Rand Paul

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Randal Howard Paul (born January 7, 1963) is an American politician and doctor who has served as the junior senator from Kentucky since 2011, alongside Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

He is the son of former Texas Senator Ron Paul, who ran for president in 1988, 2008, and 2012. Paul, a born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, attended Baylor University and is a graduate of Duke University School of Medicine.

In 1993 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Paul began practicing ophthalmology, and he opened his own clinic in December 2007.

Paul began campaigning for a seat in the Senate in 2010.

Paul, a Republican, has described himself as a Constitutional conservative and a promoter of the Tea Party movement.

He has called for a balanced budget extension, term limits, and privacy legislation. At the 2016 US presidential election, Paul ran as a candidate for the Republican nomination.

After finishing in fifth place out of 12 Republican candidates in the Iowa caucuses, he suspended his campaign in February 2016.

Early life

Randal Howard Paul was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on January 7, 1963, to Carol (née Wells) and Ron Paul, who is also a politician and doctor. Ronald "Ronnie" Paul Jr., Lori Paul Pyeatt, Robert Paul, and Joy Paul-LeBlanc are his siblings' middle child.

As a child, Paul was confirmed as a practicing Christian in the Episcopal Church and identified as a believer.

Despite his father's libertarian convictions and a strong advocate for individual rights, Ayn Rand's first name was not inspired. As he grew up, he went by "Randy," but his wife shortened it to "Rand."

The Paul family lived in Lake Jackson, Texas, where he was born and where his father started a medical practice, and for a short period of time, was the only obstetrician in Brazoria County.

Rand Paul, his father, Ron Paul, was elected to the United States House of Representatives when he was 13 years old. Paul attended the 1976 Republican National Convention, where his father was withheld Ronald Reagan's Texas delegation. Paul, the younger Paul spent many summers interning in his father's congressional office. Paul spent his teenage years researching the Austrian economists that his father admired, as well as Ayn Rand's writings. Paul went to Brazoswood High School, where he was on the swim team and played defensive back on the football team.

Paul attended Baylor University from 1981 to 1984 and was enrolled in the honors program. During the time he spent at Baylor, he fulfilled his pre-med requirements in two and a half years, was active with the swim team and the Young Conservatives of Texas, and he was a member of the NoZe Brotherhood, a tongue-in-cheek secret club best known for its irreverent humor. He used to write for The Baylor Lariat student newspaper. When Paul was accepted into his father's alma mater, the Duke University School of Medicine, which did not have to have a bachelor's degree for admission to its graduate school at the time, he left Baylor without having completed his baccalaureate degree. He received a M.D. degree. He earned his degree in 1988 and ended his residency in 1993.

Personal life

Paul is married to Kelley Paul (née Ashby), a freelance writer. William (born 1992), Duncan (born 1991), and Robert were married on October 20, 1990, and have three sons, William (born 1992), Duncan (born 1992), and Robert. William and Duncan attended the University of Kentucky, while Robert attended a private school in the Washington, D.C. area. They live in Bowling Green, Kentucky. They were once active members of the Presbyterian Church, but more recently they attended a United Methodist church.

Rene Boucher (then aged 59), a retired anesthesiologist, assaulted Paul on November 3, 2017. When mowing his lawn, Paul, who is deaf in one ear, is apparently allowing Boucher to confront Paul without his own approach being noticed.

Boucher was arrested and charged with one count of fourth-degree assault but later released on a $7,500 bond. Paul had five broken ribs, three of whom had to be replaced fractured. Parts of Paul's lung rupture in August 2019 were required to be removed as a result of the attack's injuries.

Matthew Baker, Boucher's counsel, described it as "a very regrettable feud between two neighbors over a subject that most people would regard as trivial." According to a memorandum lodged by Baker, the dispute arose over Paul repeatedly leaving tree yard rubble near his property line with his neighbor. Rand Paul and his wife deny this, saying that "the media" has "misrepresented" this "from the start" and that the assault was "politically motivated." Boucher had allegedly assaulted Donald Trump earlier and that he was "a vocal hater" of Trump and the GOP, according to the aides.

