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Rand Paul
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Energy production
  • During a question and answer session on KSBW in April 2015, Rand Paul said, "Now we have so much natural gas that I think we are the greatest, maybe the largest producer in the world. So I think we've come a long way towards energy independence. I think that you can have both a clean environment and economic growth, but I think you have to have a balance of both."[2]
Paul discusses coal and energy production at a Kentucky Chamber in October 2010.
  • In March 2014, when asked about energy independence in reaction to Russia invading Ukraine, Paul stated that if he were president, he would "immediately get every obstacle out of the way for our export of oil and gas.”[3]
Renewable energy
  • According to his Senate website, Paul supported "allowing domestic oil, gas and mining exploration to proceed while encouraging the competitive development of alternative, renewable energy sources." Paul reiterated this belief during an interview with Bill Maher in November 2014. Paul said, "We need more energy, and maybe cleaner energy will supplant less clean energy over time–and it already is–but I don't think that shutting down dramatically one form of energy is a good idea for an economy."[6][7]
Keystone XL Pipeline
  • In a March 2014 op-ed in TIME, Rand Paul stated if he were president, he "would support immediate construction of the Keystone Pipeline."[8]
    • Paul cosponsored S 2280, which would have authorized the continuation of the Keystone XL pipeline. The bill failed on November 18, 2014.[9]
    • In 2013, Paul voted for an amendment to the budget that would have established "a deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote investment and job growth in United States manufacturing, oil and gas production, and refining sectors through the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline." It passed by a vote of 62 - 37 on March 22, 2013.[10]
    • Paul again supported an amendment to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project in 2012. It failed by a vote of 56-42 on March 8, 2012.[11]
  • According to the Associated Press, Paul initially blocked a bill to improve pipeline safety in 2011 because he was opposed "to the notion of additional federal regulation" rather than its specific terms. The bill, S 275 - Pipeline Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2011, eventually passed the Senate with an amendment from Paul requiring older, untested pipes be strength-tested.[12][13][14][15]
Fracking
  • Rand Paul spoke at the Reagan Foundation in May 2013 where he briefly discussed how fracking could improve California's economy. Paul said, "Overregulation makes California less competitive, particularly in the oil market. And this is extraordinary: The Wall Street Journal reported recently that oil output in California is down 21% in the last decade, and it isn’t because there's not enough oil. The Department of Energy estimates that California has doubled the amount of oil that North Dakota has, and yet North Dakota surpassed California last year in oil production. Why is North Dakota kicking California’s butt? Because in California, you're not allowed to do any fracking, which is a technique that they're using, and there's an explosion of jobs in North Dakota. So while California languishes, economies in states like North Dakota and Texas are booming."[16]
Climate change
  • In his latest “Waste Report” issued on November 30, 2015, Rand Paul questioned the merits of a $450,000 National Science Foundation project to teach high school students about climate change. He wrote that ”the real science behind this game is psychology and political science” focused on “indoctrinating kids into the climate change way of thinking.”[17]
  • At the fourth Republican primary debate, on November 10, 2015, Paul said he would reverse regulations that he believes are hindering the energy sector. He said, "The first thing I would do as president is repeal the regulations that are hampering our energy that the President has put in place. Including the Clean Power Act. While I do think that man may have a role in our climate, I think nature also has a role. The planet's 4.5 billion years old, we've been through geologic age after geologic age. We've had times when the temperatures been warmer, we've had times when the temperatures been colder. We've had times when the carbon in the atmosphere's been higher. So, I think before we -- we need to look before we leap. President's often fond of saying he wants a balance solution, but, really we do need to balance both keeping the environment clean, and we will have some rules for that. We got to balance that with the economy."[18]
  • In January 2015, Paul voted in favor of an amendment stating it was the Senate's belief that climate change is real, but voted against an amendment recognizing "human activity significantly contributes to climate change."[19][20]
  • In September 2014, Paul criticized Hillary Clinton for suggesting climate change is one of the country's greatest threats. Paul responded, "I don’t think we really want a commander-in-chief who’s battling climate change instead of terrorism.”[21]
  • During an interview with David Axelrod in April 2014 at the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics, Paul expressed skepticism of conclusions made about climate change based on a data set limited to the past century. Paul said, "I think that scientific debate should not be dumbed down to politics. I think this debate has become so dumbed down beyond belief. The Earth is 4.54 [billion] or 4.6 billion years old. Anybody who's ever studied any geology knows that over periods of time, long periods of time, that the climate changes, mmkay? I'm not sure anybody exactly knows why. But we have twenty-, thirty-, hundred-thousand sort of year cycles that go on with the climate. It has been much warmer than it is today. We have real data [for] about 100 years. So somebody tell me what 100 years data is in an Earth that is 4.6 billion years old? My guess is that the conclusions you make from that are not conclusive."[22]
Environmental protection
  • On March 24, 2015, Rand Paul reintroduced S 1731 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act. Previously submitted to the Senate in November 2013, Paul said in a press release, "This bill will better protect endangered species by allowing a more tailored response as implemented by the states. The Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act ensures that local needs will be considered in the regulation process and places the decision-making into the hands of the states by allowing them to choose whether regulation occurs on the state or federal level."[23][24]
