Dr. Rand Paul Introduces Free Speech Protection Act to Safeguard Americans’ First Amendment Rights Against Government Censorship

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 22, 2025
Contact:Press_Paul@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced theFree Speech Protection Actthat will prohibit federal employees and contractors from using their positions to censor and otherwise attack speech protected by the First Amendment. The bill will impose mandatory severe penalties for those individuals that violate this rule.
The bill is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY).
“Americans are free people, and we do not take infringements upon our liberties lightly. The time has come for resistance and to reclaim our God-given right to free expression,”said Dr. Paul. “Under my Free Speech Protection Act the government will no longer be able to cloak itself in secrecy to undermine the First Amendment rights of Americans.”
In addition to protecting Americans’ First Amendment rights, the bill would also:
Background:
In 2023, a federal judgeissued an injunctionrestricting the Biden Administration from collaborating with social media companies to censor and suppress constitutionally protected speech.For several monthsprior to the injunction, Dr. Paul had been working on the Free Speech Protection Act that would’ve done just that.
In addition to countless numbers of Americans, Dr. Paul too wastargeted by the censorship regime. In 2021, Dr. Paul posted a video on YouTube to educate the public on the potentially harmful consequences of relying on ineffective cloth masks to prevent the transmission of COVID-19, YouTube took his video down and suspended his account for a week. Dr. Paul then announced he wasquitting the platformand would solely post his content to Rumble.com.
You can read the Free Speech Protection ActHERE.
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