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Posted: March 22, 2020

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky). Photo: Matt Johnson

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) has tested positive for the coronavirus. He is the first member of the U.S. Senate, and the third member of the U.S. Congress, to report testing COVID-19 positive.

“Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for COVID-19. He is feeling fine and is in quarantine. He is asymptomatic and was tested out of an abundance of caution due to his extensive travel and events. He was not aware of any direct contact with any infected person,” a post on social media read.

“He expects to be back in the Senate after his quarantine period ends and will continue to work for the people of Kentucky at this difficult time. Ten days ago, our D.C. office began operating remotely, hence virtually no staff has had contact with Senator Rand Paul,” the statement continued, without specifying the length of the quarantine period.

The announcement came two days after Paul announced plans to introduce the COVID-19 Recovery Act. He said his bill would provide relief to American business and families without increasing the nation’s debt.

“The national emergency we face may be new, but the answers out of Washington have so far been the same: more spending, more debt, and more mandates on the American people. Instead, we can ease concerns by putting the responsibility on government, not our families. My plan gets counter-productive regulations out of the way so we can recover faster, trusts Americans by enabling them to keep more of their own money, and provides incentives to give the relief of extra time to those paying off debt,” Paul said on Friday.

https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/dr-rand-paul-announces-his-covid-19-recovery-act

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