Legislative Profiles. Name of the Senator- Senator Rand Paul

Legislative profiles
Name
Institutional Affiliation
United States Senate
Choose one of the two United States Senators for the State in which you live. (KENTUCKY)
1 Name of the Senator- Senator Rand Paul
2 Address of the senator’s official website-
3 The senator’s party affiliation- Republican
4 Name of the State represented- Kentucky
5 Senatorial Electoral history
1 Last election the senator won- 2016 senatorial polls
1 Name of the senator’s opponent- Democrat Jim Gray
2 Results of the election- Rand Paul defeated Jim Gray 57.3%-42.7%
6 Committee assignments
* United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global Women’s Issues
* United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs
* United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International Environmental Protection and Peace Corps
* United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Global Narcotics Affairs
* United States Senate Health Subcommittee on Children and Families
* United States Senate Health Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
* United States Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and The District of Colombia
* Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
* United States Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs and the Federal Workforce.
7. Political beliefs (in addition to their political party affiliation note any important positions they have publically taken on various political issues).
Senator Rand shares various political beliefs with the Republican Party. For instance, he agrees with Republicans on defunding the Planned Parenthood; the taxpayer should stop funding abortions and opposes same-sex marriage. Also, he has taken public positions such as supporting the reduction of the country’s spending and debt, rallying behind the end of spying by the NSA and supporting the introduction of term limits for politicians (On The Issue.org).
8. At least one quote that shows their political views on some topic.
According to the On The Issue website, while he was asked of the legalization of same-sex marriage, Senator Rand responded, “My position on this is the same as Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, marriage is a state issue (On The Issue.org).”
1 One-paragraph summary based on a video of the senator speaking either on the Senate floor or being interviewed on a news program.
The video- Republicans and Democrats are the problem! Rand Paul
Video link- /watch?v=Q2oBx8PhqDE
The senator’s speech argues that the best way to cut spending and minimize government debt that accumulates each minute is by altering the process of passing the Appropriation Bill. According to him, the past practice of discussing the bill when it is hours to deadline make it impossible for its discussion and in-depth analysis. Thus, continuing the problem. However, by allowing for its review and amendment, ...