Senator Paul Votes No on Continuing Resolution

Statement

Today, Senator Rand Paul (Ky.) voted against the latest continuing budget resolution brought before the U.S. Senate.

"The Democrats don't seem to want to take any real action in balancing the budget, so I applaud the Republicans for moving a step further toward the needed cuts, however the proposals are simply not enough," said Sen. Paul. "This resolution spends money at a rate that still adds $1.5 trillion to the debt, and at that rate we will never get our nation's fiscal house in order. Unless we consider making cuts to every major piece of legislation, we will not come close to balancing the budget. Just since 2008, the deficit has grown by 200 percent, and this resolution cuts only 6 percent of that. This plan does not allow us to avoid the coming debt crisis."

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