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By RonPaul.com on April 3, 2009
Statement of Congressman Ron Paul United States House of Representatives Tribute to Burt Blumert April 2, 2009 Madame Speaker, Burton Samuel Blumert passed away on Monday March 30, following a long battle with cancer. Burt was a true hero of the freedom movement and my close friend, advisor, and business partner. As the founder and [...]
Posted in Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Burt Blumert |
By RonPaul.com on April 3, 2009
Location: Congress Date: 4/1/2009 Ron Paul: I rise in opposition to this resolution. You know, they say so often that there is not enough bipartisanship around here. We hear that complaint a lot of times. But you know, when I look at it, I see that there has been too much bipartisanship in creating the [...]
Posted in Economy, Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Federal Reserve, Inflation |
By RonPaul.com on April 2, 2009
Statement of Congressman Ron Paul United States House of Representatives Egypt/Israel Peace Treaty Should NOT Be a Model for Future Agreements March 31, 2009 Mr. Speaker: I rise in reluctant opposition to H Res 282. I do so not because I oppose our recognizing peace as preferable to, and more productive than, war. On the [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Bribery, Egypt, Foreign Aid, Israel, Meddling, Peace |
By RonPaul.com on March 27, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXJb-JkysEQ Event: Financial Regulation Hearing – House Financial Services Committee Channel: C-SPAN3 Date: 3/26/2009 Transcript: Barney Frank: The gentleman from Texas. Ron Paul: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Chairman in his opening statement talked about the problem being excessive leverage and I certainly agree with that and others refer to that as pure emitting of [...]
Posted in Ron Paul in Congress, Tax Freedom | Tagged Congress, House Financial Services Committee, IRS, Regulation, Tim Geithner |
By RonPaul.com on March 25, 2009
Event: House Financial Services Committee Hearing Channel: C-SPAN Date: 3/24/2009 Transcript: Barney Frank: The gentleman from Texas. Ron Paul: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. When the chairman of the committee opened up the committee today, he suggested that we look backward as well as forward and that all of our problems didn’t come from January 20th [...]
Posted in Economy, Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Ben Bernanke, Congress, Crony Capitalism, Free Market |
By RonPaul.com on March 20, 2009
Channel: C-SPAN Date: 3/19/2009 Ron Paul: Today there is a lot of expression of outrage, and indeed there should be. I don’t believe that this resolution really addresses the real problem that we have. It looks like it is giving the administration an excuse by saying that he is only doing what we have asked [...]
Posted in Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged AIG, Bonuses |
By RonPaul.com on March 16, 2009
In his latest column Ron Paul explains how earmarks increase transparency by assigning funds (that would otherwise be spent by secretive bureaucrats) to a specific and fully accountable purpose. Download the column as an MP3 file here (3:33 minutes). Earmarks Don’t Add Up by Ron Paul Earmarks seem to be the hot topic this week, [...]
Posted in Economy, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Budget, Bureaucrats, Earmarks, Spending |
By RonPaul.com on March 4, 2009
In this speech to Congress, Ron Paul points out that our involvement in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan continues to drain our financial resources, undermine our national defense, demoralize our military and exacerbate our financial crisis. Channel: C-SPAN Date: 3/4/2009 Transcript: Ron Paul: Mr. Speaker, the end of the war is not near. I might ask, [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Afghanistan, Currency, Dollar, Inflation, Iraq, Pakistan |
By RonPaul.com on February 28, 2009
February 26, 2009 Madame Speaker, I rise to introduce the Federal Reserve Transparency Act. Throughout its nearly 100-year history, the Federal Reserve has presided over the near-complete destruction of the United States dollar. Since 1913 the dollar has lost over 95% of its purchasing power, aided and abetted by the Federal Reserve’s loose monetary policy. [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged 2009, Audit, Bill, Congress, Federal Reserve Transparency Act, HR 1207 |
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