Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
Paul Davis Ryanis the 54th and current Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Ryan is a member of the Republican Party who has served as the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district since 1999. Ryan previously served as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, from January 3 to October 29, 2015, and, before that, as Chairman of the House Budget Committee from 2011 to 2015. He was the Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 January 1970
CityJanesville, WI
CountryUnited States of America
That's what we do in this country. That's the American Dream. That's freedom, and I'll take it any day over the supervision and sanctimony of the central planners.
In Pennsylvania, 38 percent of Pennsylvania seniors chose to get their Medicare from a plan called Medicare Advantage. It's their choice. Forty-seven percent of them are going to lose it under 'Obamacare' according to Medicare by 2017.
Seven hundred and sixteen billion dollars, funneled out of Medicare by President Obama. An obligation we have to our parents and grandparents is being sacrificed, all to pay for a new entitlement we didn't even ask for. The greatest threat to Medicare is Obamacare, and we're going to stop it.
We do not have a functioning market in the true sense of the word in health care. That's a layer of transparency that's sorely needed in America.
The rate of return on Social Security for people nearing retirement is about 1.5 percent. By the time young children like mine are ready to retire, that rate of return will be a negative percentage.
Hiding spending does not reduce spending.
That's the real secret to job creation - not borrowing and spending more money in Washington.
If we didn't propose these reforms, we would not have proposed a budget that got the debt under control.
I live on the same block where I grew up. We belong to the same parish where I was baptized. Janesville is that kind of place.
Class is not a fixed designation in this country. We are an upwardly mobile society with a lot of movement between income groups.
I really don't have tremendous political ambition. I have policy ambition.
After four years of getting the run-around, America needs a turnaround, and the man for the job is Governor Mitt Romney.
We are looking for bipartisan solutions not partisan rhetoric.
Free enterprise empowers entrepreneurs who have ideas and imagination, investors who take risks, and workers who hone their skills and offer their labor.