On October 3, 2006, Congressman Paul Ryan and SBA officials announced the grant
awarded to the Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation to establish a
new Women's Business Center in Racine, WI.
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During the African American Community Forum on August 23,
2006, Paul Ryan and constituents discuss issues before Congress and matters of
local concern impacting the area's African American community.
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Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary John Scocos
presents Paul Ryan a plaque in recognition of his support for Wisconsin's
veterans.
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Paul Ryan hosts an Identity Theft Town Hall Meeting at Janesville’s Craig High
School.
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Reps. Paul Ryan
and Gwen Moore unveil the Child Support Pass-Through Act during a press
conference in Milwaukee, WI.
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On July 5th, Paul Ryan and Army Lieutenant
Colonel Ted Behncke, Sr. presented Bruce Frank of Milton, WI, the Bronze
Star Medal for his meritorious service during the Vietnam War.
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Paul Ryan meets with 1st District residents during his April 2006 Listening Session
tour.
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Paul Ryan and Sarah Olver of Janesville, WI, the 2006 1st
District Artistic Discovery Competition winner.
2006 Congressional Art Competition Opening Ceremony.
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Paul Ryan meets with 1st District residents during his February 2006 Listening Session
tour.
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Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Nancy Johnson and Congressman Paul Ryan hear testimony during a field hearing in Oak Creek, WI,
concerning the differences in health care prices and how the level of competition among health care providers impacts prices.
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A constituent shares his concerns at the African American Community Issues Forum, hosted by Rep. Ryan and Racine County Supervisor Ken Lumpkin on September 19, 2005, in Racine, WI.
Paul Ryan answers a question at the African American Community Issues
Forum.
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Paul Ryan meets with 1st District residents during his
August - September 2005 Listening Session
tour.
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Paul Ryan and Neil Subel of Muskego, WI, the 2005 1st
District Artistic Discovery Competition winner.
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Congressman Ryan speaks to members of the press at the U.S.
Capitol about his plan to strengthen Social Security for the future.
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Paul Ryan discusses Social Security reform
with Burlington Residents during his February 2005 Listening Session
tour.
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Paul Ryan speaks at the Martin
Luther King Jr. Celebration at Gateway Technical College in Kenosha on January
17, 2005.
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Paul Ryan is presented the American Legion / Citizens Flag
Alliance's award in recognition for his support during the 108th Congress to
protect the United States Flag from physical desecration.
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Congressman Paul Ryan and others help celebrate the
Careers Industries' Fulfillment Services/Bombardier Recreational Products
partnership providing employment to people with disabilities and other barriers
to employment.
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Paul Ryan visits and tours Standard Process Inc., a nutritional whole food supplements company in Palmyra, Wisconsin.
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Paul Ryan received the "Friend of the Farm Bureau" Award from the
Wisconsin Farm Bureau and the American Farm Bureau Federations for his support
of Wisconsin farms and rural families.
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Reverend
Dan Remus, the Senior Pastor of First Assembly of God in Kenosha, offered
the opening prayer for the U.S. House of Representatives as guest chaplain
on October 7, 2004.
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Paul Ryan addresses guests and
dignitaries at the the Milwaukee Public Market Plow Breaking Event on June 30,
2004.
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Paul Ryan listens to a Racine
constituent's concerns while discussing a variety of topics during his May-June
2004 Listening Session tour.
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Paul Ryan volunteers at the 50th Annual
Kiwanis Pancake Day in Racine, WI.
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Paul Ryan meets with students from
Trinity Lutheran School from Racine, WI, in Washington, DC.
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Paul Ryan and Heidi Derhammer of
Janesville, WI, the 2004 1st District Artistic Discovery Competition winner.
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Paul Ryan
visits with service members from Wisconsin at the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet in
Bahrain during a recent visit to the Middle East. |
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Paul Ryan visits with students of
St. Paul's Lutheran School from Janesville, WI, front of the U.S. Capitol
building in Washington, DC.
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Paul Ryan visits with UW-Parkside's
student delegation to the United States Student Association conference, who
discussed funding levels for several federal student aid programs.
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Paul Ryan reads Green Eggs
and Ham by Dr. Suess to students at Pleasant View School in Franklin,
WI.
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Paul Ryan visits with the 4th
grade class of St. Mark's school in Kenosha, WI.
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Paul Ryan addressed the first
responder community from the 1st District during his First
Responders Summit at the Oak Creek Police Department.
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Paul Ryan discusses legislative issues affecting Wisconsin
Veterans with his Veterans Advisory Board.
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Paul Ryan speaks at the 10th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. Celebration at Gateway Technical College in Kenosha on January 19, 2004.
