Rand Paul
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Okay, that's fine. Perfect.
Okay, that's fine. Perfect.
I'd love to do it right now.
I'd love to do it right now.
I'd love to do it right now.
You stand your butt up.
You stand your butt up.
You stand your butt up.
The PRO Act wasn't just about organizing or enabling unions to organize, which they already have the right to do. The PRO Act was about overturning right-to-work laws in 26 states, half of the country. Most of these states would argue that this would be a horrendous invasion of their prerogatives. Do you still support the PRO Act or don't you support the PRO Act?
The PRO Act wasn't just about organizing or enabling unions to organize, which they already have the right to do. The PRO Act was about overturning right-to-work laws in 26 states, half of the country. Most of these states would argue that this would be a horrendous invasion of their prerogatives. Do you still support the PRO Act or don't you support the PRO Act?
So you no longer support the aspect of the PRO Act that would have overturned state right to work laws? Yeah.
So you no longer support the aspect of the PRO Act that would have overturned state right to work laws? Yeah.
That's a yes?
That's a yes?
Ultimately, what they're doing at USAID is going to require Congress to rescind that money. So my hope is they send half of it back or most of it back to us and say, we're not going to spend it. But then Congress, to make this all lawful and legal, is going to have to vote on what's called a rescission package.
Ultimately, what they're doing at USAID is going to require Congress to rescind that money. So my hope is they send half of it back or most of it back to us and say, we're not going to spend it. But then Congress, to make this all lawful and legal, is going to have to vote on what's called a rescission package.
Ultimately, what they're doing at USAID is going to require Congress to rescind that money. So my hope is they send half of it back or most of it back to us and say, we're not going to spend it. But then Congress, to make this all lawful and legal, is going to have to vote on what's called a rescission package.
But the good news is it can be done by simple majority privilege vote, meaning there's no filibuster. So if the Trump administration says we're only going to spend half of the USAID money or we're only going to spend a tenth of it, we're going to give 80, 90 percent back.
But the good news is it can be done by simple majority privilege vote, meaning there's no filibuster. So if the Trump administration says we're only going to spend half of the USAID money or we're only going to spend a tenth of it, we're going to give 80, 90 percent back.
But the good news is it can be done by simple majority privilege vote, meaning there's no filibuster. So if the Trump administration says we're only going to spend half of the USAID money or we're only going to spend a tenth of it, we're going to give 80, 90 percent back.