Category: Rand Paul

Senators Call for Declassifying Documents Indicating COVID-19 Came From Chinese Lab

U.S. senators are calling for President Joe Biden’s administration to declassify materials on the origins of COVID-19. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on Twitter that documents described in a Wall Street Journal report “should be declassified.” “President Biden needs to declassify everything we know today,” Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) added. According to the report, the…


Senators Call for Declassifying Assessment That COVID-19 Likely Came From Chinese Lab

U.S. senators are calling for President Joe Biden’s administration to declassify materials on the origins of COVID-19. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on Twitter that documents described in a Wall Street Journal report “should be declassified.” “President Biden needs to declassify everything we know today,” Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) added. According to the report, the…


New Bill Would Prohibit Federal Funding for Health Care Facilities That Deny Care to Unvaccinated Patients

A new bill in Congress would ban federal funding for institutions that deny care to patients for not having a COVID-19 vaccine, after multiple patients in the United States seeking transplants have been rejected over their vaccination status. The 2-page bill states that “no funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law, and none of the funds…


US Senators Hold Press Conference on Debt Ceiling

U.S. Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) hold a media availability on Debt Ceiling at 2:00 p.m. ET on Jan. 25. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


FBI Director Cannot ‘Be Sure’ Whether Facebook Is Sending User Information to Agents

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday he cannot “be sure” whether Facebook is sending the agency user information without being compelled to do so, an act that would violate the law. Wray’s remark in response to a question from Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) comes after Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee released a report (pdf) in…


Rand Paul, Tim Scott Among Incumbents Projected to Win as First Votes Come In

Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) are among the incumbents projected to win their races as the first votes came in for the midterm elections on Nov. 8. With about 13 percent of the votes counted, Paul had 57.6 percent to challenger Charles Booker’s 42 percent. Booker is a former Kentucky representative. Scott,…


Fauci Responds After Being Shown Video in Which He Said Flu Infection Meant No Need for Vaccination

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sept. 14 claimed a video that showed him in the past saying people who had influenza did not need an influenza vaccination was taken out of context. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) played the clip, from a Fauci appearance on C-Span in 2004, before questioning Fauci during a congressional hearing in Washington….


Rand Paul Says US Espionage Act Should Be Abolished After Trump Raid

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) called for a repeal of the 100-year-old Espionage Act after the FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s home on Aug. 8. A longtime critic of concentrated state power, Paul argued on Twitter that the Espionage Act of 1917 has long “been abused” and was used to jail World War I dissenters….


Fauci Decries COVID-19 ‘Distruths,’ Claims Vaccines Don’t Kill People

Dr. Anthony Fauci this week urged people to vote out members of Congress who are spreading “total lies” about COVID-19, but made a false claim himself about COVID-19 vaccines. Fauci, speaking at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, Washington on Aug. 9, was asked how the scientific community can deal with congressional leaders “who promulgate…


AG Merrick Garland Could Be Impeached Over FBI Trump Raid: Sen. Rand Paul.

Attorney General Merrick Garland could face an impeachment inquiry following the FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence, said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). “Without question, I think the order to allow the raid on Mar-a-Lago on Trump’s house has to be revealed. I think we have to know under what pretense they think…