Congressman Ron Paul of Texas enjoys a national
reputation as the premier advocate for liberty
in politics today. Dr. Paul is the leading
spokesman in Washington for limited constitutional
government, low taxes, free markets, and
a return to sound monetary policies based
on commodity-backed currency. He is known
among both his colleagues in Congress and
his constituents for his consistent voting
record in the House of Representatives:
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 Surfside Beach, Texas, are the proud
parents of five children and have seventeen
grandchildren.
While serving in Congress during
the late 1970s and early 1980s, Dr. Paul's
limited-government ideals were not popular
in Washington. He 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 also was a key member of the
Gold Commission, advocating a return to a
gold standard for our currency. 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 serves on the House
of Representatives Financial Services Committee,
and the International Relations committee.
On the Financial Services Committee, Rep.
Paul serves as the vice-chairman of the Oversight
and Investigations subcommittee. He continues
to advocate a dramatic reduction in the size
of the federal government and a return to
constitutional principles.
Dr. Paul is the author of several
books, including Challenge to Liberty; The
Case for Gold; and A Republic, If You Can
Keep It. He has been a distinguished counselor
to the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and is
widely quoted by scholars and writers in the
fields of monetary policy, banking, and political
economy. He has received many awards and honors
during his career in Congress, from organizations
such as the National Taxpayers Union, Citizens
Against Government Waste, the Council for
a Competitive Economy, Young Americans for
Freedom, and countless others.
Dr. Paul's consistent voting
record prompted one Congressman to comment
that "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 Congresswoman added that "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."
