WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), will force a vote on his amendment to codify Secretary of State Rubio and DOGE’s cuts to foreign aid. Dr. Paul’s amendment would save the American taxpayers $16 billion on an annualized basis, cutting most of the waste, fraud, and abuse that has plagued USAID for decades.
“If we continue to spend at current levels, as this bill plans to do, it will add $2 trillion to the debt this year. My amendment puts DOGE’s findings into action, eliminating funding for an agency that spent its taxpayer dollars on woke entertainment and advocacy, and sets in law the reductions that the Trump administration has made known to be necessary,” said Dr. Paul. “DOGE’s cuts are only real in the long term if they are reflected in congressional action. If we continue to fund the federal government at the Biden administration’s levels, then the money from DOGE’s hard-found savings will just be spent somewhere else.”
Secretary Rubio and DOGE have spent months identifying rampant waste in foreign aid. However, the budget proposed by
Sens. Paul and Booker Introduce Bipartisan FAIR Act to Reform Civil Forfeiture Laws, Protect Americans’ Rights
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WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced theFifth Amendment Integrity Restoration (FAIR)Actto reform civil forfeiture laws and protect Americans’ rights from government abuse.
“The government should never have the power to seize a person’s property without due process. Yet, under current civil asset forfeiture laws, Americans are being stripped of their property without ever being charged or convicted of a crime. The FAIR Act directly addresses these injustices and is a critical step toward restoring fairness and accountability, protecting property owners’ rights, and curbing the weaponization of civil forfeiture laws once and for all,”said Dr. Paul.
“Civil asset forfeiture allows federal law enforcement to seize the property of Americans who haven’t even been charged with or convicted of a crime,”said Senator Booker.“Under this system, police can keep cash, cars, and even homes based on mere suspicion of a crime. These losses often bec
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