Rand Paul: "The Government Is Out Of Control"
Rand Paul on the oil spill: "...It's international waters, so the government has to be involved in it, and I do want it to be safe and clean down there...I think there has to be rules about how things are done, and I think there are plenty of rules. I'm not sure if any rules were broken, or if this just turns out that this was an accident."
Chuck Todd: "When you say you're not sure rules were broken, is this a case where you think possibly there should be more rules or you just think that this, maybe everybody looks at it, and this was an unfortunate accident?"
Rand Paul: "Well, no, I think there are rules in place, and I think only an investigation over time will determine whether any rules were broken or purposely broken. But I think sometimes accidents happen. I don't like the president's message when he talks about having his boot heel on the throat of BP. I think BP should pay, and if you pollute or you have an accident and you pollute the environment, you should pay. And certainly they've made a lot of profits over the last few years, so I think they have plenty of money to pay for the clean-up here."
Later, Paul adds: "The top three issues of the Tea Party are the debt, the debt and the debt. It's all about that government's out of control, and that we're worried and concerned about what will happen to our kids and our grandkids who will inherit this debt."
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