--- title: Rand Paul Gets Assist from Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio on Audit the Fed description: The three Republicans senators potentially running for the White House in 2016 agree that he Federal Reserve should be audited. canonical: https://time.com/3686179/paul-gets-assist-from-2016-rivals-on-audit-the-fed-bill/ author: Alex Rogers article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-28T18:56:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:25.332Z article:section: Politics og:title: Paul Gets Assist from 2016 Rivals on 'Audit the Fed' Bill og:description: Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio cosponsor legislation og:url: https://time.com/3686179/paul-gets-assist-from-2016-rivals-on-audit-the-fed-bill/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7b1aa8e6d49329b/6987785fe53aba5f614d6dc7/rand-paul1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2100 og:image:height: 1181 og:image:alt: Rand Paul speaks at the Wall Street Journal's CEO Council meeting in Washington og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Paul Gets Assist from 2016 Rivals on 'Audit the Fed' Bill twitter:description: Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio cosponsor legislation twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7b1aa8e6d49329b/6987785fe53aba5f614d6dc7/rand-paul1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Paul Gets Assist from 2016 Rivals on 'Audit the Fed' Bill > Sponsored content. 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U.S. Senator Rand Paul speaks during the Wall Street Journal's CEO Council meeting in Washington D.C. on Dec. 2, 2014. Kevin Lamarque—Reuters by [Alex Rogers](https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Jan 28, 2015 6:56 PM UTC The three Republicans senators potentially running for the White House in 2016 agree on at least one thing: The Federal Reserve should be audited. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul re-introduced a bill with Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida on Wednesday to order the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office to review the Fed’s monetary policy decision making and increase congressional oversight. The bill has a much greater chance of making it to the Senate floor under new Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is one of 30 co-sponsors according to Paul’s office. Former Rep. Ron Paul, Rand’s father, pressed lawmakers for years to audit the Federal Reserve and similar bills have passed the Republican-controlled House in the past. “A complete and thorough audit of the Fed will finally allow the American people to know exactly how their money is being spent by Washington,” said Paul in a statement. “The Fed’s currently operates under a cloak of secrecy and it has gone on for too long. The American people have a right to know what the Federal Reserve is doing with our nation’s money supply. The time to act is now.” The bill is unlikely to be signed into law by President Obama. In December, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said that she would “forcefully” oppose such legislation as it would jeopardize the central bank’s independence with “short-run political interference,” according to the [Hill](http://thehill.com/policy/finance/227474-yellen-i-would-forcefully-oppose-audit-the-fed-efforts). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3686179/paul-gets-assist-from-2016-rivals-on-audit-the-fed-bill/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3686179/paul-gets-assist-from-2016-rivals-on-audit-the-fed-bill/"},"headline":"Paul Gets Assist from 2016 Rivals on 'Audit the Fed' Bill","datePublished":"2015-01-28T18:56:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:47:25.332Z","description":"The three Republicans senators potentially running for the White House in 2016 agree that he Federal Reserve should be audited.","url":"https://time.com/3686179/paul-gets-assist-from-2016-rivals-on-audit-the-fed-bill/","keywords":["Congress","2016 Election","Federal Reserve"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7b1aa8e6d49329b/6987785fe53aba5f614d6dc7/rand-paul1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Rogers","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7b1aa8e6d49329b/6987785fe53aba5f614d6dc7/rand-paul1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rand Paul speaks at the Wall Street Journal's CEO Council meeting in Washington","caption":"Rand Paul speaks at the Wall Street Journal's CEO Council meeting in Washington","creditText":"Kevin Lamarque—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3686179/paul-gets-assist-from-2016-rivals-on-audit-the-fed-bill/","name":"Paul Gets Assist from 2016 Rivals on 'Audit the Fed' Bill"}}]}] ```