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WASHINGTON, D.C. – This evening the U.S. Senate is posed to move toward passage of a continuing resolution to fund various federal agencies, increasing our national debt by tens of billions of dollars. In this time of economic crisis, the only way to handle increased need for funding is to find [...]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week Sen. Rand Paul addressed the issue of our nation’s emergency infrastructure needs, urged action from Administration officials,  and offered a solution to this critical problem.
On Thursday, he accepted President Obama’s invitation to travel with him and brief him on his  plan to fix our nation’s [...]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Sen. Rand Paul traveled to Northern Kentucky with President Obama to discuss with him a plan to fix our nation’s crumbling infrastructure. Before the President spoke just steps from the Brent Spence Bridge, Sen. Rand Paul unveiled to him the Emergency Transportation Safety Fund Act of [...]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, Sept. 22, Sen. Rand Paul will travel on Air Force One with President Obama to assay the conditions at the Brent Spence Bridge in Northern Kentucky.
“I am looking forward to speaking with the President in my home state to address the express need for attention [...]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Sen. Rand Paul introduced, and the Senate voted on, two amendments to Federal Aviation Administration/Highway Extension bill.
His first amendment, to cap the highway authorization level to the amount of revenue in the Highway Trust Fund, was not agreed to, with a final vote of 14-84. Sen. Paul’s [...]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Sen. Rand Paul introduced, and the Senate voted on, an amendment to offset funding for federal disaster aid through cuts to foreign spending. The amendment was not agreed to, with a final vote of 20-78.
“Increasing our national debt at a time when our country is in financial dire [...]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Obama will award Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer with the highest honor bestowed on military, the Medal of Honor, for his valor and bravery in saving over 30 lives on one day in Afghanistan in 2009. Upon attending Sgt. Meyer’s Medal of Honor ceremony, Sen. Paul issued [...]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the Senate expected to address providing additional funds for disaster aid soon, Sen. Rand Paul is calling for spending offsets from foreign aid to fund increased disaster assistance. Increasing federal funding for disaster assistance should be allocated without increasing our national debt – but rather through equal [...]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – In light of President Obama’s presentation of his so-called jobs plan to Congress this evening, Sen. Rand Paul offered the following statement:
“The urgency with which the President is pushing his jobs proposal on Congress is cause for alarm. Much like Obamacare was rammed down the throats of [...]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the Senate expected to address providing additional disaster aid funding to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the next few weeks, Sen. Rand Paul has proposed a solution to addressing this need for added funds. Increasing federal funding to FEMA should be allocated without increasing our national [...]

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