Congressman
Ron Paul is the leading advocate for
freedom in our nation’s capital. As a member of
the U.S. House of Representatives, Dr. Paul
tirelessly works for limited constitutional
government, low taxes, free markets, and a
return to sound monetary policies. He is known
among his congressional colleagues and his
constituents for his consistent voting record.
Dr. Paul never votes for legislation unless the
proposed measure is expressly authorized by the
Constitution. In the words of former Treasury
Secretary William Simon, Dr. Paul is the “one
exception to the Gang of 535” on Capitol Hill.
Ron
Paul was born and raised in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. He graduated from Gettysburg
College and the Duke University School of
Medicine, before proudly serving as a flight
surgeon in the U.S. Air Force during the 1960s.
He and his wife Carol moved to Texas in 1968,
where he began his medical practice in Brazoria
County. As a specialist in
obstetrics/gynecology, Dr. Paul has delivered
more than 4,000 babies. He and Carol, who reside
in Lake Jackson, Texas, are the proud parents of
five children and have 17 grandchildren.
While serving in Congress during the late 1970s
and early 1980s, Dr. Paul’s limited-government
ideals were not popular in Washington. In 1976,
he was one of only four Republican congressmen
to endorse Ronald Reagan for president.
During that time, Congressman Paul served on the
House Banking committee, where he was a strong
advocate for sound monetary policy and an
outspoken critic of the Federal Reserve’s
inflationary measures. He was an unwavering
advocate of pro-life and pro-family values. Dr.
Paul consistently voted to lower or abolish
federal taxes, spending and regulation, and used
his House seat to actively promote the return of
government to its proper constitutional levels.
In 1984, he voluntarily relinquished his House
seat and returned to his medical practice.
Dr.
Paul returned to Congress in 1997 to represent
the 14th congressional district of Texas. He
presently serves on the House Committee on
Financial Services and the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs. He continues to advocate a
dramatic reduction in the size of the federal
government and a return to constitutional
principles.
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.
