economy.
“The stock market gave [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Rand Paul today issued a statement regarding the current mud-slinging and finger-pointing toward the Tea Party for the U.S. credit downgrade.
“Blaming the Tea Party for America’s debt crisis and downgrade is like blaming the fireman for fires.
“The Tea Party has been fighting for a serious solution that would rescue our finances [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Rand Paul today issued a statement calling for the resignation of U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner from his cabinet post, effective immediately, for his gross mismanagement of federal economic policy and for his role in the first-ever downgrade of United States debt.
“Secretary Geithner assured everyone that raising the debt ceiling without [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following today’s Senate passage of the debt ceiling bill, Sen. Rand Paul offered the following statement:
“I voted in opposition to this bill because it doesn’t do enough to provide a stable solution to our nation’s debt crisis. It never balances, and it will add at least $7 trillion in [...]
Calls Tea Party ‘terrorists’ while current Administration holds U.S. economy hostage
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the eve of pushing through an agreement on the debt ceiling, Vice President Joe Biden called the Tea Party “terrorists,” which is laughable considering the current Administration is holding our economy hostage.
Senator Rand Paul responded to these distasteful remarks with the [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Sen. Rand Paul issued an open letter on the subject of the debt ceiling compromise facing the Senate. Below is that letter.
To paraphrase Jim DeMint: When you’re speeding toward the edge of a cliff, you don’t set the cruise control. You stop the car.
The current deal to raise the debt ceiling [...]
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