WATCH: Rand Paul Storms Out of Homeland Security Hearing After Accusing Dem Chair of ‘Making Up Rules’ and Blocking GOP Amendments

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Senator Rand Paul walked out of a Homeland Safety Committee listening to earlier this week, disgusted with Democrat Chair Gary Peters for repeatedly blocking GOP amendments throughout markup for the Fireplace Grants and Security Act.

The controversy arose when Peters provided a ‘second-degree modification’ that successfully undoes an modification already put forth by Paul or his fellow Republicans.

The Kentucky senator argued he had already carried out so.

“If that is the best way you’re going to run the committee, I might counsel that Republicans depart. I don’t see why we should always stick round in case you’re going to make up the principles,” Paul fumed.

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At concern had been the numerous second-degree amendments put forth by Peters to Paul’s amendments, one thing he claims is the primary time he’s witnessed “on each one in every of our amendments.”

One such instance was an modification Paul launched that may make any fireplace division that fired staff for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine ineligible for federal grants.

Peters countered that such an modification would require audits and stories, wrapping such efforts in pink tape. Democrats unanimously voted to approve the modification, whereas Republicans all opposed it.

In one other instance, Paul pushed an modification to ban funding for “acquire of perform” analysis on coronaviruses in Wuhan, China, and different laboratories.

Peters laughably countered that funding be banned “from being supplied to a Chinese language fireplace division,” one thing Paul aptly noticed “doesn’t make any sense.”

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Kyrsten Sinema Tries to Play Peacemaker

After Paul inspired his fellow Republicans to go away the listening to, Senator Kyrsten Sinema tried to chill issues down within the room.

Sinema (I-AZ) advised, “All of us take a pair minutes, decrease the temperature, simply determine the process.”

“There’s no want for us to show this committee listening to right into a partisan, ugly place like we’ve seen in different committees,” she added.

Paul, nevertheless, was having none of Peters’ continued efforts to really flip the listening to into ‘a partisan, ugly place.’

“I, for one, gained’t keep right here and advocate that no Republican keep right here if we’re going to have third-degree amendments that solely the bulk will get to supply,” he stated.

Paul, as evidenced by the above video, did finally stroll out of the listening to.

Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and James Lankford (R-OK) remained behind and voted towards Peters’s modification, although they had been finally handed.

Following the walkout, Peters advised he hopes the pair can work collectively extra professionally sooner or later, and that Paul may truly current related amendments.

“I look ahead to working with Sen. Paul and hopefully we are able to discover widespread floor to go ahead,” he stated. “A number of the amendments he provided weren’t germane to the substance of the invoice that we had been coping with.”

That’s proper. The man who amended a ban on ‘acquire of perform’ funding to a ban on funding to “a Chinese language fireplace division” is criticizing the substance of Paul’s amendments.

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