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By Sen. Rand Paul

It is my duty as a senator to uphold and defend the Constitution. One of my most important responsibilities in this roleis to provide advice and consent on treaties, a check and balance on the Executive Branch. It gives us the opportunity to make sure the deals were signing up for are good for all Americans.

President Obama wanted to cement his legacy of environmentalism through the Paris Agreement on climate change. Obama also knew the Senate would never ratify the agreement, so he deliberately labeled it as an executive agreement to avoid the ratification process and unilaterally pledged the support of the United States with the stroke of a pen.

So what did Obama sign us up for in exchange formaybereducing global temperature by 0.2C by 2100? Experts predict that by 2040, the agreement could cost us 6.5 million lost jobsa number significantly larger than the entire population of Kentucky. It will cost us $3 trillion in lost GDP. For each household, the average annual lost income could be as high as $4,900.

These numbers are jaw dropping. Why cant we work toward a future that protects both our environment and our jobs? Why did the past administration always force the latter to be a martyr for the former?

Thankfully, President Trump has the opportunity to reverse course on Obamas mistake.

The U.S. government should be beholden to one authority and one authority alone our Constitution and not some UN bureaucrats.

President Trump has delivered on almost all of his promises to have an America First energy plan. He has directed the EPA to suspend, revise, and rescind certain actions related to the Clean Power Plan. He has removed regulatory roadblocks to American energy independence, including signing the resolution Congress sent him to repeal the Stream Buffer rule. He has also instructed agencies to review existing administrative policies harming domestic energy production.

But theres one missing piece to being truly America First, something President Trump promised on the campaign trail. He promised he would cancel the Paris Agreement as president. Can we really have an America First energy plan if we are needing to seek the endorsement of the U.N. as we make determinations about our countrys environmental and energy policies? The federal government should be beholden to one authority and one authority aloneour Constitutionand not some U.N. bureaucrats.

I ran for Senate to protect Kentucky jobs and restore the Kentucky coal industry from regulatory overreach. I stood right behind President Trump as he signed the bill I cosponsored to repeal the Stream Buffer rule.

I previously introduced a resolution requiring the Paris Agreement to be considered a treaty needing the Senates advice and consent. I am keeping my word to Kentuckians.

That is why I introduced a resolutionMonday, with a companion resolution cosponsored by Congressman Andy Barr,calling on President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, an agreement which experts believe will not actually solve the environmental issues it was intended to address.

We founded our country on a system of checks and balances, and no president should have the unilateral authority to make such significant international commitments without input from Congress.

I look forward to President Trump following through on his promise to exit this agreement.

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Sen. Rand Paul: Say Au Revoir to Paris Climate Agreement - The Libertarian Republic

Sen. Rand Paul (R KY) intends to force a vote in the Senate on the record US arms sales to Saudi Arabia, a deal which the Trump Administration has estimated will be worth some $350 billion over the decade. Paul is expected to introduce the bill on Wednesday.

The Arms Export Control Act gives senators 10 days to bring up opposition to arms sales, and Paul will have to act particularly fast this time because the Senate is leaving Friday for the Memorial Day holiday, during which they take an entire week off.

Sen. Paul argued that increasing US armament of the Saudis would mean deeper US involvement in the Saudi invasion of Yemen. That of course is something many in the Trump Administration want at any rate, so for them that is seen as a bonus, if anything.

Sen. Paul has been supported in the past in trying to rein in Saudi arms sales by some Democrats, particularly Sen. Chris Murphy (D CT). It is unclear at this point if he has much support, though the arms industrys eagerness to secure this lucrative deal s likely to have them lobbying he

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Monday's terrorist attack in Manchester, England, shows "we're never really safe at any moment" in the United States as well as in Europe, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Tuesday.

"I think it illustrates that what we need to do as our first line of defense is defend our borders and be careful who we let visit our country and who we let come to live in our country," the Paulcan told Fox News' "America's Newsroom."

Paul said his words of caution do not mean he does not want to have a "great mixture" of people coming into the United States, but still, he cautioned it is important to make sure who is coming in.

The second version of President Donald Trump's travel ban is tied up in the courts because of claims it is discriminatory, but Paul said there are ways to enact a travel ban while still allowing people who can pass a background check to enter without banning travel from certain countries altogether.

"I also offered a way for frequent travelers to get part of a program, something called global entry, like the frequent travel program that we have here in this country," Paul said. "I would like to do that internationally."

He explained,even in countries perceived as risks, such as Iran or Syria, "we could find people who are traditional businessmen and women go through a background check and even in those countries that are risk for us."

It might also make a difference for travelers to already have a sponsor in the United States, if the person traveling would not fall within certain risk categories, Paul said.

"If you are a 19-year-old male from the Middle East, we might be worried," the senator said. "If you're an 80-year-old mother-in-law," that could be different.

At the same time, the United States cannot "just have an open border" for people coming from the Middle East.

"A lot of security isn't necessarily checking you on the plane," Paul said. "We have to do some of that, but check who you are related to and who you know and doing a background check. There are people who, for cultural and educational reasons, we want to exchange with the Middle East."

Paul also discussed getting the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement, which was signed by former President Barack Obama.

"Congress didn't vote on it," Paul said."I object to signing away our rights to some international body when Congress doesn't even vote on it. There are estimates we could lose over six million jobs in the Paris accord and cost $3 trillion. That's not good for my state of Kentucky, but it's also just not good for the United States."

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By Kody Fairfield

Rand Paul, one of the Republican Senators from Kentucky, is said to be introducing a resolution that with urge the United States withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement.

The Paris Climate agreement, recognized by former PresidentBarack Obama in 2016, was an agreement within theUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and whose main goal was to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

Critics of the agreementsuch are PresidentDonald Trump, have called the agreement one-sided and that it ignores that implications on the US economy.

In a statement released on Monday, Sen. Paul explained thatexperts predict that by the year 2040, the agreement could cost the American economy up to 6.5 million jobs and nearly $3 trillion in Gross Domestic Product,with no guarantee of significantly reducing the global temperature by 2100.

We are being asked to place more regulatory burdens on American businesses and our economy, said Sen. Paul. Despite the high cost, the agreement will do little to solve environmental challenges. I support a path forward that protects both our jobs and our environment instead of sacrificing one for the other.

Pauls resolution is supported by fellow Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Roger Wicker (R-MS), James Risch (R-ID), MikeEnzi (R-WY), and OrrinHatch (R-UT). Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) has introduced companion legislation (H. Con. Res. 55) in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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