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	Ron Paul's Biography	The Ron Paul FREEDOM PRINCIPLES
	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.”	Congressman Paul on Patriotism: Who are the Patriots? Rights belong to individuals, not groups. Property should be owned by people, not government. All voluntary associations should be permissible -- economic and social. The government's monetary role is to maintain the integrity of the monetary unit, not participate in fraud. Government exists to protect liberty, not to redistribute wealth or to grant special privileges. The lives and actions of people are their own responsibility, not the government's.
	Ron Paul -- Committee's & Membership's
	Representative Paul serves on three Congressional committees. He serves on: Committee on Financial Services Ranking Member - Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Joint Economic Committee

Dr. Ron Paul on the issues:

Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) 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.

Debt and Taxes

Working Americans like lower taxes. So do I. Lower taxes benefit all of us, creating jobs and allowing us to make more decisions for ourselves about our lives. (Read more...)

Border Security and Immigration Reform

The talk must stop. We must secure our borders now. A nation without secure borders is no nation at all. It makes no sense to fight terrorists abroad when our own front door is left unlocked. (Read more...)

American Independence and Sovereignty

So called free trade deals and world governmental organizations like the International Criminal Court (ICC), NAFTA, GATT, WTO, and CAFTA are a threat to our independence as a nation. (Read more...)

Privacy and Personal Liberty

The biggest threat to your privacy is the government. We must drastically limit the ability of government to collect and store data regarding citizens’ personal matters. (Read more...)

War and Foreign Policy

The war in Iraq was sold to us with false information. The area is more dangerous now than when we entered it. We destroyed a regime hated by our direct enemies, the jihadists, and created thousands of new recruits for them. (Read more...)

Property Rights and Eminent Domain

We must stop special interests from violating property rights and literally driving families from their homes, farms and ranches. (Read more...)

Life and Liberty

The right of an innocent, unborn child to life is at the heart of the American ideals of liberty. My professional and legislative record demonstrates my strong commitment to this pro-life principle. (Read more...)

Social Security

Our nation’s promise to its seniors, once considered a sacred trust, has become little more than a tool for politicians to scare retirees while robbing them of their promised benefits. Today, the Social Security system is broke and broken. (Read more...)

The Second Amendment

I share our Founders’ belief that in a free society each citizen must have the right to keep and bear arms. (Read more...)

Health Care

The federal government decided long ago that it knew how to manage your health care better than you and replaced personal responsibility and accountability with a system that puts corporate interests first. (Read more...)

Health Freedom

Americans are justifiably concerned over the government’s escalating intervention into their freedom to choose what they eat and how they take care of their health. (Read more...)

Education

The federal government does not own our children. Yet we act as it if does by letting it decide when, how, and what our children will learn. We have turned their futures over to lobbyists and bureaucrats. (Read more...)

Home Schooling

My commitment to ensuring home schooling remains a practical alternative for American families is unmatched by any Presidential candidate. (Read more...)

Environment

The key to sound environmental policy is respect for private property rights. The strict enforcement of property rights corrects environmental wrongs while increasing the cost of polluting. (Read more...)

No Taxes on Tips

It is an outrage that waiters, waitresses, and other service-sector employees have to pay taxes on the tips they earn. (Read more...)

Racism

It is the federal government that most divides us by race, class, religion, and gender. Through its taxes, restrictive regulations, corporate subsidies, racial set-asides, and welfare programs, government plays far too large a role in determining who succeeds and who fails. (Read more...)

Dr. Paul’s Writings On These And Other Issues

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 Lake Jackson, 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 Financial Services Committee, the International Relations committee, and the Joint Economic 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."

Videos:

Dr. Paul speaks at
The Conservative Political Action Conference (2-7-08)

Introduction of Ron Paul by Bob Barr at CPAC Intro:

Dr. Paul speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference Part 1 of 3

Dr. Paul speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference Part 2 of 3

Dr. Paul speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference Part 3 of 3

Ron Paul VS Bernanke:
Federal Reserve Chairman Video Segment

"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous than standing armies....if the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of currency....first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of their property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."

- Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826

Ron Paul and Ben Bernanke, part 1 of 2

Ron Paul and Ben Bernanke, part 2 of 2

Ron Paul Schools Ben Bernanke Again

Ron Paul 0wnz the Federal Reserve

Chicago Traders:
Cheer on Ron Paul On As He Tears Into Bernanke

Lego Land explains Federal Reserve
and the dropping dollar:

Ron Paul on Federal Reserve,
banking and economy

Other Banking Finance Video's

Why the U.S. stock market will crash &
Ron Paul on how to fix before too late!

Stock Market and Monetary System
on the verge of collapse

Ron Paul TV Special for Iowa pts 1 & 2

Ron Paul TV Special for Iowa - pt. 1

This is the first 15 minutes of a 30-minute TV special
that will be broadcast throughout Iowa the weekend of Dec. 22-23. The toll-free number shown rings our office in Des Moines

Ron Paul TV Special for Iowa - pt. 2

This is the second 15 minutes of a 30-minute TV special that will be broadcast throughout Iowa the weekend of Dec. 22-23. The toll-free number shown rings our office in Des Moines.

Ron Paul before and after:
Comparisons to speeches made in 1988 and Present day

Ron Paul Interview 1988

Ron Paul Video I want a President --

Comparisons to vintage Ron Paul interviews and speeches to today's speeches!
If not for video quality you couldn't tell the 2 apart today's and yesterdays Ron Paul are the same!

Now Lets meet Ms. Ron Paul
an interview with our future first Lady!

Mrs. Ron Paul - Interview Pt 1

Mrs. Ron Paul - Interview Pt 2

Mrs. Ron Paul - Interview Pt 3

You can read more about Ron and Carol's life story in her article,
"The American Dream," on Paul's website.

Cartoons:

The Dr Is In! Ron Paul for President

Uncle Sam gets a check up from the good Dr!

RON PAUL SUPPORTERS! The Freedom cartoon

If cartoons were still like this maybe we wouldn't
be in such a problem!

Other goodies

Ron Paul: House of Cards

The state of the U.S. Dollar and economy includes
Ron Pauls take on the economy and the spending of the U.S.

Ron Paul The Sword of Truth

Do Not Vote for Ron Paul how he will destroy so many jobs IRS and more
(Satire commercial!)

Do NOT Vote For Ron Paul (video/satire) - Click here to embed this video on your page!

Ron Paul The Sound of Silence

Not officially Ron Paul ---but gives you a perfect example of blow back from the middle east and things we have done there! Just something to think about!

Ron Paul Our Power Our Responsibility