Boucher was first arrested in Kentucky state court but later charged in federal court, where he later pleaded guilty to assaulting a member of Congress. Boucher pleaded guilty to the federal charge, but the state court charges were dismissed. Boucher was sentenced to 30 days in jail, one year of probation, 100 hours of community service, and a $10,000 fine. Prosecutors had requested a 21-month jail term but were able to appeal the lenient sentence.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated Boucher's sentence of 30 days in September 2019, finding it was "closer examination" was in order, and the case was sent back to the lower court for resentencing. An appeal to the Supreme Court was refused. Boucher received an eight-month prison term in lieu of another six months of home confinement, as well as credit for the 30 days he had served since his inincarceration. Prosecutors felt the downturn from a 21-month sentence was unfair, but the judge ruled Boucher's eight years in the military, forcing him to sell his home to pay a $580,000 fine levied against him in the civil case brought by Paul, as well as his completed community service. Boucher expressed regret and remorse for his attack.

In the midst of the disease's continuing pandemic, Paul announced on March 22, 2020 that he had tested positive for COVID-19. He was the first member of the United States Senate to test positive. After being discovered that he attended Senate lunches and used the Senate gym while waiting for his test results, Paul received bipartisan condemnation; he maintained that he had no signs of the disease and believed it was "highly unlikely" he was sick. Paul confirmed his health on April 7, 2020.

Paul was confronted by protesters on his way to a hotel with his wife in August 2020 immediately after being at President Donald Trump's keynote address for the 2020 Republican National Convention held at the White House. A police perimeter was established that led the Pauls away from the crowd, with one of the escorting cops being led into the process. Breonna Taylor's shooting and their calls for Paul to "say her name" were the protesters' most contested point with Paul. However, Paul had previously authored a bill named after Taylor was expected to make no-knock warrants illegally, as was pointed out by several media outlets in the aftermath of the incident. The man who had assaulted the Pauls was charged with assault, with the officer in question requiring stitches due to his injuries.

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Medical career

After completing his residency in ophthalmology, Paul moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he has been a "active, licensed physician" since 1993. For five years, he worked with Downing McPeak Vision Centers. He founded the Graves Gilbert Clinic in Bowling Green, England, in 1998. Paul started his own private practice across the street from John Downing, his ex employer at Downing McPeak, in 2008. He combined his therapy with Downing's medical services after his aspiration to the United States Senate.

Between 1993 and 2010, Paul was found not guilty in one case, but the other was settled for $50,000. Downing has lauded his medical work, and he is granted medical privileges at two Bowling Green hospitals. After recovering from COVID-19, Paul began volunteering at a hospital in Bowling Green, helping them with the COVID-19 pandemic in Kentucky in April.

Paul is an expert in cataract and glaucoma surgery, LASIK surgery, and corneal transplantation. Paul founded the Southern Kentucky Lions Eye Clinic in 2009 to help patients who are unable to pay for eye surgery and exams. Paul was named a Melvin Jones Fellow Award for Dedicated Human Services from the Lions Club International Foundation for his efforts to develop the Southern Kentucky Lions Eye Clinic.

Paul was licensed to practice by the American Board of Ophthalmology in 1995 (ABO). The ABO had modified its certification scheme, which had previously offered lifetime certificates, and mandated ophthalmologists to recertify every ten years, although those that had already been granted lifetime licenses were not obligated to recertify. Paul argued that this was unfair and that it should be mandated that all ophthalmologists recertify every ten years.

He founded the National Board of Ophthalmology (NBO) in 1999 to provide an alternative certification scheme, at a much cheaper price than the ABO. Paul, his wife, and his father-in-law were among the board members. "I never went to any meetings," his father-in-law, the board's secretary, said. There was really nothing wrong. For me, it was more like a title than anything else." According to Paul's estimate, around 50 to 60 doctors were registered by the NBO. The NBO was not recognized as an accreditation body by agencies such as the American Board of Medical Specialties, and its recognition by many hospitals and insurance companies was considered invalid by many hospitals and insurance companies. For the NBO's renewal to operate in 2000, Paul did not have to submit the required paperwork with the Kentucky Secretary of State's office. In 2005, he rebuilt the board, but it was eventually dissolving in 2011.

Paul held his own ABO license from 1995 to 2005. Specialty registration does not have an effect on physician licensure, and Paul's medical license has been valid for nearly 40 years, with no board action since June 1993.

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