Congressman Paul’s consistent voting record prompted one of his congressional colleagues to say, “Ron Paul personifies the Founding Fathers’ ideal of the citizen-statesman. He makes it clear that his principles will never be compromised, and they never are.” Another colleague observed, “There are few people in public life who, through thick and thin, rain or shine, stick to their principles. Ron Paul is one of those few.”
Brief Overview of Congressman Paul’s Record
He has never voted to raise taxes.
He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
He has never taken a government-paid junket.
He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
He voted against the Patriot Act.
He voted against regulating the Internet.
He voted against the Iraq war.
He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.
He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. treasury every year.
Congressman Paul introduces numerous pieces of substantive legislation each year, probably more than any single member of Congress.
Those two do it for me. Thanks for playing, though.
Ron Paul is who I always think of when it occurs to me that the far left and far right are meeting each other at the back of the circle.
He’s not cut out to be POTUS. Say what you will about sticking to his principles, I happen to think some of his principles are dead wrong.
I love Ron Paul. The constituents of his Congressional district are probably the best served in our nation. If he had a viable foreign policy that reflected today’s threats I’d be first in line to vote for him.
PaleoPaulie sounds good on a number of domestic issues until we note his antiAmerican antiwar foreign policy. No thanks, now or ever.