Rand Paul wants to abolish agency established under Trump, but calls prospect 'unlikely'

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., wants the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to beryllium abolished, but described the imaginable arsenic "unlikely," he told Politico.

"I'd similar to destruct it," Paul told the outlet. "The First Amendment is beauteous important, that's wherefore we listed it arsenic the First Amendment, and I would person liked to, astatine the precise least, destruct their quality to censor contented online."

"While it's improbable we could get escaped of CISA, we survived for what, 248 years without them," Paul said, according to Politico. "I deliberation a batch of what they bash is intrusive, and I’d similar to extremity their intrusions into the First Amendment."

RAND PAUL HITS ‘BIDEN/HARRIS CDC’ OVER COVID-19 VACCINE GUIDANCE FOR 6-MONTH-OLDS

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., questions Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra astir vaccines during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee proceeding to sermon reopening schools during the Covid-19 pandemic astatine Capitol Hill successful Washington, D.C., connected Sept. 30, 2021. (Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images)

"CISA does not and has ne'er censored code oregon facilitated censorship," CISA elder advisor for nationalist affairs Ron Eckstein asserted successful a statement, according to the outlet. "Such allegations are riddled with factual inaccuracies. Every day, the men and women of CISA execute the agency's ngo of reducing hazard to U.S. captious infrastructure successful a mode that protects Americans' state of speech, civilian rights, civilian liberties and privacy," helium asserted.

CISA was established successful 2018 during President-elect Trump's White House tenure. 

"On November 16, 2018, the President signed into instrumentality the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018," which established CISA, according to cisa.gov.

RAND PAUL BACKS KAT CAMMACK FOR HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CHAIR, RICK SCOTT FOR SENATE MAJORITY LEADER

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., looks connected during a property league connected his FDA Modernization Act connected Capitol Hill successful Washington, D.C., connected Oct. 7, 2021. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Republicans won the Senate majority during the 2024 election, and Paul, the ranking subordinate of the Senate Committee connected Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, is slated to go the seat during the adjacent league of Congress. 

"I chose to seat this Committee implicit different due to the fact that I judge that, for the wellness of our republic, Congress indispensable basal up erstwhile again for its law role," the legislator noted, according to a property release. 

FBI, CISA SAY CHINESE HACKERS BREACHED MULTIPLE US TELECOM PROVIDERS IN TARGETED ATTACK

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., talks to reporters astatine the U.S. Capitol successful Washington, D.C., connected June 1, 2023. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

"This Committee's ngo of oversight and investigations is captious to Congress reasserting itself. Our archetypal proceeding volition analyse reinstating the palmy Remain successful Mexico argumentation from the archetypal Trump Administration," helium said.

Paul has served successful the Senate since 2011.

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