Freshman Republicans surprised Ron Paul earlier today and presented him with the “Best Legislation Filed during the 111th Congress” award for his Audit the Fed bill HR 1207. Freshman Republicans Recognize Rep. Ron Paul for His Legislation to Bring Greater Transparency to Government Institutions Led by U.S. Representative Steve Austria (R-OH), the House Republican Freshman [...]
Ron Paul says that giving more power to the Fed doesn’t make sense since they are the cause of the crisis. The original language of HR 1207, calling for a full audit of the Fed, was neutered but there is still a chance to revive the original intent. Without a full audit, we will never [...]
Date: 06/16/2010 Transcript Ron Paul: I do appreciate coming here because it’s been an issue about auditing the Fed that I worked on for a long time. I was rather disappointed this morning to open up the Internet and read a Reuters News Service article. And it starts off by saying, “Fed dodges bullet as [...]
Congressman Ron Paul Paul is pleased to note that 15 out of 31 members of the House Conference Committee – which will reconcile the House and Senate versions of the financial reform bill – are cosponsors of HR 1207, the bill to audit the Federal Reserve Bank. The House-passed version of the financial reform bill [...]
Reps. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Ron Paul (R-Texas), Walter B. Jones (R-N.C.) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). held a press conference to call for an open discussion about the efficacy, the extent, and cost of overseas U.S. military commitments. Date: 05/27/2010
Statement of Congressman Ron Paul United States House of Representatives Statement Introducing the Private Option Health Care Act (HR 5444) May 27, 2010 Madam Speaker, I rise to introduce the Private Option Health Care Act. This bill places individuals back in control of health care by replacing the recently passed tax-spend-and-regulate health care law with [...]
Congressman Ron Paul today introduced legislation to permanently extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit and to make the credit available to people whose homes have been destroyed by a natural disaster, such as a hurricane. The legislation also makes a number of changes to existing tax credits in order to enhance their usefulness to victims [...]
Ron Paul addressed a joint hearing of the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade and the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology today. The hearing was entitled “The Role of the International Monetary Fund and Federal Reserve in Stabilizing Europe”. Date: 05/20/2010
Date: May 11, 2010 Transcript Ron Paul: I rise to call attention to my colleagues of a vote that occurred in the other body today. Senator Vitter from Louisiana offered an amendment to the financial reform package in the Senate that was exactly the same as HR1207, which is the Audit the Fed bill. And [...]
In a newly published paper [pdf], Ben Lauderdale, a Ph.D. student in Princeton’s Department of Politics, uses a statistical analysis to plot the relative mavericky-ness of various members of Congress. Mavericks, he explained to John Sides, are members who vote “less on the basis of the political dimension that predicts all legislators’ behavior and more [...]
Date: 05/06/2010 Transcript Ron Paul: I rise today to talk a bit about our economy and the marketplace which, if anybody has observed, is in shambles. A couple of years ago we had a financial crisis, basically a bit of problems with debt with the financial institutions, the banks, and a lot of corporations. And [...]
Ron Paul and Harry Mitchell have again stopped the increase in pay that Members of Congress automatically get every year unless it is voted down. Their efforts to block the pay raise for 2010 was successful last year, and today their bill to block the pay raise for 2011 passed overwhelmingly (402-15) in the House [...]
Ron Paul took to the House floor on Thursday to oppose HR 2194, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act, and he warned against war propaganda being spread in the House. Ron Paul’s statement as entered into the record Date: 4/22/2010 Transcript Ron Paul: I thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today the motion to instruct [...]
Statement of Congressman Ron Paul United States House of Representatives Statement on Motion to Instruct Conferees on HR 2194, Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act April 22, 2010 Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this motion to instruct House conferees on HR 2194, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act, and I [...]
Congressman Ron Paul questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at the Joint Economic Committee hearing “The Economic Outlook”. Topics of discussion included debt monetization, the Greece bailout, and where all that money is coming from. Event: Joint Economic Committee Hearing Date: 4/15/2010 Transcript Ron Paul: Thank you, Madam Chairman. And welcome, Chairman Bernanke. I want [...]
Ron Paul slammed Obama’s unconstitutional healthcare package on Judge Andrew Napolitano’s Freedom Watch. The Congressman announced that he will introduce legislation to stop the government from forcing people to buy health insurance. Show: Freedom Watch Channel: FoxNews.com Date: 01/24/2010 Transcript Judge Andrew Napolitano: Hello and welcome to Freedom Watch, your daily dose of raw liberty [...]
At today’s House Financial Services Committee hearing Ron Paul asked Laurence Ball, Larry Meyer, Marvin Goodspeed and John Taylor about inflation, the government’s role in the value of money, and the Federal Reserve’s monetization of debt. Location: House Financial Services Committee Hearing: Unwinding Emergency Federal Reserve Liquidity Programs and Implications for Economic Recovery Date: 03/25/2010 [...]
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