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 sixteen 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.
In
1988, Dr. Paul re-entered politics when he successfully won the
nomination of the Libertarian Party for the U.S. Presidency. He
spent much of the year campaigning across the country, promoting
the ideals of limited government, low taxes, and personal
liberty.
Dr.
Paul returned to Congress in 1996 after successfully winning a
House seat representing the 14th Congressional district of
Texas. He was re-elected in 1998. 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."
