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01-04-2010, 07:59 PM
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Alexandra Zendrian, 01.04.10, 6:00 AM ET
Dr. Ron Paul is a congressman from Texas.
While serving in Congress during the late 1970s and early 1980s, Paul was on the House Banking Committee and he also was a key member of the Gold Commission, advocating a return to a gold standard for our currency. In 1984, he voluntarily relinquished his House seat and returned to his medical practice. As a specialist in obstetrics/gynecology, Paul has delivered more than 4,000 babies.
Paul returned to Congress in 1997 to represent the 14th Congressional District of Texas. He serves on the House Financial Services Committee, the International Relations Committee and the Joint Economic Committee. On the Financial Services Committee, 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.
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.
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. He and his wife have five children and 18 grandchildren.
http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/29/texas-republican-representative-intelligent-investing-ron-paul.html
Alexandra Zendrian, 01.04.10, 6:00 AM ET
Dr. Ron Paul is a congressman from Texas.
While serving in Congress during the late 1970s and early 1980s, Paul was on the House Banking Committee and he also was a key member of the Gold Commission, advocating a return to a gold standard for our currency. In 1984, he voluntarily relinquished his House seat and returned to his medical practice. As a specialist in obstetrics/gynecology, Paul has delivered more than 4,000 babies.
Paul returned to Congress in 1997 to represent the 14th Congressional District of Texas. He serves on the House Financial Services Committee, the International Relations Committee and the Joint Economic Committee. On the Financial Services Committee, 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.
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.
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. He and his wife have five children and 18 grandchildren.
http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/29/texas-republican-representative-intelligent-investing-ron-paul.html