By RonPaul.com on June 30, 2009
Just like Republicans now oppose economic socialism and nationalized healthcare, they should also speak out against perpetual war and unsound money, is the message of Ron Paul’s latest video update. Date: 6/29/2009 Ron Paul: Last week in the House of Representatives was not a very good time for the Republic. The big bill last week [...]
Posted in Economy, Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Video Updates | Tagged Cap-and-Trade, Congress, Courts, Obama, War |
By RonPaul.com on June 26, 2009
When asked by Rep. John Duncan on Thursday about the fact that a majority of Congress is co-sponsoring Ron Paul’s HR 1207 bill to audit the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke responded: Ben Bernanke: “My concern about the legislation is that if the GAO is auditing not only the operational aspects of the programs and the [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, Ben Bernanke, Congress, HR 1207 |
By RonPaul.com on June 3, 2009
Statement of Congressman Ron Paul United States House of Representatives Statement on H Res 489 Regarding Tiananmen Square June 3, 2009 Ron Paul: I rise to oppose this unnecessary and counter-productive resolution regarding the 20th anniversary of the incident in China’s Tiananmen Square. In addition to my concerns over the content of this legislation, I [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged China, Congress, Hypocrisy, Tiananmen Square |
By RonPaul.com on May 18, 2009
In his latest column, Ron Paul exposes the Federal Reserve System as a cabal of elite, quasi-governmental banks who have destabilized the economy, destroyed 96% of the dollar’s value, silently stole from the poor to give to the rich, and are deeply entrenched with the political power elite, all the while claiming with a straight [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Audit the Fed, Congress, Depression, End the Fed, Free Markets, HR 1207 |
By RonPaul.com on May 7, 2009
Event: House Foreign Relations Committee Hearing Date: 5/5/2009 Transcript Ron Paul: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Welcome, Mr. Ambassador. I have a couple of concerns I want to express. The main concern I have is I was hoping to see maybe a change in our foreign policy from the last administration. But, of course, we see [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Al Qaeda, Congress, Pakistan, Taliban, War |
By RonPaul.com on April 22, 2009
Date: 4/22/2009 Venue: House Foreign Affairs Committee Channel: C-SPAN 3 Transcript: Howard Berman: The gentleman from Texas, Mr. Paul, is recognized for five minutes. Ron Paul: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And welcome, Madame Secretary. I have a general question I want to ask about foreign policy, but leading up to that question I would like [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Congress, Hillary Clinton |
By RonPaul.com on April 17, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3Mj788Ukhc John Fitzgerald Kennedy: The very word “secrecy” is repugnant in a free and open society. Jive Dadson: That, of course, was the well known voice of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Hello everybody, Jive Dadson here. I’ve been asked to come out of YouTube semi-retirement to make a video about a very important subject. It’s [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, Congress |
By RonPaul.com on March 29, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCBrsOpJCmw Show: The Young Turks Date: 3/26/2009 Transcript: Cenk Uygur: Now, the interview we’ve been waiting for for a while. Dr. Ron Paul, the Congressman from the great state of Texas. Dr. Paul, thank you for joining us. Ron Paul: It’s good to be with you. Cenk Uygur: We have a lot to discuss. Let’s [...]
Posted in Economy, Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Congress, Federal Reserve, Freedom, Regulation, The Young Turks |
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 26, 2009
This Wednesday, Ron Paul joined Peter Schiff, Glenn Beck, Lew Rockwell, Shepard Smith, and David Boaz on Judge Andrew Napolitano’s online show “Freedom Watch” in a refreshing discussion about the latest economic and political developments. Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByZ6g-syjVI Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIsQLl98KbM Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdGkSL45V7c Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNApArJxNmY Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e7807ud09A Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3yBsExFtu0(Ron Paul appears [...]
Posted in Economy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged AIG, Congress, Constitution, David Boaz, Glenn Beck, Judge Andrew Napolitano, Lew Rockwell, Peter Schiff, Shepard Smith, Tim Geithner |
By RonPaul.com on March 25, 2009
Channel: Fox Business Date: 3/24/2009 News Anchor: Today during the AIG hearing, Representative Ron Paul declared that free markets and capitalism weren’t working. Watch this. Ron Paul: We had a system where the free market wasn’t working, we didn’t have capitalism. The allocation of capital came from the direction of the Federal Reserve and a [...]
Posted in Economy, Monetary Policy | Tagged Congress, Easy Money, Fox Business |
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 11, 2009
On Tuesday, Ron Paul spoke on the House floor about the true nature of earmarks and how all spending should be “earmarked”, i.e. we should know how our money is being spent. He also promoted his bill H.R. 1207 which calls for an audit of the Federal Reserve. Channel: C-SPAN Date: 3/10/2009 Transcript: Ron Paul: [...]
Posted in Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Congress, Earmarks, HR 1207, Spending |
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 |
By RonPaul.com on February 27, 2009
In the “Hearing on Restoring the Economy: Strategies for Short-term and Long-term Change”, Ron Paul and Paul Volcker discuss the history, present and future of fiat currencies. Date: 2/26/2009 Transcript: Chairman: Mr. Paul for one minute? Ron Paul: Thank you, Madam Chairman. I, too, hear my voice all the time and I’m sure the rest [...]
Posted in Monetary Policy, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Bubble, Congress, Crisis, Currency, Debt, Dollar, Dollar Standard, Fiat, Gold, Hearing, Paul Volcker |
By RonPaul.com on February 26, 2009
Ron Paul addresses Congress Channel: C-SPAN Date: 2/25/2008 Transcript: Ron Paul: Mr. Speaker, the Federal Reserve is the culprit. It has delivered this crisis to us. The Federal Reserve’s low interest policy is a big mistake; it is not a panacea. Artificially low interest rates are achieved by inflating the money supply. Low interest rates [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Congress, Corporatism, End the Fed, Inflation |
By RonPaul.com on February 25, 2009
YouTube Channel: Financial Services Republicans Date: 2/25/2009 Transcript: Ron Paul: Today the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board was before the Financial Services Committee. I did get a chance to ask him a question or two and I made the point that we can’t continue to work on the assumption that credit comes out of [...]
Posted in Ron Paul's Video Updates | Tagged capital, Congress, credit, Financial Services Committee |
By RonPaul.com on February 25, 2009
Opening Statement: Transcript: Ron Paul: Yesterday a report came out that said that the Consumer Confidence Index was down to 25. Sometimes I think that might be overly optimistic, but nevertheless I think that vote of confidence really is a reflection on our financial system, our monetary policy, our spending policies here in Congress, and [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Ben Bernanke, Bubble, Central Banking, Congress, Crisis |