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Paul Ryan meets with members
of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, who thanked him for supporting
increased federal funding to help find a cure for diabetes. Jay (left) and Hayden
(right) also presented Paul with the T-shirts they designed for last year's Walk
To Cure Diabetes walkathon in LaCrosse, WI.
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Paul Ryan visited with the Tess Corners
Volunteer Fire Department and viewed the new equipment purchased
using their Assistance To Firefighters Grant , which was awarded in 2003 by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
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Paul Ryan discusses the details and answers questions about the new Medicare prescription drug law during his Medicare Town Hall meetings on December 18, 2003.
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Paul
Ryan presents the Meritorious
Team Commendation award to Petty Officer Jake Chatfield (top) and
the Coast
Guard Achievement Medal to Petty Officer William Haynes (bottom) for
outstanding law enforcement performance during Operation
Last Call at the Coast Guard Station Kenosha on December 4, 2003. |
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Ryan is greeted by Commander Scott LaRochelle at the Coast Guard Station Kenosha
for
a awards ceremony to present unit
and individual awards for law enforcement excellence on December 4, 2003. |
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Congressman Ryan visits with residents
of Muskego, WI during his October 2003 Listening Session Tour.
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Paul Ryan attends the Lighted
Schoolhouse Centers of the School District of Janesville's Open House at Wilson
Elementary School during the annual
Lights On After School!
rally.
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Paul Ryan speaks at the grand opening of Heritage Hall at the
General Motors Janesville Assembly Plant to commemorate 80 years of vehicle
production in Wisconsin.
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Paul Ryan competes in the cow-milking contest during the 2003
Dairy Breakfast at the Walworth County Fair Grounds.
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Neighborhood Housing Services of Southeast Wisconsin
received a $10,000 grant from State Farm Insurance and Financial Services.
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A new Trash Hunter boat built by Aquarius
Systems of North Prairie, Wisconsin is being put to use to help clean up our
national capital's main waterways.
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Paul Ryan received the "National
Legislator of the Year Award" from the Wisconsin American Legion for his
active support of Wisconsin's veterans.
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Paul Ryan participates in the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Rock
County Airport for the recently completed runway extension.
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Grand
opening of Konkel Park's Multi-Purpose Walkway and Trail in Greenfield,
Wisconsin.
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Paul Ryan meets with Brady Manor, formerly of Burlington, WI,
who was presented "The Congressional Award Gold Medal" for his
achievements. To earn the Congressional Award Gold Medal, an individual must
spend two years or more completing at least 400 hours of community service, 200
hours of both personal development and physical fitness activities, and a
4-night Expedition or Exploration.
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Paul Ryan meets with Iredia Seiler of Kenosha, WI, and members
of the American Family Coalition of Wisconsin. Iredia was presented
the Ambassadors for Peace Excellence in Leadership Award by Congressman on
June 24, 2003.
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Paul Ryan delivers his Memorial Day speech in
Racine on May 26, 2003.
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Paul Ryan and Kristi Koehn of
Burlington, WI, the 2003 1st District Artistic Discovery Competition winner.
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Paul discusses an art project with 4th Grade students at Saint
Mary's school in Janesville, WI.
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Paul reads a book to students at St. Mary's school in
Janesville, WI, during national "turn-off TV" week.
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Paul and Janna Ryan in Selma, Alabama for the 39th
Anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," during their Congressional Civil
Rights Pilgrimage. |
Paul and Janna Ryan with Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.).
Rep. Lewis was the leader of the Student Non-violent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC) during the civil rights movement in the 1960's. He
led the Congressional Civil Right Pilgrimage. |
Paul with the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, renowned
civil rights leader in Birmingham, Alabama. |
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In commemoration of astronaut
Laurel Clark of Racine, Rep. Ryan arranged for this American flag to be
flown over the U.S. Capitol. The flag certificate states: "In
remembrance of selfless service and dedication to the United States of
America."
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Paul meets with Wisconsin students of the Junior National
Young Leaders Conference, in Washington, DC.
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Paul Ryan listens to Racine constituents during his January
2003 Listening Session tour.
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Paul Ryan speaks with a reporter at the new Kenosha VA
clinic's ribbon-cutting ceremony. The VA clinic opened on October 1st.
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Cutting the Ribbon: (pictured left to right) Kenosha County Executive Allan Kehl,
Congressman Paul Ryan, VISN 12 Director Joan Cummings, North Chicago VAMC
Director Al Pate, WDVA Secretary Ray Boland, and Kenosha County Veteran's
Service's Director Tom Lois.
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Giese Elementary School's Traveling
Flag, a tribute to the victims on 9-11, on display at the Pentagon.
Hand-made stick figures, made by 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students, make up
the flag's stripes and represent each life lost due the tragedy on 9-11.
