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“It's completely outrageous.” Not all lawmakers supported summoning Apple executives to the hearing. Senator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, said Apple was dealing with an “awful” tax code. “I'm offended by the tone and tenor of this hearing,” Paul said.and more »

The Congress should be on trial here for creating a Byzantine and bizarre tax code.” Paul aside, the bipartisan tone was one of assailing Apple for using Ireland-based shell companies to avoid U.S. corporate income tax. Said Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) ...and more »

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) chastised his colleagues on Tuesday, during in opening remarks at Senate hearing examining tech giant Apple's avoiding tens of billions of dollars in taxes. Instead of “bullying” one the country's best “success stories,” Paul suggested the Senate panel bring in a “giant mirror.” Congress ... I think Congress should be on trial here for creating a bizarre and byzantine tax code that runs into the tens of thousands of pages, for creating a tax code that simply doesn't compete with the rest of the world.” ...and more »

Sen. Rand Paul, obviously trying to follow up on the roaring success of his "Stand With Rand" filibuster, decided to go all #slatepitchy yesterday during hearings that revealed the stupendous extent of Apple's tax avoidance strategies: I am offended by the tone ...and more »

Randal Howard "Rand" Paul is the junior United States Senator for Kentucky and a member of the Republican Party, according to a search on Google, although 9to5Mac describes him as a notable Tea Party leader. He took to Twitter before Cook even went in to testify in front of the Senate. Tweets include: "If you want to ... And: "If there is anyone to blame here it is not Apple, it is Congress and the tax code it created". This screen shot of his tweets was forwarded to us by a reader, but it appears that the story first broke ...and more »

Sen. John McCain isn't satisfied with Apple's defenses, claiming the company "has violated the spirit of the law if not the letter of the law." Sen. Rand Paul has strongly defended Apple. "Congress should be on trial here for creating a byzantine tax code.and more »

Sen. Ran Paul, the Kentucky Republican and libertarian, Tuesday defended Apple's tax machinations, saying he was “offended” that Apple CEO Tim Cook was being “hauled” before the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to explain how the company could attribute nearly two thirds of its income to Irish entities that have no employees, ... Paul said Congress should “hold a mirror” up to itself instead of conducting a hearing on Apple, because Congress created the tax code that Apple is manipulating.and more »

CONCORD, N.H. -- The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, urged caution Monday for Republican critics calling for President Barack Obama's impeachment, but would not rule out impeachment altogether as new details emerged about the White House's role in the developing scandal at the Internal Revenue Service. ... "There isn't a weekend that hasn't gone by that someone says to me, `Michele, what in the world are you all waiting for in Congress?and more »

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) blasted his colleagues on Tuesday for holding a hearing to examine Apple's methods for avoiding taxes. "I frankly think the committee should apologize to Apple," Paul said during a hearing of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Paul said he was offended by the "tone and tenor of the hearing." "I'm offended by the ... Paul said that Congress is to blame for the convoluted federal tax code. "Instead of Apple executives, we should have brought in here today a giant mirror," he ...and more »

Paul hailed Apple as a job creator, even saying Congress should give them an award today. Yet, the company's faced criticism for manufacturing its products overseas. In prepared testimony, Apple told the Senate panel that though the company doesn't plan ...and more »

Sen. Rand Paul showed no such balance. He lit into his own committee's leadership for "dragging" one of America's great success stories into what he called a "show trial." "I'm offended by the tone of these hearings," he said, with some heat. "Tell me what Apple has done that's illegal. If anyone should be on trial here it's ... @SenRandPaul: It's absurd for Congress to vilify businesses like Apple for wanting to minimize their tax code just like every other American rightly does. @SenRandPaul: The Senate hauled before ...and more »

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul went on a great rant during today's Senate subcommittee hearing on Apple's offshore tax practices, slamming his Congressional colleagues for even holding the hearing in the first place. “Frankly, I'm offended by the tone and tenor of this hearing,” Paul said, laying into those who take issue with Apple's tax policies. “Instead of Apple executives we should have brought in here a giant mirror,” he added. “”Congress should be on trial here for creating a byzantine tax code.” Apple CEO, Tim ...and more »