  • In June 2012, he voted in favor of S Amdt 2313, an amendment to the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 that sought to repeal the Forest Legacy Program.[25]
Environmental Protection Agency
  • Rand Paul sponsored S 890 - Defense of Environment and Property Act of 2013, which proposed creating a narrower definition of “navigable waters” and allowing a state or individual to request judicial review an Army Corp of Engineers' determination that affects their property. Paul reintroduced the bill on April 2015, stating in a press release, "Every year, thousands of property owners across America fall victim to the EPA and Army Corps of Engineer’s bullying tactics. I firmly believe it is the landowners’ Constitutional rights to do what they please with their own property. The time has come to bring common sense back to the federal jurisdiction over navigable waters and place necessary limitations on out-of-control government agencies."[26][27]
  • In June 2014, Paul sponsored S 2414 - Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy From EPA Overreach Act, which sought to prohibit the EPA from regulating carbon emissions.[28]
  • In May 2013, Paul cosponsored S 861- Coal Jobs Protection Act. Paul explained on his website, "To stop Washington bureaucrats from limiting our energy choices and waging their war against one of the most affordable and abundant forms of energy we have, I have co-sponsored Senate Republican Leader, and fellow Kentuckian, Mitch McConnell's S. 861 Coal Jobs Protection Act. Our bill keeps the EPA from using back-door tactics to stifle coal production."[29][30]
  • On August 31, 2011, Paul published an op-ed in The Washington Times that criticized the EPA regulations for harming the economy and individual rights. Paul wrote, "Since its creation in 1970, the Environmental Protection Agency has done more harm than good. EPA regulations cost more than 5 percent of our annual gross domestic product - the equivalent of the costs of defense and homeland security combined. Since EPA regulations have expanded, unemployment in America has increased by 33 percent. This abuse of power by the implementation of regulations infringes upon our basic constitutional rights. There have been too frequent reports of individual rights being violated by abusive and power-hungry EPA bureaucrats. These regulations have hampered landowners’ ability to manage their private property as they please and have impaired job creation. Americans are suffering from the overreach of regulatory agencies such as the EPA."[31]
  • In March 2011, Paul cosponsored S 609 - Comprehensive Assessment of Regulations on the Economy Act of 2011, which sought to create a Regulatory Assessment Committee to determine the energy and economic impact of proposed EPA rules.[32]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Politico, "Rand Paul dropping out of White House race," February 3, 2016
  2. ↑ KSBW, "Conversation with the Candidate: Rand Paul (Part 2)," April 3, 2015
  3. ↑ Think Progress, “Rand Paul Says He Would Respond To Ukrainian Crisis By ‘Drilling In Every Possible Conceivable Place’," March 9, 2014
  4. ↑ Senate.gov, “Sen. Paul Unveils FY2014 Budget: A Clear Vision to Revitalize America," March 22, 2013
  5. ↑ Rand Paul 2010, “Issues: Energy Innovation," accessed December 9, 2014
  6. ↑ Rand Paul, United States Senator for Kentucky, "Advancing Energy Security," accessed May 25, 2015
  7. ↑ CNN, "Rand Paul takes climate change with Bill Maher," November 14, 2014
  8. ↑ TIME, "Sen. Rand Paul: U.S. Must Take Strong Action Against Putin’s Aggression," March 9, 2014
  9. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.2280," accessed February 10, 2015
  10. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.Amdt.494 to S.Con.Res.8," accessed February 10, 2015
  11. ↑ Senate.gov, "U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 112th Congress - 2nd Session," accessed February 10, 2015
  12. ↑ The Huffington Post, "Rand Paul, Kentucky Senator, Blocks Oil Pipeline Safety Bill," September 27, 2011
  13. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.275 — Pipeline Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2011," accessed May 25, 2015
  14. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.Amdt.784 to S.275," accessed May 25, 2015
  15. ↑ Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator for California, "Senate Passes Pipeline Safety Bill," October 18, 2011
  16. ↑ Reagan Foundation, "A Reagan Forum with Rand Paul – 5/31/13," June 1, 2013
  17. ↑ Rand Paul, U.S. Senator for Kentucky, "Sen. Rand Paul Uncovers National Science Foundation $450,000 Global Warming Video Game in Latest ‘The Waste Report’," accessed December 1, 2015
  18. ↑ The Washington Post, "Who said what and what it meant: The 4th GOP debate, annotated," November 10, 2015
  19. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.Amdt.29 to S.Amdt.2," accessed May 25, 2015
  20. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.Amdt.58 to S.Amdt.2," accessed May 25, 2015
  21. ↑ Politico, "Rand Paul hits Hillary Clinton climate comments," September 5, 2014
  22. ↑ The Huffington Post, "Rand Paul Warns Climate Change Debate 'Should Not Be Dumbed Down' -- Then Dumbs It Down," April 23, 2014
  23. ↑ Rand Paul, United States Senator for Kentucky, "Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act," March 24, 2015
  24. ↑ Congress.gov, “S.1731 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act," accessed December 9, 2014
  25. ↑ Senate.gov, “On the Amendment (Lee Amdt. No. 2313)," accessed December 9, 2014
  26. ↑ Congress.gov, “S.890 - Defense of Environment and Property Act of 2013," accessed December 9, 2014
  27. ↑ Rand Paul, United States Senator for Kentucky, "Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Defense of Environment and Property Act of 2015," April 17, 2015
  28. ↑ [hhttp://web.archive.org/web/20160229210706/ttp://www.opencongress.org/bill/s2414-113/show Open Congress, “S.2414 - Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy From EPA Overreach Act," archived February 29, 2016]
  29. ↑ Rand Paul, United States Senator for Kentucky, "Advancing Energy Security," accessed May 25, 2015
  30. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.861 - A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide guidance and clarification regarding issuing new and renewal permits, and for other purposes.," accessed May 25, 2015
  31. ↑ The Washington Times, "PAUL: EPA regulations violate constitutional rights," August 31, 2011
  32. ↑ Congress.gov, “S.609 - Comprehensive Assessment of Regulations on the Economy Act of 2011," December 9, 2014
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