Rand Paul headed to the Senate floor...

[Warlord]

edit: video added (thanks Valli6)

 

[Warlord]

Ron Wyden speaking against the Paul amendment.

He's an a$$hole when he wants to be.

 

[PursuePeace]

Ron Wyden speaking against the Paul amendment.

He's an a$$hole when he wants to be.

yep.

 

[Valli6]

Here's a live link, which is working for me.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?470444-1/senate-session&live

 

[Warlord]

Rand Paul: I want to remove spending from less important areas to pay for this bill .

 

[Warlord]

Rand: Congress should remain calm and not explode the debt

 

[Warlord]

Solid speech.

Well done Rand.

 

[Warlord]

 

[olehounddog]

14 no 1 yes

 

[olehounddog]

R's holding out to make sure it won't pass before voting? 20-1


36-1


that's that 43 nay 1 yay

 

[olehounddog]

is anybody watching these fools?

 

[Valli6]

is anybody watching these fools?

Yes.

 

[olehounddog]

Mittons had to sanitize before he could sit.

 

[Valli6]

So, what is this?!
Are all these republican NO votes supposed to prove how much they care? Or is about showing unwavering support for Trump?
Why? WHY? WHY?

Clown Romney: "No one's listening!"

 

[Krugminator2]

So, what is this?!
Are all these republican NO votes supposed to prove how much they care? Or is about showing unwavering support for Trump?
Why? WHY? WHY?

Clown Romney: "No one's listening!"

Boeing is going bankrupt. The hospitality industry is going bankrupt. The biggest private equity firm Blackstone is about to be insolvent. Las Vegas is bankrupt.

It would be 2030 before things in bankruptcy got settled in this country. If we have a Great Depression scenario, the S&P 500 would hit 1993 levels. That will work out real great for 401ks and pension funds.

Rand is a doctor not someone with any finance experience. Rand has no comprehension of what is happening right now. He thinks this is some little flu bug and things will be back to normal in a few weeks. And if a few companies go bankrupt then good. Get rid of those bad apples and it will be like 1920. He doesn't get like 70% of the companies in the country can't survive for more than a few months without any revenue.

 

[ChiefJustice]

Boeing is going bankrupt. The hospitality industry is going bankrupt. The biggest private equity firm Blackstone is about to be insolvent. Las Vegas is bankrupt.

It would be 2030 before things in bankruptcy got settled in this country. If we have a Great Depression scenario, the S&P 500 would hit 1993 levels. That will work out real great for 401ks and pension funds.

Rand is a doctor not someone with any finance experience. Rand has no comprehension of what is happening right now. He thinks this is some little flu bug and things will be back to normal in a few weeks. And if a few companies go bankrupt then good. Get rid of those bad apples and it will be like 1920. He doesn't get like 70% of the companies in the country can't survive for more than a few months without any revenue.

Nailed it. Rand is unwittingly destroying his political career as we speak.

 

[Valli6]

Rand's floor speech 3/18/20


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUTRxJk1ofk

 

[olehounddog]

More important to stand for what you believe than to sell out for any reason. Rand retained his honor over the sellouts.

 

[Todd]

Nailed it. Rand is unwittingly destroying his political career as we speak.

Isn't that sad that the ones who destroy our country because the always choose the easy band aid on the problems and never look into the intricacies of the problems and do the right thing are the ones that survive in politics.

It's not Rand's fault that the morons in charge have mandated that half our economy shut it's doors until God knows when.

 

[Valli6]

Boeing is going bankrupt. The hospitality industry is going bankrupt. The biggest private equity firm Blackstone is about to be insolvent. Las Vegas is bankrupt.

It would be 2030 before things in bankruptcy got settled in this country. If we have a Great Depression scenario, the S&P 500 would hit 1993 levels. That will work out real great for 401ks and pension funds.

Rand is a doctor not someone with any finance experience. Rand has no comprehension of what is happening right now. He thinks this is some little flu bug and things will be back to normal in a few weeks. And if a few companies go bankrupt then good. Get rid of those bad apples and it will be like 1920. He doesn't get like 70% of the companies in the country can't survive for more than a few months without any revenue.

You're not convincing me. How does any of that make it a okay to continue spending money on frivolous perks for foreigners?

I support our government’s efforts to fight the coronavirus. We also owe it to the American people to do it in a way that avoids piling billions more in debt on their backs. My amendment responsibly uses taxpayer resources by reducing waste to pay for this new spending,” said Dr. Paul.

Dr. Paul’s amendment would rescind unobligated FY 2020 balances for the East-West Center, which was highlighted in the Citizens Against Government Waste’s 2019 Congressional Pig Book on wasteful spending. Previously, even the Obama administration proposed significantly reducing the Center’s funding.

It would also rescind unobligated FY 2020 balances for the Inter-American Foundation (IAF), a past topic of Dr. Paul’s Waste Reports. The IAF is largely duplicative of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and has used American taxpayer dollars on projects such as teaching circus arts in Argentina, helping deported illegal immigrants start a business (and without being able to rule out that the money would not go to criminal deportees), jumpstarting the Haitian film industry, and promoting a Haitian dance troupe. In addition, the IAF has not been reauthorized since 1984.

Dr. Paul’s amendment would also proportionately rescind funding for the State Department’s Cultural Exchange programs and USAID’s non-health activities. Both agencies have been frequently cited by Dr. Paul for massive waste of taxpayer dollars.

https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/dr-paul-secures-senate-vote-plan-pay-federal-coronavirus-response