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March 13th, 2013
This morning, I responded on the Senate floor to President Obama’s assertion in an interview with ABC News that there is no immediate debt crisis.The President has said that we must embrace a "balanced approach" to deficit...
February 27th, 2013
Look America, no bling. No rings, no earrings, no tats, no bracelets or watches, at least that I can see. Just Rand Paul, one of the smartest guys in politics.He’s not our lord and savior, nor is he America’s daddy, but Rand...
January 23rd, 2013
After careful consideration, I chose not to raise our country’s debt limit and voted against increasing the debt ceiling. I don’t believe it is fair to our hardworking taxpayers to give the President a blank check to spend...
January 11th, 2013
If you want to know the state of our political class, just review what has transpired over the past four weeks. First there is the John Boehner confessions in which he discovered that Barack Obama is not all that serious...
December 4th, 2012
Look, as the nation stands today, I’m not at all certain that it’s constructive in any way, or even morally appropriate to continue to play this counter-constitutional game of states and individuals standing by for the...
November 15th, 2012
Congressman Ron Pauls final speech on the House floor before leaving Congress:
September 14th, 2012
What we have seen within the last two days in the Middle East is nothing short of an organized, massive uprising against the United States by radical Muslim nations. This anti-American uprising occurring in Egypt, Libya,...
September 5th, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UEDJncZbh4&feature=shareYesterday, America hit 16 trillion in debt. If this does not scare you, then nothing will. Remember the Super Committee that was supposed to come up with a...
February 23rd, 2012
The following is a statement from State Representative Raul Torres (HD-33):On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the stimulus bill into law. Three years later, it has clearly failed by the president’s own standards....
November 21st, 2011
I released the following statement today regarding the announcement that the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction has failed to reach an agreement.It’s disappointing that the members of the Joint Select Committee on...
March 12th, 2013
Today I issued a statement in support of the Republican plan to balance the budget by 2023. Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) today released the fiscal year 2014 House budget resolution. More information about the...
January 23rd, 2013
Today, I supported a bill that requires the Senate to pass a budget or forfeit their pay. The No Budget, No Pay Act (H.R. 325) passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 285-144. An overwhelming majority of Texas...
January 20th, 2013
State Rep. James White has proposed a bill that will require the leaders of Texas to start crunching the numbers and figure out what Texas would look like if it had to be self sufficient... limited or no federal support.......
December 12th, 2012
In the 5 weeks since the re-election of Barack Obama as president, there has been an astonishing resurgence in the president's popularity among the American people. Since election day, when Obama's general popularity...
November 26th, 2012
The Montgomery County Commissioners have directly circumvented the will of the voters, leading our county further into debt.County voters defeated a $200 million road bond proposal in the November 2011 election,
November 7th, 2012
America has a spending problem, and we are living on borrowed money. Last week, the Treasury Department announced that the U.S. will hit the $16.4 trillion dollar borrowing limit by the end of the year.I truly believe we are...
September 6th, 2012
Democrats began their national convention by watching a video that included the disturbing claim that “government is the only thing we all belong to,” yet another reminder that Democrats believe more government is the answer...
August 21st, 2012
An extraordinary thing has been happening at our weekly open meetings. Yes, right here in Montgomery County.Since the runoff, office holders and candidates who have won their primary elections with the assistance of Texas...
January 9th, 2012
Today, I issued this statement following a report that the national debt is now larger than our entire economy:This dismal benchmark underscores the President’s aversion to making tough fiscal choices in an election year....
November 21st, 2011
Members of the Texas Patriots PAC met with Congressman Kevin Brady's (TX-8) District Director Sarah Stephens Thursday to communicate their position on Congressman Brady's legislation “Maximiz