While Michigan Senator Carl Levin and Arizona Senator John McCain fall in the first camp, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is clearly in the second. He said that the Senate ... “If anyone should be on trial here, it should be Congress.” He has also posted many of ...and more »

Before either Apple CEO Tim Cook or Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer took the stand to testify on behalf of Apple to defend the company's tax practices, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky lashed out on Senator John McCain and Senator Carl Levin for the ...and more »

Sen. Rand Paul is slamming Congress for slamming Apple's tax tactics. The Republican senator called a hearing Tuesday a “show trial,” adding he's “offended by the tone.” And Paul said lawmakers are “bullying, berating and badgering one of America's ...and more »

- Senator Rand Paul (R-K.Y.) took a contrarian tone as is usual with any event that he is involved with that invokes taxes. Decrying it as a “show trial,” that “Congress needs to be on trial,” and that the committee should “hold up a mirror” to see who should be ...and more »

a.m.: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) steps in to defend Apple. "Tell me what Apple's done illegal. I'm offended by this hearing, and that this hearing is bullying one of America's success stories. Congress should be on trial, and the committee should apologize to Apple ...and more »

Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(CONCORD, N.H.) -- Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul made another stop in an early voting state Monday evening, continuing to feed the speculation that he will possibly run for president in 2016. Just 10 days after stopping in the first caucus ...and more »

The Republican senator joked that the trio of scandals hitting the Obama administration -- the IRS's admitted targeting of tea party groups, increased criticism and outrage at the administration's response to last year's attack in Benghazi, Libya, and news of the Department of Justice's seizure of phone records of the Associated Press, as well as spying on a Fox News reporter as part of a ... Not just this president, but maybe the last 10 presidents, because we allowed that power to go from Congress to the presidency.and more »

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., hugs New Hampshire State GOP chairwoman Jennifer Horn as he is introduced at the New Hampshire Republican State Committee Liberty Dinner, Monday, May 20, 2013 in Concord , N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole). Posted: Monday ... The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, urged ... "There isn't a weekend that hasn't gone by that someone says to me, `Michele, what in the world are you all waiting for in Congress? Why aren't you ...and more »

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, urged caution Monday for Republican critics calling for President Barack Obama's impeachment, but would not rule out impeachment altogether as new details emerged about the White House's role in the developing scandal at the Internal Revenue ... "There isn't a weekend that hasn't gone by that someone says to me, 'Michele, what in the world are you all waiting for in Congress?and more »

CONCORD, N.H. — The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, urged caution Monday for Republican critics calling for President Barack Obama's impeachment, but would not rule out impeachment altogether as new details emerged about the White House's role in the developing scandal at the Internal Revenue Service. ... "There isn't a weekend that hasn't gone by that someone says to me, `Michele, what in the world are you all waiting for in Congress?and more »

Rand Paul, R-Ky., has introduced legislation (S. 956) to "permanently suspend application of certain agricultural price support authority." The bill was ... The full text of the bill is available from the Library of Congress Thomas legislative website. To access the ...and more »

He cited Marshall's opinion on the scope of Congress's enumerated powers, noting that the government, '…though limited in its powers is supreme within its sphere of action… ... It is a great contribution to monetary, as well as classical liberal, discourse. Most of all in publishing this work Cato Institute provides a powerful intellectual tool to reformers such as Rand Paul. As principled officials like Sen. Paul expand the defense of our civil liberties into advancing an economic agenda built on those principles they could ...

Rand Paul: Revealing IRS memo exists - .com(CNN) -- While the Internal Revenue Service maintains it was not focusing on conservative groups out of political bias, Sen. Rand Paul claimed Sunday there was a "written policy" floating around the agency that said IRS officials were "targeting people who ...and more »