but was defeated in the Senate earlier this year.

Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky made stops in Georgetown and Richmond today to discuss his recent actions in Washington.

The senator made headlines for his decision not to support President Donald Trump's tax and spending cuts Bill which was signed into law last week.

Senator Paul said he couldn't support the budget because it adds trillions of dollars to the national debt.

The senator also took time to talk several other policy issues.

He was critical of an agricultural spending bills supported by Senator Mitch McConnell.

That would close a loophole and the 2018 farm bill allowing the sale of hemp products with low amounts of THC.

He also said he would vote to support the president's rescission package, which would strip federal funding and foreign aid and money from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helped spawn KET.

>> I am concerned about the ad, the AG bill in the House and what's going on in the Senate.

The language to me, I think what will kill them industry completely.

The hemp industry is a legitimate industry who originally bought it.

>> And I'm very, very worried.

You need to be loud, inactive colleague, everybody in our delegation and others.

And this being a national grid's to try to get a better definition.

There are people adding stuff to to help that I think is synthetic that you could have some regulation on that side of the vote for the rescission package.

We'll see whether or not it's all public television or a portion of it.

But I will that rescission package was not the way I would design, but I have a feeling it's going to be an all or nothing on this.

But I would say is that.

>> It's still so small.

And our problem is so large that it's not going to fix.

The problem is the tip of the iceberg.

>> The Senate is expected to take up the rescission package next week.

If it's not passed by next Friday, the rescission