Pictured
left to right: Peter Hammes, Stephanie Hammes, Joan Trine, Larry Trine
(Giese Elementary, Racine), and Carey Rountree (Paul Ryan's Office).
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Paul Ryan delivers his Memorial Day speech in
Racine on May 27, 2002.
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Paul Ryan and Amanda Willison of Burlington
High School, Wisconsin, the 2002 winner of the 1st District Art Competition.
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Paul Ryan speaks at a press conference in Washington, D.C.
about how his proposal to make last year's tax relief permanent would help small
businesses and individual taxpayers, boost the economy, and create jobs.
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Paul Ryan speaks at and participates in the
groundbreaking for the Rock County Airport runway extension project, for which
he helped secure federal funding.
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Congressman Ryan with
Bill and Phyllis Kail, at the military awards ceremony for the late
Sergeant Maurice Lustig.
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The military medals
and decorations earned by Sergeant
Maurice Lustig - a member of the "Janesville 99" who endured the
Bataan Death March, was a Japanese POW for 900 days, and who was lost at
sea on October 24, 1944. |
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The Lustig family had previously
only received Sergeant Lustig's Purple Heart medal; the long-overdue
awards were presented to Phyllis Kail, Sergeant Lustig's sister, by
Congressman Paul Ryan.
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Paul Ryan participates in the groundbreaking for the
Rock County Airport runway extension project, for which he helped secure federal
funding.
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Congressman Ryan presents Mr. Donald Edwards, of Brodhead,
WI, the military medals he earned during WWII, but never received.
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Congressman Ryan visits with residents of Elkhorn during his January 2002 Listening Session Tour.
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Sharon resident Karen York, Staff Assistant at
Scot Forge Company, and Paul Ryan at the Committee on Ways and Means
subcommittee on Oversight hearing on March 5, 2002, where Karen gave her
testimony regarding employee and employer views on retirement security.
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Congressmen Paul Ryan and Mark Green propose plan
to combat gasoline price spikes by reducing number of different fuel blends.
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Paul Ryan speaks at the Veterans Day Ceremony
in East Troy, Wisconsin, sponsored by the VFW and the American Legion.
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Hundreds in attendance at the 'Racine Prays for our
Nation' prayer service Sunday night (January 16, 2001) in Festival
Hall listen to U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan.
Photo by Ron Kuenstler (c) 2001 The Journal Times, Racine, Wis.
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Paul Ryan and other members of Congress depart the
National Cathedral after the prayer and memorial service on Friday, September
14,2001.
Photo by Patrick G. Ryan, The Hill Newspaper
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Window of First Congressional District's Washington
office, the morning of September 12, 2001.
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Paul visits with Sallye Smith (Village
Clerk), John Bromfield (Village Trustee), Julie Olson (Village
Deputy Clerk), and David Burnstein (Village Treasurer) at the
Fontana Village Hall, Fontana, WI.
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Paul meets with the Koehler
family - Dale, Connie, John, and Philip who was recently awarded the rank
of Eagle Scout from Salem, Wisconsin's Boy Scout Troop 328.
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Paul visits the Jelly Belly distribution center
in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.
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Jennifer Mundt, Waterford High School teacher,
and students Carrie Jacobs and Joanie Waldron visit with Paul during Future
Farmers of America's ® Washington Leadership Conference.
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Paul visits with (from left to right) Walworth County
Board Chairman Al Morrison (Sharon), President of the Wisconsin
Counties Association and Walworth County Board Supervisor Tom Lothian (Williams Bay), Walworth County Board Vice Chairman
Jim Fischer
(Whitewater), and Walworth County Board Supervisor Bill Norem (Elkhorn).
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Paul Ryan and Mike Miller
of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, the 2001 winner of the 1st District Art Competition.
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Paul visits the Hormel Foods plant in Beloit,
Wisconsin.
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Washington, DC: Paul visits with students from
the Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped, located at Janesville's
Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
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Paul and HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson at the House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on March 14,
2001.
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Paul Ryan dedicates the Janesville Post Office to the late Congressman and Secretary of Defense,
Les Aspin.
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Paul Ryan serving volunteers at the Rock County
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program's volunteer recognition dinner.
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Paul presents the Martin Luther King 2001 Award
to
Janesville Parker students LaShaunda Hawkins and
Karimah Taylor,
at the First Congressional Church, Janesville.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration -
Gateway Technical College, Kenosha.
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Paul Ryan and Sara Pekul of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, the
2000 winner of the 1st District Art Competition.
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Paul meets with his former high school government
teacher, Mr. Sam Loizzo
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Paul Participates in Junior Achievement Day.
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Paul meets with constituents at the opening of
the Janesville Constituent Services Center.
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Paul Speaks to Justice Crooks before swearing
in.
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Paul takes his oath of office in his hometown
of Janesville. WI.
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