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By RonPaul.com on July 30, 2010
Congressman Ron Paul yesterday introduced the SEC Transparency Act of 2010 (HR 5970), a bill designed to force greater transparency in the Securities and Exchange Commission. The bill is designed to repeal the amendments made by section 929I of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act relating to the confidentiality of materials submitted [...]
Posted in Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged HR 5970, SEC, SEC Transparency Act |
By RonPaul.com on July 28, 2010
Statement of Congressman Ron Paul United States House of Representatives Statement on the Fair Sentencing Act July 28, 2010 Ron Paul: Madam Speaker, I rise in reluctant support for S. 1789, the Fair Sentencing Act. My support is reluctant because S. 1789 is an uncomfortable mix of some provisions that reduce the harms of the [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Fair Sentencing Act, S. 1789 |
By RonPaul.com on July 28, 2010
During a speech in support of the “Fair Sentencing Act” Ron Paul called for a repeal of the entire War on Drugs. Date: 07/28/2010 Transcript Ron Paul: Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation; it’s called “The Fair Sentencing Act”. I’d like to rename it, though. I’d like to call it “The Slightly [...]
Posted in Chuck Baldwin, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Crack Cocaine, Fair Sentencing Act, Prohibition, War on Drugs |
By RonPaul.com on July 28, 2010
In a last-ditch effort to prevent the U.S. government’s wars from spreading, Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich joined forces to push for a comprehensive withdrawal of U.S. troops from Pakistan by year’s end. The House voted 372 to 38 against the resolution, but the debate served as yet another example of growing antiwar sentiment in [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Dennis Kucinich, H.CON.RES.301, Pakistan, Taliban, War, Withdrawal |
By RonPaul.com on July 22, 2010
Date: 07/22/2010 Rush Transcript This is a rush transcript. Can you help us out and proofread the transcript while you watch the video? Go to our writeboard (password: failed). Then click the “Edit this page” button to make changes. We check all writeboards daily and will update this post with your proofread transcript ASAP. Thanks! [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Allan Meltzer, Ben Bernanke, Dollar, Failure, House Financial Services Committee |
By RonPaul.com on July 20, 2010
The United States Mint has a gold problem. As demand for precious metal in the futures indexes and in physical gold bullion coins increases as the dollar weakens, there’s been a run on the Mint. Don’t worry, there’s no shortage of gold. It’s just that the Mint doesn’t have the resources to make it into [...]
Posted in Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Gold, Gold Coins, Planchets, Shortage, US Mint |
By RonPaul.com on July 20, 2010
Statement of Congressman Ron Paul United States House of Representatives House Committee on Financial Services Hearing on HR 2267: the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act July 20, 2010 Ron Paul: Thank you Mr. Chairman for holding this hearing on HR 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act. While it [...]
Posted in Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Gambling, HR 2267, Internet Gambling, Online Gambling, Poker |
By RonPaul.com on July 15, 2010
Ron Paul tells the Joint Economic Committee that the people can handle the truth about unemployment and inflation numbers. Real unemployment is at 22% and real inflation is at 6% according to the original method of measuring the CPI. Date: 07/14/2010 Event: Joint Economic Committee Hearing Transcript Ron Paul: I thank the Madam Chairman, and [...]
Posted in Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Hearing, Inflation, JEC, Joint Economic Committee, Unemployment |
By RonPaul.com on July 2, 2010
Statement of Congressman Ron Paul United States House of Representatives The War That’s Not a War July 1, 2010 In January 1991, we went to war in the Middle East against Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s dictator who was our ally during the Iran-Iraq war. A border dispute between Kuwait and Iraq broke out after our State [...]
Posted in Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Iraq, Lies, War |
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