By RonPaul.com on May 2, 2010
Date: 5/3/2010 Congress Freezes Its Own Pay by Ron Paul Last week Congress did something fiscally responsible. It’s not very often I can say that. Granted, it was small in the grand scheme of things, but I was glad to be an original cosponsor, along with Congressman Harry Mitchell of Arizona, of a bill to [...]
Posted in Ron Paul's Writings, Spending, Tax Freedom, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Congress, Income Tax, Pay Raise, Peace, Spending, Troops |
By RonPaul.com on April 10, 2010
Ron Paul appeared on Larry King Live last night along with former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, talk show host Stephanie Miller and Republican strategist Andrea Tantaros. The show was hosted by Jesse Ventura and topics of discussion included the resignation of Supreme Court Justice Stevens, Sarah Palin’s future in the Republican party (with Ron Paul [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Presidential Election 2012, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Andrea Tantaros, Barack Obama, Jesse Ventura, Larry King Live, Obama, Peace, Sarah Palin, Stephanie Miller, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justice Stevens, Tiger Woods, War |
By RonPaul.com on March 10, 2010
Ron Paul spoke on the House floor today in support of Dennis Kucinich’s H. Con Res 248 which would end the war in Afghanistan and bring U.S. Armed Forces home within 30 days. Location: Congress Date: 03/10/2010 Original cosponsors of Dennis Kucinich’s bill include Representatives John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI); Ron Paul (R-TX); José Serrano (D-NY); [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Afghanistan, Dennis Kucinich, H Con Res 248, Iraq, Peace, Taliban, War |
By RonPaul.com on February 23, 2010
Ron Paul appeared on the Dylan Ratigan Show today to express his concern that perpetual war is ruining America. He said that if the GOP wants to be a major party they must return to constitutional conservative values and work on ending the wars, balancing the budget, guaranteeing civil liberties, and auditing the Fed. Ron [...]
Posted in Republican Party, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Conservative, Constitution, Dylan Ratigan, GOP, MSNBC, Peace, People, Progressives, War, Warmongering |
By RonPaul.com on February 22, 2010
In the second part of his appearance on CNBC’s Squawk Box this morning, Ron Paul asserted that the world would be a lot safer if the US government didn’t start so many wars and continually tried to meddle in the affairs of other countries. He explained that Iran poses no credible threat to America and [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged CNBC, Iran, Peace, Perpetual War, Squawk Box |
By RonPaul.com on October 18, 2009
Venue: U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs Date: 10/15/2009 Transcript: Ron Paul: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In the last months, we have had a pretense of having a debate about Afghanistan, but unfortunately, it’s not much of a debate. We’re deciding whether or not to send 40,000 or 80,000 troops over to Afghanistan and we [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Congress, Obama, Pakistan, Peace, War |
By RonPaul.com on October 10, 2009
Date: 10/9/2009 Key points: Ron Paul wasn’t totally shocked that it happened the prize represents not peace, but internationalism, world government and a UN/NATO-type approach to global affairs Obama’s tone is better, but he isn’t pro-peace Obama totally neutralized the anti-war left, which is very sad the same happens when conservatives are elected: they promise [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy | Tagged Afghanistan, Anti-War Left, Iraq, Nobel Peace Prize, Obama, Pakistan, Peace, Pro-Peace Movement |
By RonPaul.com on August 8, 2009
Event: Florida Liberty Summit with Ron Paul Location: Orlando, FL Date: August 7, 2009 Ron Paul: If we are to have a small government, that government should be restrained and limiting its power and authority to the protection of our liberty and nothing else. There shouldn’t be a perpetual war on the people. They say [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Afghanistan, Iraq, Peace, War on Drugs, War on Poverty |
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 |