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Rand Paul (born January 7, 1963) is an American politician. He is the United States Senator from Kentucky. He is a Republican and the son of Ron Paul.

Paul is a member of the Tea Party movement.[2]

Paul was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father is retired U.S. representative and third-time presidential nominee Ron Paul. His mother is Carol Wells. He was raised in Lake Jackson, Texas.

Paul studied at Baylor University and at Duke University.

Paul was sworn in on January 5, 2011, along with his father, who simultaneously served in the House of Representatives.[3]

Rand was assigned to serve on the Energy and Natural Resources, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Homeland Security and Government Affairs, and Small Business committees.[4] Paul also formed the Senate Tea Party Caucus.

For the 113th Congress, Paul was added to the Foreign Relations committee and retained his spot on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Homeland Security and Government Affairs, and Small Business committees.[5]

On March 67, 2013, Paul engaged in a filibuster to delay voting on the nomination of John O. Brennan as the Director of the CIA. Paul questioned the Obama administration's use of drones and the stated legal justification for their potential use within the United States. Paul held the floor for 12 hours and 52 minutes.[6]

In the beginning of 2015, Senator Paul re-introduced the Federal Reserve Transparency Act.[7] Senator Paul also introduced the FAIR Act, or Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act, which would restrict civil forfeiture proceedings.[8]

On May 20, 2015, Paul spoke for ten and a half hours in opposition to the reauthorization of Section 215 of the Patriot Act.[9][10] Sections of the Patriot Act were prevented from being reauthorized on 1 June.[11]

Paul officially announced his candidacy for the 2016 U.S. presidential election on April 7, 2015.[12] He dropped out of the race on February 3, 2016.[13]

Paul married Kelley Ashby in 1990. Together, they have three children.

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