
GOP presidential candidate former Hewett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina tells Breitbart News exclusively about the need for the government to engage the private sector in order to help protect American citizens from detected cyber and terrorist attacks.
by Alex Swoyer14 Dec 2015, 5:04 AM PST0

Sen. Marco Rubio criticized Republican rivals Ted Cruz and Rand Paul for supporting legislation that weakened intelligence programs. In the aftermath of the coordinated terrorist attacks on Paris, Rubio says that the United States was just as vulnerable as Paris to another terrorist attack. He argued that supporting U.S. surveillance and intelligence programs was more important than ever, something he had a long record of doing.
by Charlie Spiering17 Nov 2015, 6:33 AM PST0

He detailed the intended functions for each branch of government: executive, legislative and judicial. “Even if we have a President who happens to have a pen and a cell phone the executive branch doesn’t make the law,” Lee emphasized. As for the judicial branch, “it’s not their job to make the law either.”
by Michelle Moons14 Jul 2015, 1:58 PM PST0

The Senate voted 67-32 Tuesday afternoon to pass the House’s USA Freedom Act without any of the amendments offered by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
by Alex Swoyer2 Jun 2015, 2:07 PM PST0

Sunday night, leading up to the expiration of the Patriot Act, U.S. Representative Thomas Massie joined Host Matthew Boyle on Breitbart News’ Sunday radio program to discuss implications of the deadline passing and what to expect in the days ahead.
by Michelle Moons2 Jun 2015, 11:42 AM PST0

The Senate will move forward on to a vote today on the USA Freedom Act.
by Alex Swoyer2 Jun 2015, 8:11 AM PST0

Many leading Republican presidential contenders are gathering at Walt Disney World today for an “Economic Growth Summit” organized by Gov. Rick Scott’s (R-FL) political committee, Let’s Get to Work.
by Sarah Rumpf2 Jun 2015, 5:58 AM PST0

GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) stance on the Patriot Act and the NSA’s bulk surveillance isn’t playing well with colleagues in his own party, but it has definitely made him more recognized on social media.
by Alex Swoyer1 Jun 2015, 6:06 PM PST0

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a 2016 GOP presidential candidate who just single-handedly took down the National Security Agency (NSA) bulk data collection program by blocking reauthorization of the Patriot Act, is out with a new campaign ad on Monday evening detailing what he did and how.
by Matthew Boyle1 Jun 2015, 5:53 PM PST0

Over the weekend, three provisions of the Patriot Act expired thanks to the machinations of Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). That expiration drew the ire of major political figures from both sides of the aisle.
by Ben Shapiro1 Jun 2015, 3:41 PM PST0

Rand Paul has planted his flag on some difficult ground, and quite frankly, successful presidential candidates don’t throw themselves into heavy intra-party fire and sustain major political wounds to prove ideological points. Perhaps he would do well to reconstruct his argument to emphasize the libertarian points where more of the Republican Party agrees with him, and more of the ever-shifting middle of the American electorate would be willing to listen.
by John Hayward1 Jun 2015, 11:52 AM PST0

Rubio echoed what McConnell said by calling Paul’s actions against the PATRIOT Act the “reckless spreading of misinformation and political posturing,” according to TampaBay.com.
by Javier Manjarres1 Jun 2015, 7:44 AM PST0

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) pushed his alternative to the Patriotic Act, which just expired and its reauthorization has been hindered by the actions of Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a candidate for the 2016
by Jeff Poor1 Jun 2015, 7:28 AM PST0

“On a matter as critical as our national security, individual Senators must put aside their partisan motivations and act swiftly,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in a statement last night. “The American people deserve nothing less.”
by Charlie Spiering1 Jun 2015, 5:41 AM PST0

GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) – a vocal opponent of the USA Patriot Act – said Sunday evening during Senate debates that the House’s USA Freedom Act, which slightly alters the original Patriot Act, will “ultimately pass” but that he hopes tonight ends the bulk collection process.
by Alex Swoyer31 May 2015, 6:00 PM PST0

President Obama said that some US Senators opposing the USA Freedom Act “are trying to use this debate to score political points” during Saturday’s Weekly Address. Transcript as Follows: “Hi, everybody. As President and Commander in Chief, my greatest responsibility
by Ian Hanchett30 May 2015, 7:50 AM PST0

Sen. Rand Paul’s America’s Liberty Super PAC is out with a new ad attacking Sen. Ted Cruz as a “Canadian” who supports President Obama on domestic surveillance extensions in the Patriot Act.
by Charlie Spiering29 May 2015, 10:01 AM PST0

New Jersey Governor and prospective Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie defended the Patriot Act and criticized Senator and GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul’s ISIS remarks as not “backed up by any type of fact” in an interview set to air
by Ian Hanchett28 May 2015, 2:53 PM PST0

Wisconsin Governor and prospective GOP presidential candidate Scott Walker expressed his disagreement with Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul on ISIS and the NSA on Thursday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel. Walker began
by Ian Hanchett28 May 2015, 2:34 PM PST0

“I strongly urge the Senate to work through this recess and identify a way to get this done,” Obama told reporters after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, encouraging them to pass the House version of the USA Freedom Act.
by Charlie Spiering26 May 2015, 10:34 AM PST0

Representative Peter King (R-NY) criticized Kentucky Senator and GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul for being “consumed by the NSA” and making it “the villain” “when it’s Al Qaeda, it’s ISIS, it’s this whole array of Islamist terrorists we’re against” on
by Ian Hanchett25 May 2015, 2:57 PM PST0

Republican Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) hinted the Senate would vote for a short-term extension on three of the U.S. spy programs within the Patriot Act Friday, Bloomberg Politics reports.
by Alex Swoyer22 May 2015, 7:10 PM PST0

Kentucky Senator and GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul argued that “part of the solution” to fighting ISIS “would be Assad going into exile” on Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead.” “There’s a couple things I would do. One, I would
by Ian Hanchett22 May 2015, 2:54 PM PST0

Chris Christie argues that while some critics criticize law enforcement for using the Patriot Act, he is the only potential candidate who actually has the experience of what the law actually does.
by Charlie Spiering22 May 2015, 10:02 AM PST0

Friday on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said the reason he is fighting against the mass data collection of phone records of American citizens is because it is not being used to combat terrorism like promised.
by Pam Key22 May 2015, 7:06 AM PST0