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."
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